#  Exploring The Moral Universe 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 24 - October 25, 2025** 

 09:00AM - 06:15PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Thompson Room 110, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street**  



 

 



 

October 24 - 25

The purpose of this workshop is to provide a venue for discussion of and critical engagement with the ideas in John Bengson, Terence Cuneo, and Russ Shafer-Landau's recent agenda-setting book, *The Moral Universe*.

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Friday, October 24

9:00: Coffee and light breakfast  
9:30 - 9:40: Welcome  
9:40 - 10:55: **Stephanie Leary** (McGill University), “Simplifying the Moral Universe”, *Chair: Ayo Ajimoko*  
11:15 - 12:30: **Stephen Finlay** (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), “A Tale of Two Distinctions”, *Chair: Florence Bacus*  
12:30 - 2:00: Lunch break   
2:00 - 3:15: **Ralph Wedgwood** (University of Southern California), “How to Explain the Normativity of Morality”, *Chair: Shelby Hanna*  
3:35 - 4:50: **Matt Bedke** (University of British Columbia), “Moral Essence: A God of the Gaps?”, *Chair: Pauliina Rumm*  
5:10 - 6:10: Discussion with TMU authors **John Bengson** (University of Texas at Austin), **Terence Cuneo** (University of Vermont), and **Russ Shafer-Landau** (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  
Saturday, October 25

9:10: Coffee and light breakfast  
9:40 - 10:55: **Sarah McGrath** (Princeton University), “Pricean Reflection and the Epistemology of the Moral Fixed Points”, *Chair: Marley Hornewer*   
11:15 - 12:30: **Debbie Roberts** (University of Edinburgh), “Why Nonnaturalism?” *Chair: Vivian Knopf*  
12:30 - 2:00: Lunch break   
2:00 - 3:15: **Daniel Star** (Boston University), “Promiscuity and Moral Realism”, *Chair: Hasan Demirhan*  
3:35 - 4:50: **Daniel Wodak** (University of Pennsylvania), “Explaining Authority in the Moral Universe”, *Chair: Reuben Owusu*  
5:10 - 6:10: Discussion with TMU authors **John Bengson** (University of Texas at Austin), **Terence Cuneo** (University of Vermont), and **Russ Shafer-Landau** (University of Wisconsin-Madison)  
6:10 - 6:15: Farewell

Organizers:

Jeff Behrends (Harvard University)  
David Killoren (Grand Valley State University)  
Jacob Sparks (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)

Sponsors: Grand Valley State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard University

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