Events
The Virtues as Sources of Moral Guidance
A Conference at the University of Oxford
When:
March 9 | 8:00 AM - March 10, 2026 | 5:00 PM GMT
Location:
Lecture Room, Campion Hall
Monday, March 9, 2026
9:00-9:20 Introduction
9:20-10:20 Blandine Lagrut (Facultés Loyola Paris),
‘Natural Piety, Moral Horror, and Supra-Utilitarian Virtues’
10:20-11:20 Roger Teichmann (St Hilda’s College, Oxford),
‘Practical Wisdom, Language Use and the Erring Conscience’
11:20-11:40 Tea & Coffee break
11:40 -12:40 Gabriele De Anna (University of Udine),
‘Virtues, Practices, and Normativity: Thomas Aquinas and Moral Guidance by the Virtues’
12:40-15:00 Lunch Break
14:30-15:00 Tea & Coffee in Entrance Hall, Campion Hall
15:00-16:00 Daniel De Haan (Blackfriars & Campion Hall, Oxford),
‘Virtue as an Irreducible Source of Normativity’
16:00-17:00 Roger Pouivet (Université de Lorraine),
‘Truth as a Virtue of Justice’
17:00-18:00 Drinks Reception, Campion Hall
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
9:00-10:00 Richard Kim (University of Loyola Chicago),
‘Virtues as Sources of Practical Knowledge’
10:00-11:00 Nick Austin (Campion Hall, Oxford),
‘Virtue Theory Gets Practical: An Integrative Reading of Aquinas’s Ethics
11:00-11:30 Tea & Coffee break
11:30-12:45 Terence Irwin (Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford),
‘Vaulting Ambition in Virtue Ethics’
12:50-14:00 Lunch Break
14:30-15:00 Tea & Coffee in Entrance Hall, Campion Hall
15:00-16:00 John Cottingham (University of Reading),
‘A Normative Deficit? Aristotle, Anscombe, MacIntyre, and the Virtues’
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-17:30 Panel Discussion chaired by Daniel De Haan
18:00-18:45 Drinks Reception, Campion Hall