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DESCRIPTION:http://prod.bielefeld-marketing.rz-betrieb.de/node/2105314\n\n*The
 Significance of Suffering in Theory and Practice* \nCall for
 Abstracts/Papers and Registration \n \n*Annual Conference of the German
 Society for Utilitarian Studies* \nBielefeld University (hybrid)\, 19-21
 November 2026 \nhttps://philevents.org/event/show/153729 [1] \n \nThis
 year’s annual conference of the German Society for Utilitarian Studies  
 \nwill focus on the significance of suffering in theory and practice. What
 is   \nsuffering\, and which entities can suffer? What is severe or
 unbearable   \nsuffering\, in particular\, and should it take priority
 over happiness and   \nother prudential\, moral\, or political values and
 reasons? If so\, what kind of   \npriority and why? \n \nOur speakers
 include Roger Crisp (Oxford)\, David Enoch (Oxford)\, Felicia   \nKnaul
 (UCLA)\, Jennifer Corns (Glasgow)\, Michael Brady (Glasgow)\, Jonas H.  
 \nAaron (Zürich)\, Leonard Dung (Bochum)\, Bjørn Morten Hofmann (NTNU)\,
 Claudia   \nBozzaro (Münster)\, and Dieter Birnbacher (Düsseldorf). \n
 \nTo participate in person or online\, please email adriano.mannino@hm.edu
 [2]   \n(deadline: 2 November 2026). Participation is free. The conference
 will start   \nThursday afternoon\, November 19\, and end Saturday
 afternoon\, November 21\,   \n2026 (schedule TBA). You are welcome to
 attend only part of the conference. \n \n*Our schedule has room for
 additional speakers. Please attach your abstract   \nor paper if you would
 like to give a talk; we will notify you within a few   \ndays of
 submission. We can fully cover travel costs within Europe\, and at  
 \nleast partly from elsewhere.* \n \nSuitable topic areas include but are
 not limited to: the concepts and mental   \nphenomena of pain\,
 suffering\, aversion\, etc.\, and the concepts of severity   \nand
 unbearability; pain and suffering as they relate to the theory of  
 \nillbeing and wellbeing\, value and disvalue; to intra- and interpersonal
   \n(non)aggregation\, nonidentity\, and population-level choices; to
 Kantian   \ndignity\, contractualism\, virtue ethics\, and other
 nonconsequentialist   \nperspectives; to the concept of illhealth and
 issues in biomedical ethics or   \nnormative health economics more broadly
 (e.g.\, unbearability and end-of-life   \ncare\, the measurement of
 suffering and the QALY/DALY/WELLBY metrics\, patient   \nprioritization
 and triage); to other areas of applied ethics (e.g.\, research  
 \nethics\, animal ethics\, AI ethics\, applied population ethics/future
 ethics);   \nto issues in political philosophy/theory and practice; and to
 the history of   \nutilitarian thought and rivaling traditions. \n \nThe
 German Society for Utilitarian Studies (Gesellschaft für  
 \nUtilitarismusstudien) is an association of scholars interested in
 utilitarian   \nthought. Its aim is to foster engagement with the
 utilitarian tradition in   \nphilosophy and adjacent disciplines. Needless
 to say\, the association   \nwelcomes utilitarians and non-utilitarians
 alike. \n \nWe thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for supporting
 our 2026 annual   \nconference. \n \n \n[1]
 https://philevents.org/event/show/153729 \n[2]
 https://uni-bielefeld.de/mailto:adriano.mannino@hm.edu \n(Stand:
 22.10.2026)
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LOCATION:Universität Bielefeld
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The Significance of Suffering in Theory and Practice
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