National Seminar on AGENCY AND VALUES: ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN THE 21st CENTURY
Department of Philosophy
Presidency University
Kolkata
Cordially invites you to attend National Seminar on 24th - 25th April 2017
Venue: A.K. Basak Auditorium, Ground Floor, Main Building, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata – 700073
THEME – AGENCY AND VALUES: ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN THE 21st CENTURY
Programme Schedule
Day 01, 24th April Monday,
Inaugural Session
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Time slot |
Speaker |
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9:00 – 10:00 |
Registration |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Welcome Address |
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Inaugural Address |
Prof. Anuradha Lohia, Honourable Vice-Chancellor , Presidency University, Kolkata |
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Seminar Theme Presentation |
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10:30 – 11:30 |
Keynote Speaker |
Prof. Ramesh Chandra Pradhan “Agency, Value and Freedom” ( Hyderabad Central University & Senior Fellow, ICPR ) |
11:30 – 11:45 - Tea Break
Day 01, First-Session, Chair – Prof. Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
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Time Slot |
Speaker |
Topic |
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11:45 – 12:30 |
Prof. Paremeshwar Rama Bhatt (IIT-Bombay, Mumbai) |
Rational Action and Moral Skepticism |
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12:30 – 13:15 |
Prof. Asha Mukherjee (Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal) |
Moral Responsibility, Moral Agency and Dynamics |
13:15 – 14:15 - Lunch Break
Day 01, Second-Session, Chair – Prof. Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty
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Time Slot |
Speaker |
Topic |
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14:15 – 15:00 |
Prof. Ganesh Prasad Das (Utkal University, Odisha) |
Transagency and Transvalue: Cardinal Concepts of Bhagavad-Gita |
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15:00 – 15:45 |
Prof.Vikram Singh Sirola (IIT-Bombay, Mumbai) |
Agency and Value: A Private Conversation |
15:45 – 16:00 - Tea Break
Day 01, Third-Session, Chair – Prof. Paremeshwar Rama Bhatt
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Time Slot |
Speaker |
Topic |
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16:00 – 16:45 |
Dr.Bhaskarjit Neog (School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi) |
The Metaphysics of Group Moral Agency |
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16:45 – 17:30 |
Dr.Pratitapaban Das (Ravenshaw University, Odisha) |
Floating Agency and Fading Values: Why to be Ethical? |
Day 02, 25th April Tuesday,
First-Session, Chair – Prof. Ganesh Prasad Das
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Time Slot |
Speaker |
Topic |
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9:30 – 10:15 |
Prof. Shashi Motilal (University of Delhi) |
The Nature of Moral Agency: Some Reflections |
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10:15 – 11:00 |
Prof. Ranjan Kumar Panda (IIT-Bombay, Mumbai) |
Collective Moral Agency: A Reflection |
11:00 – 11:15 - Tea Break
Day 02, Second-Session, Chair – Professor Gopa Gupta
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Time Slot |
Speaker |
Topic |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
Prof. Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty (Rabindra Bharti University, West Bengal) |
‘From Freedom to’ to ‘Freedom From’: Freewill, Agency and Transcendence |
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12:00 – 12:45 |
Dr.Vineet Sahu (IIT-Kanpur, Utter Pradesh) |
Individual to Collective: Relocating the Locus of Agency |
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12:45 – 13:15 |
Dr. Barada Laxmi Panda (Presidency University, Kolkata) |
Agency and Self-Reflectivity |
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13:15 – 13:45 |
Valedictory Session, Vote of Thanks and Felicitation to Speakers |
13:45 - Session Ends with Lunch
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