Day 1 Tuesday, May 31: The Importance of Integrating Ethics, Psychology, and the Humanities
Session 1 – Opening Institute Keynote – Owen Flanagan
Day 2 Wednesday, June 1: The Moral Sense Faculty
Session 2 – Francis Hutcheson – Phyllis Vandenberg
Session 3 – The Development of the Sentiments – Phyllis Vandenberg
Day 3 Thursday, June 2: Sympathy
Session 4 – David Hume – Michael Gill
Optional Hosted Luncheon: Topic: Hutcheson and Hume
Facilitators: Vandenberg & Gill (hosted by the GVSU College of Arts and Sciences)
Session 5 – Winter Hall Musical performance by Margaret Moore
Day 4 Friday, June 3: The Effect of Music on Moral Psychology
Session 6 – Music and Neuroaesthetics – Margaret Moore
Weekend One: Friday afternoon, June 3 Sunday evening, June 5
Optional Social Events/Outings:
Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts
Research, Writing, and Preparation:
Participants will be encouraged to read and work on their own ideas as their response to Week One and to prepare the readings for Week Two.