International Society for Utilitarian Studies (ISUS)
11th International Conference
“The Ethics of Economic Development” Reminder

Please remember that the deadline for submitting paper proposals for the *11
**th** Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian
Studies** *(ISUS),
*Lucca, Italy, **23**rd**-**25**th** June 2011 **is now approaching.** *

*To submit a proposal please send an abstract of about 400 words for a paper
and/or a proposal of about 600 words for a session (together with the
abstracts of the session papers) no later than the 28th February 2011 to:
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ISUS XI welcomes papers and proposed sessions on *all subjects related to
utilitarianism and in all areas of moral philosophy, economics, psychology,
political theory, intellectual history, law and jurisprudence.* The special
theme of ISUS XI will be: *“The Ethics of Economic Development”.** S*ome
plenary and special sessions will be organized around this theme. Papers and
session proposals concerning “The Ethics of Economic Development” are
welcome and subject to the same submission procedures as all other papers.

The Committee of ISUS will award a prize of £250 for the best paper
presented at the Conference by a graduate student.

*Important dates*: 28th February 2011: Deadline for abstract submissions.
Notification of accepted/rejected abstracts 30th April 2011: Deadline for
sending full papers 15th June 2011

The International Society for Utilitarian Studies – ISUS – provides a forum
for scholarly debate and research on utilitarianism and its historical
development, and on its present-day relevance in such fields as ethics,
politics, law, economics, and public policy.  [ISUS web
site<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/info/isus.htm>]
 ISUS also publishes the journal *Utilitas*, a leading international review
presenting original research in all aspects of utilitarian theory and
encompassing the disciplines of moral philosophy, economics, psychology,
political theory, intellectual history, law and jurisprudence. Conference
registration includes a one-year ISUS membership and subscription to *
Utilitas. <http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=UTI>*

The following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation:

*Professor Jeffrey Sachs* (Columbia University)
Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable
Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia
University; Special Advisor to the Secretary-general of UN Ban Ki-moon.

*Professor Peter Singer *(Princeton University)
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate
professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE),
University of Melbourne.

*Professor Gustaf Arrhenius** (Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study,
Stockholm University)
**Torgny Segerstedt Pro Futura Fellow e Professor of Practical Philosophy at
Stockholm University.*

*Professor Frederick Rosen *(University College London)
Emeritus Professor of History of Political Thought, former General Editor of
*The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham*.*
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*Professor Nadia Urbinati *(Columbia University)
Professor of Political Sciences.


Marco E.L. Guidi
Conference organiser for the Department of Economics of the University of
PIsa