Derek Matravers

@WilliamRMiller Would you be able to contact me? It is about a programme your father made with Bernard Williams for the OU. Probably best at derek.matravers@open.ac.uk

In our most recent issue, Stacie Friend recasts puzzles about the rationality of fiction-directed emotions in terms of the norms governing our assessment of emotional responses. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/a…

Former BSA Vice President and BJA contributor Kathleen Stock has been awarded an OBE. Read articles in the BJA by her and about her work here: academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/s…

An article in our latest issue takes a wrecking ball to moralism. Come relish the remaining ruins! academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/a…

Is it disrespectful or deceptive to reconstruct destroyed monuments? Do reconstructions always reduce the value of heritage sites? Our @Heritageinwar postdoc, @joshlewisthomas, argues not. F/coming in Journal of The American Philosophical Association: oro.open.ac.uk/70039/3/70039.…

.@BenceNanay reviews what has been described as 'the largest Jan Van Eyck exhibition ever' at @mskgent. He reminds us of some of the exhibition's most conspicuously absent works and questions the notion of realism at its centre. Read the article now, FREE: academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/a…

What a splendid arrival in the post! Get some issues for yourself: academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/s…

Read our new Retrospective Review of #peterkivy's “The Corded Shell” (1980) a text which our reviewer @DerekMatravers designates "a slightly strange beast" musicandphilosophy.ac.uk/retrospective-…

Still stuck indoors? Get out* and explore* nature* with the British Journal of Aesthetics! academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/s… * Figurative. For the sake of all that is holy, definitely stay indoors!

What does it mean to be free? 1/6 How should we balance freedom and security? Animation on Thomas Hobbes' view that security is better than freedom: youtu.be/zL2LMTRoWlA Philosopher @drangiehobbs discussing positive and negative Freedom: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04…

Reminder! Registration is still open for our upcoming conference on Heritage in War, taking place at Loyola University in New Orleans on March 18th-19th, 2020. Please share this widely! eventbrite.co.uk/e/heritage-in-… #heritage #philosophy #interdiciplinary

The Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace just advertised a 2yr Post-Doc on duties to rescue (inc. duties to refugees; duties in the face of climate change; ethics of immigration) su.se/cmlink/stockho… #ethics #philosophy

Again, don't forget to submit you abstracts to our interdisciplinary conference on heritage in war! #justwartheory #ethics #archeology #heritage #culture

Cancelled at @BoconnocCC today. Not really a surprise. I did think about suggesting a game of water polo on the square. See you next year, Boconnoc.

2nd Call for Abstracts: Cultural Heritage and the Ethics of War, Loyola University, March 2020 We very much appreciate if you all could share this as widely as possible! heritageinwar.com/conference-her… #Ethics #Culturalheritage #War

CALL FOR REGISTRATION There is still time to register for our upcoming conference Cultural Heritage and the Ethics of War in Cambridge the 18th-19th September. A discounted Early Bird Registration is available until 15th May! heritageinwar.com/cambridgeconfe…

Cultural Heritage and the Ethics of War Conference Venue: Homerton College Cambridge Dates: 18th to 19th September, 2019 Keynote speakers: Simon Blackburn, Ruth Chang, Victor Tadros Book now for a cheaper rate! heritageinwar.com/cambridgeconfe…

We now have a blog! Read our first two posts by @ehatmat, on the common claim that human life and cultural heritage are inseparable, and @ELCunliffe and colleges at The Blue Shield on the challenges of protecting cultural heritage during armed conflict. heritageinwar.com/blog

First up: seminar on @DerekMatravers and @HelenFrowe's paper ‘Conflict and Cultural Heritage: A Moral Analysis of the Challenges of Heritage Protection’