"J. M. Coetzee as Moral Philosopher," a Philosophy and Literature Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, March 21-22, 2009.

Saturday 21 March 9:30–11:00 Ward Jones (Rhodes) “Elizabeth Costello as Moral Philosopher” 11:30–1:00 Elisa Galgut (University of Cape Town) “The literary representation of Evil” 2:00–3:30 Carrol Clarkson (University of Cape Town) “J. M. Coetzee: Countervoices” 4:00–6:00 Stephen Mulhall (Oxford) “Realism and the Difficulty of Reality in Literature and Philosophy” Sunday 22 March 9:00–10:15 Patrick Lenta (KwaZulu-Natal) “Discipline in Disgrace” 10:15–11:30 Justin Neuman (Yale) “The Ethics and Erotics of Charity’ 12:00–1:15 Monika Reif-Hülser (Konstanz), "Under Cover: the authority of the narrative voice in Coetzee's 'Age of Iron' taand in 'Diary of a Bad Year” 2:15–3:30 Thad Metz (University of Johannesburg) ““Sympathy and Moral Status in Coetzee: A Philosophical Grounding” 4:00–5:15 Samantha Vice (Rhodes) “Truth and Love Together at Last: Style, Form and Moral Vision in J.M. Coetzee’s Age of Iron”