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December 27-30,
2007
Baltimore, MD
Topic: Education in a
Democracy through Socrates and Plato
Saturday,
December 29, 2007
11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Chair: Edward Grippe, Norwalk Community College
Speakers:
Paul Eckstein (Bergen
Community College)
"The Socratic Challenge to Democracy"
Mehul Shah (Independent
Scholar)
"Teaching To Learn: An Interpretation of Socratic Midwifery"
Edward Grippe (Norwalk
Community College)
"Teaching Plato's Forms: A Thought Experiment"
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April
17-20, 2008 Chicago, IL
Session I Topic: Desire and Morality
Friday,
April 18, 2008 7-10 p.m.
Chair: David K. Chan, University of
Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Speakers:
Lorraine Besser-Jones (University of Waterloo)
"The Efficacy and Plausibility of Aristotelian
and Kantian Accounts of Moral Motivation: Is It
Really Better to Enjoy What We Do?"
Danielle Bromwich (University of Toronto)
"Belief, Desire and Motivation"
Michelle Maiese (Emmanuel College) "Changing
What We Value"
Tyler Stephen Paytas (University of Missouri -
St. Louis) "Acknowledged Desire Fulfillment
Theory"
Session II Topic: Double Effect and War
Saturday, April 19, 2008 12:15-2:15
p.m.
Chair: William O. Stephens, Creighton
University
Speakers:
Joseph Boyle (University of Toronto)
"Discriminating among 'Indiscriminate' War Acts:
Intended Damage, Unacceptable Side Effects and
Rationalizing Descriptions of Targets"
David Rodin (Oxford University) "Double Effect
and Proportionality"
David K. Chan (University of Wisconsin - Stevens
Point) "Who Uses the Doctrine of Double Effect?
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March
18-23, 2008 Pasadena, CA
Session I Topic:
Terrorism, Torture, and the Uses of Violence
(Part 1)
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Time TBA
Chair: J. Jeremy Wisnewski,
Hartwick College
Speakers:
Dillon Emerick (Palomar College) "Torture and
Talk: The Communicative Ethics of Interrogation"
Aaron Lercher (Louisiana State University)
“Torture and Moral Knowledge”
J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Hartwick College) “It’s
about Time: Defusing the Ticking Bomb”
Session II Topic:
Terrorism, Torture, and the Uses of Violence
(Part 2)
Friday, March 21, 2008
Time TBA
Chair: J. Jeremy Wisnewski,
Hartwick College
Speakers:
Anita Ho (University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada)“Military Violence as a
Response to Calamities: The Case of
'Humanitarian' Intervention”
Robert L. Muhlnickel
(University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) "Just War
Theory and Selective Conscientious Objection"
Mohammed Abed (University
of Wisconsin-Madison) "Suicide Bombing and
Collective Terrorism"
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