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34th Conference on Value Inquiry
Social Justice and Individual Responsibility
April 12-15, 2007
Adrian College, Adrian Michigan
Sponsored by
Adrian College
The Michigan Council for the Humanities
The American Society for Value Inquiry
The International Society for Value Inquiry
The Journal of Value Inquiry
FRIDAY, APRIL 13
8:00-8:45 a.m., Shuttle from Hotels to Adrian College
The Adrian Tobias Room, Registration and Breakfast
Welcoming Remarks: Rev. Chris Momany
Session 1 Friday, 9:00-10:15 a.m., Arrington A
Topic: Topics in Feminist Thought
Chair: Stephanie Jass
Speakers:
Cynthia D. Coe Domestic Violence & Personhood: Two Conceptions of Agency
David Garren Submission, Subservience & Social Justice
Session 2 Friday, 9:00-10:15 a.m., Arrington B
Topic: Moral Theory
Chair: James H. Spence
Speakers:
Monica Gerrick An Introduction to Normative Sentimentalism
Helen Frowe Wolves, Passers-By and Obstructors
Session 3 Friday, 9:00-10:15 a.m., Arrington C
Topic: Applied Ethics
Chair: Matthew Altman
Speakers:
Ali Brown National Defense as Self Defense
Matt Tedesco Some Moral Concerns About Practical Joking
Session 4 Friday, 9:00-10:15 a.m., North Hall 329
Topic: Faith and Social Justice
Chair: Chris Momany
Speakers:
Mary Albert Darling How Spirituality Fuels Justice Work
Brandon Donelson-Sims Holy Spirit Peacemaking: A Case Study of the Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship
Session 5 Friday, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Arrington A
Topic: Philosophy and Gender
Chair: Melissa Stewart
Speakers:
Natalie Nenandic Hegel, Heidegger, and the Historical-Scientific Task of Ethics In Our Time
Meredith Verrochi Feminism & Alienation: Why some are “turning away” & what to do about it
Session 6 Friday, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Arrington B
Topic: Moral Responsibility
Chair: Isaiah O'Rear
Speakers:
Elise Springer Responsibility as a Virtue
Kristin Schaupp Moral Responsibility, Supererogation, & The Practice of Making Excuses
Session 7 Friday, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Arrington C
Topic: Contractarianism
Chair: Walter Brand
Speakers:
Julinna Oxley Empathy and Contractual Moral Theory
Fred Harrington The Inadequacy of Contractarian Grounding of Rights
Session 8 Friday, 10:30-11:45 a.m., North Hall 329
Topic: Higher Law and Social Solidarity
Chair: Mary Albert Darling
Speakers:
Chris Momany Theonomy and Higher Law: History and Hope
Shelby Weitzel Forgiveness, Solidarity & Social Justice
Session 9 Friday, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Dawson Auditorium Lobby
Topic: Photojournalism Exhibit
Photographer: Lad Strayer
Author: Jennifer Burd
Conversation Pieces: A Portrait of Poverty and Homelessness in Lenawee County, Michigan
Friday, 11:50-12:45 p.m.,
Lunch Reception, Adrian Tobias Room
Session 10 Friday, 12:45-1:45 p.m., Adrian Tobias Room
Plenary Session
Chair: James S. Taylor
Speaker: George Agich
Revisiting the Ethics of Managed Care
Session 11 Friday, 2:00-3:15 p.m., Arrington A
Topic: Military Ethics
Chair: Lars Lindblom
Speakers:
Sharika Thirangama In Praise of Traitors: Treason and Individual Responsibility in Civil War
Mark Rigstad Just Causes, Proportionality, and Responsible Military Leadership
Session 12 Friday, 2:00-3:15 p.m., Arrington B
Topic: Moral Motivation
Chair: Julinna C. Oxley
Speakers:
Katie Padgett Walsh Responsibility, Motivation, and Normativity
Walter Brand Curiosity and Motivation in Hume’s Treatise
Session 13 Friday, 2:00 – 3:15 p.m., Arrington C
Topic: Justice and Social Institutions
Chair: Agnes Caldwell
Speakers:
Cecilia San Luis A Treatise on Filial Obligation and Caring Relationships Between Elderly Children and Adult Children
William Tregea
Prison Growth vs. Pragmatic Reentry Concerns: The Ethics of Hyperghetto to Hyperincarceration- and the Ethics of Prison Downsizings
Session 14 Friday, 2:00 – 3:15 p.m., North Hall 329
Topic: Faith and Social Justice Round Table Discussion
Chair: Melissa Stewart
Speakers:
Chris Momany, Mary Albert Darling, Sister Durstyne Farnan
Session 15 Friday, 3:30-5:00 pm., Arrington A
Topic: Terrorism
Chair: David Garren
Speakers:
Chris Alen Sula Terrorism, Innocence & Individual Responsibility
Shawn Kaplan Terrorism as a Legitimate Means Towards Social or Political Justice?
Session 16 Friday, 3:30-5:00 pm., Arrington B
Topic: Applied Ethics
Chair: Ezra Rosser
Speakers:
Martin Sandbu Hijacked by Ownership - a Hobbesian Theory of the Business Corporation
Ben Almassi Pogge on Human Rights, Negative Duties, & the Lockean Proviso
Session 17 Friday, 3:30-5:00 pm., Arrington C
Topic: Responsibility
Chair: Fritz Detwiler
Speakers:
Robert Bass Small Contributions
John Scott Gray Generating Voter Responsibility if Individual Votes Don’t Matter
Session 18 Friday, 3:30-5:00 pm., North Hall 329
Topic: Undergraduate Session
Chair: George Aichele
Speakers:
Kate Fassett Hume on Is and Ought
Peter Bornschein A Kantian Interpretation of Justice as Entitlement
Mary Hagley Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jesus
Session 19 Friday, 6:00-9:30 p.m., Adrian Tobias Room
Dinner and Plenary Session
Chair: David Garren
Speaker: Thomas Magnell
Social Justice and Individual Responsibility
SATURDAY, APRIL 14
8:00-8:45 a.m., Shuttle from Hotels to Adrian College
The Adrian Tobias Room, Breakfast
Session 20 Saturday, 9:00-10:15 a.m., Arrington A
Topic: Wealth and Need
Chair: James S. Taylor
Speakers:
Ezra Rosser Obligations of Privilege
Sarah Miller Global Need: Global Responsibility
Session 21 Saturday, 9:00-10:15 a.m., Arrington B
Topic: Medical Ethics
Chair: George Agich
Speakers:
David Hurlburt Facial Transplantation and Challenges of Informed Consent
Mark Moller Why We Must Create Stem Cell Banks: An Argument from Social Justice
Session 22 Saturday, 9:00-10:15 a.m., Arrington C
Topic: Integrity and Self Respect
Chair: Walter Brand
Speakers:
John Zillmer Integrity: Persons, Acts, & Morality
Matt Ferkany Social versus Individual Responsibility for Self-Respect
Session 23 Saturday, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Arrington A
Topic: Kantian Ethics
Chair: Piers Norris Turner
Speakers:
Matthew Altman Individual Maxims & Social Justice: Why Kant Cannot Make Sense of a Duty to Reduce Poverty
Geoffrey Manzi The Intrinsic Evil of Slavery Revealed through Kant’s Categorical Imperative
Session 24 Saturday, 10:30-11:45 am., Arrington B
Topic: Applied Ethics
Chair: Leanne Kent
Speakers:
David Gilboa Pro Life for Philosophers
Galen Foresman Deterrence and the Limits of Punishment
Session 25 Saturday, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Arrington C
Topic: Political Philosophy
Chair: Shelby Weitzel
Speakers:
Nate Metzger The Dualism of Ethics: Why Moral and Political Theory Need A Realist Metaphysics
Isaiah O'Rear Desert and Policy Analysis
Saturday, 11:50-12:45 p.m.,
Lunch Reception, Adrian Tobias Room
Session 26 Saturday, 12:45-1:45 p.m., Adrian Tobias Room
Plenary Session
Chair: Thomas Magnell
Speaker: James S. Taylor
Autonomy and Choice
Session 27 Saturday, 2:00-3:15 p.m., Arrington A
Topic: Law and Politics
Chair: Matt Ferkany
Speakers:
Shahin Izadi When is Harm to Self-Worth Politically Weighty?
Paul M. Hughes Internet Stings and the Creation of Thought Crimes
Session 28 Saturday, 2:00-3:15 p.m., Arrington B
Topic: Liberty
Chair: Thomas Magnell
Speakers:
William Kline Liberty Studies: Mapping Liberty in Curriculum
Piers Norris Turner Mill on Liberty & Epistemic Responsibility
Session 29 Saturday, 2:00 – 3:15 p.m., Arrington C
Topic: Partiality and Happiness
Chair: Tyler Paytas
Speakers:
James Hudson Partiality and Special Duties in Utilitarian Perspective
Kathleen Dougherty Personal Relationships, Moral Obligations & Individual Happiness
Session 30 Saturday, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Arrington A
Topic: Applied Ethics
Chair: Michael McGrath
Speakers:
Wang Zeying On the Moral Responsibilities of Enterprises
Nie Weijun On the Moral Limit of Informed Consent
Session 31 Saturday, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Arrington B
Topic: Political Philosophy
Chair: Loren Lomasky
Speakers:
Lars Lindblom Combining Democratic Equality and Luck Egalitarianism
Chris Lowry Sen’s Capabilities & Liberal Neutrality
Session 32 Saturday, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Arrington C
Topic: Virtue
Chair: George Aichele
Speakers: Stephen Kershnar Virtue & Sexual Fantasies
Leanne Kent Virtue Ethics, Tragic Dilemmas, & Right Action
Session 33 Saturday, 6:00-9:30 p.m., Adrian Tobias Room
Dinner and Plenary Session
Chair: Thomas Magnell
Speaker: Loren Lomasky
Is It Wrong to Eat Animals?
SUNDAY, APRIL 15
8:30-9:15 a.m., Shuttle from Hotels to Adrian College
Session 34 Sunday, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Arrington A
Topic: Political Philosophy
Chair: Helen Frowe
Speakers:
J. Miles Free Speech and the Minimal State
Katherine Erbeznik Yet Another Left-Libertarian Critique
Session 35 Sunday, 11:00 12:15 a.m., Arrington A
Topic: Moral Theory
Chair: Ben Almassi
Speakers:
Chris Metivier Enhancing Reason, Enhancing Judgment
Tyler Paytas Acknowledged Desire Fulfillment Theory
Participants
George Agich, Bowling Green State University
George Aichele, Adrian College
Ben Almassi, University of Washington
Matthew C. Altman, Central Washington University
Robert Bass, Coastal Carolina University
Peter Bornschein, Albion College
Walter Brand, New York City College of Technology
Ali Brown, Florida State University
Jennifer Burd
Agnes Caldwell, Adrian College
Cynthia D. Coe, Central Washington University
Mary Albert Darling, Spring Arbor University
Fritz Detwiler, Adrian College
Brandon Donelson-Sims, Antioch University: McGregor Conflict Resolution Program
Kathleen Dougherty, Bowie State University
Katherine Erbeznik, Bowling Green State University
Sister Durstyne Farnan, Adrian Dominican Sisters
Kate Fassett, Adrian College
Matt Ferkany, Michigan State University
Galen Foresman, Bowling Green State University
Helen Frowe, University of Reading, UK
Dr. David Garren, United States Naval Academy
Monica Gerrek, University of Kansas
David Gilboa, Silver Lake College
John Scott Gray, Ferris State University
Mary Hagley, Adrian College
Fred Harrington, University of Wisconsin-Madison
James Hudson, Northern Illinois University
Paul M. Hughes, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Michael Hurlburt, University of Miami
Shahin Izadi, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Stephanie Jass, Adrian College
Shawn Kaplan, Adelphi University
Leanne Kent, Bowling Green State University
Stephen Kershnar, SUNY-Fredonia
William Kline, Center for Liberty Studies
Lars Lindblom, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Loren Lomasky, University of Virginia
Chris Lowry, Queens University, Canada
Thomas Magnell, Drew University
Geoffrey Manzi, Loyola Marymount University
Chris Metivier, Bowling Green State University
Nate Metzger, CUNY- Graduate Center, Dept. of Philosophy
Michael McGrath, Adrian College
J. Miles, Bowling Green State University
Sarah Clark Miller, University of Memphis
Mark Moller, Denison University
Rev. Chris Momany, Adrian College
Natalie Nenadic, Yale University
Isaiah O’Rear, University of Georgia
Julinna C. Oxley, Coastal Carolina University
Tyler Paytas, University of Missouri- St. Louis
Mark Rigstad, Oakland University
Ezra Rosser, Washington College of Law, American University
Cecilia San Luis, University of the Philippines
Martin Sandbu, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Wharton School of Business
Kristin Schaupp, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
James H. Spence, Adrian College
Elise Springer, Wesleyan University
Melissa Stewart, Adrian College
Lad Strayer
Chris Alen Sula, CUNY Graduate Center; Lehman College, CUNY
James S. Taylor, College of New Jersey
Matt Tedesco, Beloit College
Sharika Thiranagama, University of Edinburgh, UK
William Tregea, Adrian College
Piers Norris Turner, UNC-Chapel Hill
Meredith Verrochi, Michigan State University
Katie Padgett Walsh, Northwestern University
Shelby Weitzel, College of the Holy Cross
Nie Wenjun, Hunan Normal University
Wang Zeying, Hunan Normal University
John Zillmer, Michigan State University
Thomas Magnell
Executive Director
The Conference on Value Inquiry
Philosophy Department
Drew University
Madison, NJ 07940
James H. Spence
Conference Coordinator
34th Conference on Value Inquiry
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Adrian College
Adrian, MI 49221
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