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| APRIL 24, 2010 |
| (as of April 14, 2010) |
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| Felician College (Rutherford Campus) |
| 223 Montross Ave. |
| Rutherford, NJ 07070 |
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| All sessions except the plenary are to be held in the newly renamed Martin Hall, previously called “Becton Hall.” |
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| Registration and Continental Breakfast: 9:00 am - 9:30 am (Lobby and Room 105 of Martin Hall) |
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| Morning Session I (9:30 am - 11 am) |
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| 1. |
Moral Obligation (Martin 201) |
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CHAIR: Richard Burnor, Felician College |
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Reshef Agam-Segal (Auburn University), “Anscombe Against Self-Legislation” |
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Chris Herrera (Montclair
State University), “Can We Have an Obligation to Obey God?” |
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| 2. |
Themes in Korsgaard (Martin 206) |
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CHAIR: Joseph Biehl, Felician College |
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Robyn Gaier (St. Louis University), “Putting Normativity in Perspective” |
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Comment (on Gaier): Michael Young, Brown University |
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Fritz McDonald (Oakland University), “Agency and Responsibility” |
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| Comment (on McDonald): Carmen Alviar, University of Santo Tomas |
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| 3. |
Art, Literature, and Ethics (Martin 207) |
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CHAIR: George Abaunza, Felician College |
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Chrysoula Gitsoulis (City College, CUNY), “Art and Morality in Aristotle’s Poetics” |
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| Comment (on Gitsoulis): George Abaunza, Felician College |
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Robert McParland (Felician College), “Teaching Joseph Conrad’s Ethical Code” |
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| Morning Session II (11:15 am – 12:45 pm), Room Assignments TBA. |
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| 1. |
Reasons and Norms (Martin 206) |
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Eric Barnes (Hobart and William Smith College), “Trust and Constraint Games” |
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Alida Liberman (University of Southern California), “Understanding Strictness: Can Conditional Normative Requirements Conflict?” |
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| Comment (on Liberman): Joseph Biehl, Felician College |
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| 2. |
Themes in Scanlon (Martin 207)
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Christian Perring (Dowling College), “Scanlon on Moral Responsibility and Addiction”
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Joshua Crabill (Univ. of Southern California), “Aggregating Scanlon: An Argument Against Derek Parfit”
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| Comment (on Crabill): Jeff Buechner, Rutgers/Newark and CUNY Grad Center
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| 3. |
Love and Care (Martin 203)
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CHAIR: Yvonne Raley, Felician College
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Eric Silverman (Christopher Newport University), “Love and Psychic Integration”
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| Comment: Carrie-Ann Biondi (Marymount Manhattan College)
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Tim Johnston (SUNY Stony Brook), “Holding Children Well: Ethics of Care and the Management of Intersex Children”
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| Comment: Chris Herrera, Montclair State University
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| 4. |
Objectivity and Subjectivity (Martin 201)
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CHAIR: George Abaunza, Felician College
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Michael Buckley (Lehman College, CUNY), “The Nature of Objectivity in Political Constructivism”
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| Comment (on Buckley): Irfan Khawaja (Felician College)
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Donald Bruckner (Penn State University, Kensington), “The Subjective Meaning of Life”
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| Comment (on Bruckner): Irfan Khawaja (Felician College)
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| Lunch (1:00 pm - 1:45 pm), “The Falcon’s Nest”.
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Plenary (2:00 pm - 3:30 pm), Main Auditorium, First Floor of Sammartino Hall
(the circular building 50 yards and on the right of Martin Hall)
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| Introduction:
George Abaunza, Chair, Dept. of Philosophy, Felician College
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| Speaker:
Christopher Morris (Univ. of Maryland, College Park), “Why Be Just?”
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| Comment:
John Davenport (Fordham University)
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| Afternoon Session (3:45 pm - 5:15 pm), Room Assignments TBA.
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| 1. |
Themes in Twentieth Century Ethics (Martin 201)
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| | CHAIR: Chrysoula Gitsoulis, (City College, CUNY)
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Joseph Biehl (Felician College), “Polyethics: Problems and Progress”
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Susana Nuccetelli (St. Cloud State University), “Why the Naturalistic Fallacy Is a Fallacy After All”
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| Comment (on Nuccetelli): David Kaspar, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
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| 2. |
The Claims of Utility (Martin 207)
| | CHAIR: Yvonne Raley, Felician College
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David Kaspar (Univ. of Nevada, Reno), “The Intuitionist Case Against Utilitarianism”
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Philip Reed (Canisius College), “What’s Wrong With Monkish Virtues? How to Identify Humean Virtues and Vices”
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| Comment (on Reed): Gary Ciocco, Gettysburg College
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| 3. |
Narrative, Imagination, and Ethics(Martin 206)
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CHAIR: Irfan Khawaja, Felician College
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Seth Mayer (Northwestern University), “Narrative Unity and Good Lives”
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| Comment (on Mayer): Reshef Agam-Segal, Auburn University
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Benjamin Yelle (Univ. of Miami), “Imagination and Autonomy”
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| Comment (on Yelle): Jeff Buechner, Rutgers/Newark and CUNY Grad Center
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| 4. |
Undergraduate Session II: Historical Themes (Martin 205)
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CHAIR: George Abaunza, Felician College
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Zak Fisher (St. Edward’s University), “Socrates, Society, and Morality”
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Courtney Zehnder (Marymount Manhattan College), “Nietzsche: Art as Ethics”
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Ryan Nardi (Felician College), “Of Philosophers and Gentlemen: J.H. Newman on Knowledge as an End”
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Wine & Cheese Reception (5:20 pm) Martin 105
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| For further information, contact
Dr. Irfan Khawaja |
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