FELICIAN COLLEGE
Lodi, New Jersey
2nd Annual Felician Ethics Conference Program
May 3, 2008
Registration and Coffee 9:00—9:30 AM – Kirby Hall 3rd Floor
Concurrent Sessions 1: 9:30—11:30 AM
A. HISTORY OF ETHICS – Kirby Hall 333
1. Dr. Daniel Restrepo, New School for Social Research
“Leibniz’ Monadic Ethics”
Commentator:
2. Prof. Vincent Rama, William Paterson University
“Art and Ethics in Plato’s Symposium”
Commentator: John Peterman, William Paterson University
B. META-ETHICS – Kirby Hall 334
1. Prof. Richard Brown, LaGuardia College
“Emotive Realism: A (Mostly) Neglected Kind of Expressivism”
Commentator: Prof. Irfan Khawaja, Felician College
2. Dr. Andrei Zavaliy, Hunter College
“Amoralism and the Scalar Nature of Morality”
Commentator: Dr. Stephen Levy, College of Morris
C. EDUCATIONAL ETHICS – Kirby Hall 335
1. Dr. George Abaunza, Felician College
“Overindulgence: The Nemesis of Happiness”
Commentator:
2. Dr. Gary Bartlett, Central Washington University
“An Argument Against Spanking”
Commentator: Dave Benfield, Montclair State University
Lunch 11:45 AM—12:30 PM – Cafeteria, Albin Obal Hall
Plenary Session 12:45—2:30 PM – Lecture Hall, Albin Obal Hall 2nd Floor
Dr. Robert Basil Talisse, Vanderbilt University
“Against Pluralism”
Concurrent Sessions 2: 2:45—4:45 PM
A. ETHICS OF WAR – Kirby Hall 333
1. Dr. Carrie Ann Biondi, Marymount Manhattan College
“Reframing the Ethics of War”
Commentator: Dr. Raziel Abelson, NYU
2. Saba Bazargan, Rutgers University
“Is it Permissible to Participate in Unjust Wars?”
Commentator: Prof. Paul Eckstein, Bergen Community College
B. TEACHING ETHICS AND ETHICAL FICTION – Kirby Hall 334
1. Jon Rogers, Montclair State University – P4C
“Teaching Ethics Responsibly: Bringing Global Awareness to the Classroom”
Commentator: Alexandra Perry, Montclair State University – P4C
2. Dr. Robert McParland, Felician College
“Keeping Company With Dickens: Richard Rorty, Martha Nussbaum, and Encounters with the Ethics of Fiction”
Commentator:
C. RELIGION & ETHICS – Kirby Hall 335
1. Dr. Christopher Adamo, Centenary College
“The Primacy of Ethics Over Explanation and Religious Pluralism: Lessing’s Nathan the Wise”
Commentator: Rick Burnor
2. Dr. Marie Friquegnon, William Paterson University
“Buddhist Ethics: A System of Checks and Balances”
Commentator:
D. ETHICS AND CHOICE – Kirby Hall 206
1. Dr. Yvonne Raley, Felician College
“Don’t Let Them Eat Cake: A Case for Legislating What We Can Eat”
Commentator: Dr. Dan Murphy, St. Peter’s College
2. Jeff Buechner, Rutgers University, Newark
“Against the Case Against Perfection”
Commentator:
Wine and Cheese Reception 4:45 PM – Faculty Lounge Kirby Hall 3rd Floor
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