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RECENT EVENTS:
RoME: Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress
Symposium: Research on Prisoners and Other Vulnerable Populations, Feb 14 & 15, 2008
also,
Think! Come to our free public lecture series...
Feb. 21, 2008, 7:30 - 9pm, Old Main Chapel. Wes Morriston (CU Boulder) on "Why No One Needs to Fear Going to Hell."
March 6, 2008, 7:30 - 9pm, Old Main Chapel. David Boonin (CU Boulder) on "Two Cheers for Affirmative Action."
April 24, 2008, 7:30 - 9pm, Old Main Chapel. Neera Badhwar (University of Oklahoma).
OTHER NEWS:
Passing the Baton: In order to pursue several important research projects, Ben Hale is passing the Director's baton over to Alastair Norcross for Spring 2008. He will continue to be very active in the Center and will also co-coordinate the upcoming RoME Congress with Prof. Norcross.
Past: Fall 2007
Public Lecture: Carol Cleland (CU/Boulder)
Thursday, September 13th
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel
"The Search for Extraterrestrials: What is Life? "
Public Lecture: Claudia Mills (CU/Boulder)
Thursday, October 11th
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel
"Honor Thy Mother and Father. But Why? "
Public Lecture: Simon Sparks (Oglethorpe University)
Thursday, November 8th
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel
"What Counts As Art?"
Past: Spring 2007
Public Lecture: Alison Jaggar (CU/Boulder)
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel
"Dangerous Professors and Academic Freedom"
Public Lecture: Andrew Light (U. Washington)
Monday, February 5th, 2007
6:30-8:00, HUMN 1B50
"The Chicago Wilderness: Lessons for Ecological Citizenship"
(Sponsored by the Wilderness Study Group and the Center)
Public Lecture: Yaron Brook (Ayn Rand Institute) and Martin Cook (US Air Force Academy)
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Wittemyer Courtroom, Wolf Law Building
"Justice in War: A Debate "
Public Lecture: Michael Tooley (CU/Boulder)
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel
Title TBA
Fall 2007 Public Lecture Series
Public Lecture: Brad Thompson (Clemson)
Thursday, October 5, 2006
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel
"Why Johnny Can't Think or Distinguish Right from Wrong"
Public Lecture: David Barnett and Robert Hanna
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel
“What We Owe to Animals: A Debate”
Public Lecture: Michael E. Zimmerman
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel
“Integral Ecology”
Interested in sponsoring an event or a program? Want to have your issue addressed by professional ethicists? Consider a contribution to the Center. For inquiries, suggestions, or donations, contact the Director directly at: bhale@colorado.edu
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Lunchtime Seminar Series
all talks are in the Center (Hellems 269)
unless otherwise indicated, all talks are on Fridays from 12-12:50
Sept 5, 2008 Ajume Wingo, "Trustees of Themselves: A New Framework for Human Rights"
Sept 12 Harry Platanakis (University of London), "Aristotle on Political Participation"
Sept 19 Jason Wyckoff, "Can Gratitude Serve as a Basis of Political Obligation?"
Sept 25 (Thursday, 12:30-1:30) Uri Leibowitz, "Particularism in Aristotle's Ethics"
Oct 10 Eric Chwang, "Three Ways of Speaking and the Futility of Coerced Promises"
Oct 17 Chris Heathwood, “Could Morality Have a Source?"
Oct 24 Alastair Norcross, "Intentions, Character, and Consequentialism"
Oct 31 Ryan Mott, TBA
Nov 14 Brad Monton, "Should Intelligent Design Be Taught in School?"
Nov 21 Kendy Hess, “The Metaphysics of Corporate Agency"
Dec 5 David Boonin, “Why I Don’t Hate Hate Crime Laws”
Dec 12 Jason Hanna, "Ulysses Contracts and the Relevance of Consent"
Spring 2008
Lunchtime Seminar Talks
All talks are on Fridays 12-1 in Hellems 269. Everyone is welcome!
Friday, January 18
Visiting Prof. Christina Van Dyke
“Ethical Vegetarianism: Feminist Requirement or Patriarchal Burden?
Friday, January 25
Prof. Alastair Norcross
“Euthanasia and Self-Defense”
Friday, February 2
Dan Demetriou
“What Moral Intuitions Are”
Friday, February 8
Prof. Claudia Mills
“Stigma and Openness”
Friday, February 22
Kendy Hess
“The Modern Corporation as Moral Agent”
Friday, February 29
Lisa Bates
“Privatization, Democracy, and Public Goods”
Friday, March 14
Prof. David Boonin
“What’s Wrong with Racial Profiling?”
Friday, March 21
Dr. Michael Peirce
“It’s Not My Concern: Singer and Plato, Rules, Roles, and Social Organization”
Friday, April 4
Prof. Chris Heathwood
“Desire-Based Theories of Welfare, of Pleasure, and of Reasons”
Friday, April 11
Prof. Gordon Finlayson (University of Sussex)
"Not Much Ado about Habermas and Rawls"
Friday, April 18
Prof. Eric Chwang
“Futility Clarified”
Friday, April 25
Prof. Neera Badhwar (University of Oklahoma)
TBA
Fall 2007
With one exception, all talks are on Fridays 12-1.
Friday, September 7
Dr. Jackie Colby
“Health Disparities, Ethics, and the HPV Vaccine”
Friday, September 14
Prof. Alison Jaggar
“Ideal Theory versus Critical Theory: Comparing the Philosophical Methods of John Rawls and Iris Marion Young”
Friday, September 21
Prof. Chris Heathwood
“Desire-Based Theories of Welfare and the Possibility of Self-Sacrifice”
Friday, September 28
Jason Hanna
“How Soft Is Soft Paternalism?”
Friday, October 12
Prof. Philip Cafaro, Dept. of Philosophy, CSU
Winthrop Staples, CSU
“The Environmental Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States”
Friday, October 26
Prof. Alastair Norcross
“Utility, Determinism, and Possibility”
Monday, October 29
(NOTE THE MONDAY DATE!!!)
Prof. Mariam Thalos, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Utah
“Risk and Resources”
Friday, November 2
Cindy Scheopner
“Creating God: Mormon Metaphysics and the Politics of Polygamy”
Friday, November 9
Prof. Steve Vanderheiden, Dept. of Political Science, CU
“Justice and Global Climate Change”
Friday, November 16
Prof. Claudia Mills
”Fathers and Mothers”
Friday, November 30
Prof. Eric Chwang,
“Against Assent”
Friday, December 7
Audra King
“Justice, Development, and Just Development: An Institutional Approach to Analyzing Development”
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