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Niagara University
Friday April 18 - Saturday April 19 2008
Society of Christian Philosophers Eastern Regional Meeting
“Issues and Options in Applied Ethics”
Friday April 18
1:00 – 2:00 Registration: Lobby of Castellani Art Museum
2:00 – 4:00 Session Alpha
Group 1: Bioethics 1 Dunleavy 127
Chair: James Delaney, Niagara University
* Emerging Biotechnologies, Moral Judgment, and the Defense of Embryonic Human Life
-- Fr. Thomas Berg, LC -- The Westchester Institute for Ethics and the Human Person
* “You Also Were Strangers:” Moral Formation and Reproductive-Genetic Technologies
-- William P. Kabasenche, Washington State University
* Can Christians Be Pro-Life -- Stephen Kershnar, State University of New York-Fredonia
Group 2: Love and Malice Castellani Main Gallery
Chair: Michael Barnwell, Niagara University
* The Problem with the Problem of Evil: A Critique of the Trinitarian Warfare Theodicy -- Kerry B. Colling, Northeastern Seminary
* Augustine on the Possibility of Loving God -- Kyle Hubbard, Fordham University
* On the Possibility of Intellectual Malice -- Daniel W. Ambord, Loyola Marymount University
4:00 – 4:15 Break
4:15 – 5:50 Session Beta
Group 3: Faith Dunleavy 127
Chair: Stephen Petersen, Niagara University
* Acceptance, Faith and Epistemic Justification -- James Sennett, Brunau University
* Belief and Will: Holding the Faith True -- John Zeis, Canisius College
Group 4: The Body Castellani Main Gallery
Chair: Abigail Levin, Niagara University
* Dualism, Constitution, and Resurrection of the Dead -- Landon McBrayer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
* Bodies as Ecosystems -- David Vander Laan, Westmont College
6:00 – 7:00 Reception Castellani Main Gallery
7:00 – 8:30 Albert the Great Keynote Address Castellani Main Gallery
“Cooperating with Evil Doers”
Alexander Pruss, Baylor University
Saturday April 19
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast Vini’s 405-406
8:00 - 2:00 Registration will be open at 4th Floor St. Vincent’s Hall
9:00 – 11:00 Session Gamma
Group 5: Freedom Bisgrove 351
Chair: James Sennett, Brunau University
* Voluntary Inconsideration, Virtual Cognition, and Francisco Suárez -- Michael Barnwell, Niagara University
* The Concept of Freedom: Three Key Ideas -- William Rued, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Group 6: Business Ethics 1 Bisgrove 350
Chair: Marilynn Fleckenstein, Niagara University
* Business Ethics is Dead -- Albert Spalding, Wayne State University
* Was Frankenstein Really Uncle Sam? -- Dick Rowling
* In Defense of a Social Utilitarian Business Ethics -- Andrew Gustafson, Creighton University
Group 7: Bioethics 2 St. Vincent’s Hall 407
Chair:
* Statutory Rape and Parental Consent for Abortion -- Bradley Strawser, U.S. Air Force Academy
* All Early Abortions Require Moral Justification -- Shawn Graves, Cedarville University
* The Ever-Conscious View: A Critique -- Chris Tollefsen, University of South Carolina
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30 Keynote Address St. Vincent’s Hall 407
“People, Races, and Some Limits of Social Construction”
Jorge Garcia, Boston College
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Vini’s 405-406
Welcome From Marilynn Fleckenstein, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Niagara University
1:30 – 3:30 Session Delta
Group 8: ACPA Regional Meeting St. Vincent’s Hall 407
This session is sponsored by the American Catholic Philosophical Association/ Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Regional Chapter
Chair: John Zeis, Canisius College
* Kantianism and Torture -- Stephen Kershnar, State University of New York College at Fredonia
* Gospel Justice, Social Justice, and the Family -- Stanley Vodraska, Canisius College
* The Happy Idiot in El Salvador, Jean-Luc Marion’s Phenomenology of Self-Love -- Tanya Loughead, Canisius College
Group 9: Punishment and Responsibility Bisgrove 350
Chair: Leonard D. G. Ferry, University of Toronto
* Plato’s Crito and Understanding Our Obligations to Fulfill Our Role Responsibilities -- John K. Alexander, Grand Valley State University
* Moral Relativism in Context -- James Beebe, University at Buffalo
* Does Punishment Preclude Forgiveness? -- Adam Pelser, Baylor University
Group 10: Bioethics 3 Bisgrove 351
Chair: Chris Tollefsen, University of South Carolina
* Physician Integrity, Patient Autonomy, and Morally Problematic Treatments: A Way Through the Conflict -- Patrick Tully, University of Scranton
* Patient Responsibility and Reciprocity: How the Ethics of Transplantation Can Illuminate Health Care Generally -- Adam Schechter, Syracuse University
* Issues and Options in Health Care: Framing a Rights-Based Approach to Health Care -- Peter Thurley, University of Waterloo
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:45 Session Epsilon
Group 11: Necessity Bisgrove 350
Chair: John K. Alexander, Grand Valley State University
* Can God Be a Moral Agent? Divine Moral Goodness and the Problem of Morally Significant Freedom and Praise -- Ross Inman, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
* Some Problems with Pruss’ Ontomystical Arguments -- Ryan Byerly
* Theism and Modal Collapse -- Klaas Kraay, Ryerson University
Group 12: Business Ethics 2 Bisgrove 351
Chair: Andrew Gustafson, Creighton University
* Management and Practice: A Response to McCann and Brownsberger -- Chris Shrock, Baylor University
* Professions, Social Practices and “Godly Vocations”: A Conversation Between Alasdair MacIntyre and Martin Luther -- Thomas Pearson, The University of Texas - Pan American
* A Moral Compass for Neurath’s Boat: Pragmatic Concerns for Applied Ethics -- Jeffrey Dueck, Buffalo State College
5:45 – 6:15 SCP Business Meeting
6:15 – 7:30 Keynote Address St. Vincent’s Hall 407
“Human Biotechnology: Do All the Big Ethical Objections Fail?”
Gerald McKenny, Notre Dame University
7:30 – 9:00 Dinner Vini’s 405-406
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