Conference on ethical issues in international affairs

April 14th, 2016                 

Keynote Address
5:00 – 7:00: Andrew Altman (Distinguished University Professor, Georgia State University)

"International Law and the Targeted Killing of Terrorists"


April 15th, 2016: Workshop

8:30 – 9:40  Graham Parsons (Asst Prof, West Point)
"Families and Armies in Traditional Social Contract Theory"

9:50 – 11:00  Candice Delmas (Asst. Prof., Northeastern)
"The Ethics of Hacktivism"

11:10 – 12:20 Danielle Wenner (Asst. Prof., Carnegie Mellon)
"Boycotting Labor Injustice"

12:20 – 1:30  Lunch

1:30 – 2:40  Maxim Pensky (Professor, Binghamton)
"Two Cheers for the Impunity Norm"

2:50 – 4:00   Jeff Flynn (Assoc. Prof., Fordham)
"Human Dignity and the Genealogy of Human Rights"

NiNE2: Nietzsche in the Northeast 2nd annual

here's the program. come join us!

FRIDAY APRIL 1^ST

All events in DC 120

8.45-9.30 coffee and check-in

9.30-10.30 Anthony Jensen, Providence College, “Will to Power and Selfhood”

moderator: Robert Guay

10.40-11.40 Scott Jenkins, University of

Kansas, “Willing Back in Zarahustra’s Speech on Redemption”

moderator: Rebecca Bamford

11.40-11.55 break

11.55-12:55 Lawrence Hatab, Old Dominion University, “Will to Power and Eternal Recurrence”

moderator: Paul Loeb

12.55-1.55 lunch break

2.00-3.00 Paul Katsafanas, Boston University,

“Nietzsche on the Necessity of Higher Values”

moderator: Matthew Meyer

3.10-4.10 Matthew Meyer, University of Scranton, “Nietzsche’s Ontic Realism”

moderator: Peter Groff

4.10-4.25 break

4.25-5.25 Allison Merrick, CSU San Marcos,

“We Need a Critique of Moral Values: Of Effects and Transcendent Evaluative Standpoints”

moderator: John Richardson

SATURDAY APRIL 2^ND

All events in DC 120

8.45-9.30 coffee and check-in

9.30-10.30 Daniel Blue, “The Young Nietzsche: Intersections of Biography and Philosophy”

moderator: Anthony Jensen

10.40-11.40 Rebecca Bamford, Quinnipiac University, “Nietzsche and Thought Experiments”

moderator: Allison Merrick

11.40-11.55 break

11.55-12.55 Christa Acampora, Hunter College/CUNY, “Mortal Enemies, Moral Injuries”

moderator: Seulki Kim

12.55-1.55 lunch break

2.00-3.00 Paul S. Loeb, “Nietzsche and the History of Philosophy”

moderator: Jeff Hastings

3.10-4.10 John Richardson, New York University, “Nietzsche Against and For Gods”

moderator: Scott Jenkins

4.10-4.25 break

4.25-5.25 Melanie Shepherd, Misericordia University, “Myth and Affirmation in the Birth of Tragedy”

moderator: Jenn Dum

PPL Visiting Scholar and Philosophy of Law conference

this week!

and in case you're wondering, the Keynote is in UUW-324 and the rest is in AB-124

exciting update: Pensky subs in for Dimock

SAGP draft program is up

Gina, Carlos, Allison, and Tony are on it

http://www.societyancientgreekphilosophy.com/