"Environmental Philosophy and the Duties of Citizenship"

The 32nd Annual Richard R. Baker Philosophy Colloquium

October 12-14, 2006

 

Colloquium Chair: Dr. Daniel Fouke

Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Dayton

For further information, please contact Linda McKinley at linda.mckinley@notes.udayton.edu or at 937-229-2933.

 

This program is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council.

Keynote Speakers:

Carl F. Cranor, University of California, Riverside

Roger S. Gottlieb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Andrew Light, University of Washington

PROGRAM

 

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Jesse Philips Humanities Center

Pre-Colloquium Event: The Humanities Symposium

Diane Wilson

"Courage to Make a Difference"

7:30-9:00 p.m. – Sears Recital Hall

Book Signing and Reception to follow

in the Lobby outside Sears

 

 

Thursday, October 12, 2006

all sessions to be held in the Jesse Philips Humanities Center

 

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A Conversation with Diane Wilson

Author of An Unreasonable Woman

2:30-4:00 p.m. – HM 470/472

 

~ ~ ~ Dinner Break ~ ~ ~

 

Keynote Address 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Sears Recital Hall

Roger S. Gottlieb

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"The Spirit of Environmental Democracy"

 

Reception to Follow – HM 470/472

 

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Friday, October 13, 2006

all sessions, except Session IV, to be held in the Jesse Philips Humanities Center

 

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Continental Breakfast – 8:00-8:50 a.m. – HM 470/472

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Session I

9:00-9:45 a.m. – HM 470/472

"A Dilemma for a Right to an Adequate Environment"

Steven F. Geisz, The University of Tampa

 

9:45-10:30 a.m – HM 470/472

"Our Right to Health and Our Duty to Nature"

Andrew Brei, Purdue University

 

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Session II

10:45-11:30 a.m. – HM 470/472

"Contextual Values and the Language of Environmental Science: An Opportunity for Environmental Citizenship"

Kevin Elliott, University of South Carolina

 

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – HM 470/472

"Taking Dewey to the Streets: A Philosophy of Urban Environmental Education"

Mark Rigstad, Oakland University

 

~ ~ ~ Lunch Break ~ ~ ~

 

Session III

1:45-2:30 p.m. – HM 470/472

"The Politics of Pedagogy: Global Warming, Public Policy, and the Ethics of Identifying Controversy"

Kathryn Norlock, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

 

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Session IV

3:00-4:00 p.m. – LTC Forum in the Roesch Library basement

"Ecological Citizenship: Environmental Space and Distributive Justice. Or: to Fly or Not to Fly"

Andrew Dobson, The Open University, UK

 

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Session V

4:30-5:15 p.m. – HM 470/472

"Why and How to Teach Marx in Environmental Policy"

Jennifer McErlean, Siena College

 

~ ~ ~ Dinner Break ~ ~ ~

 

Keynote Address 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Sears Recital Hall

Carl F. Cranor

University of California, Riverside

"The Science Veil over Personal Injury Law"

 

Reception to Follow – HM 470/472

 

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Saturday, October 14, 2006

all sessions to be held in the Jesse Philips Humanities Center

 

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Continental Breakfast – 8:00-8:50 a.m. – HM 470/472

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Keynote Address 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Sears Recital Hall

Andrew Light

University of Washington

"What Killed Environmentalism"

 

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Session VI

10:45-11:30 a.m. – HM 470/472

"On the End of Nature, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Global Warming"

Allen Thompson, Clemson University

 

11:30-12:15 – HM 470/472

"Environmental Ethics: The Need for a Communitarian and Discursive Framework"

Luke Glowacki, University of Utah

 

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The Department of Philosophy would like to thank the following for their support of the Colloquium:

Ohio Humanities Council

The Franklin J. Matchette Foundation

College of Arts and Sciences

Fund for Excellence

Office of the University Professor of Faith & Culture and the Chancellor

Forum on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

School of Education and Allied Professions

Geology Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Political Science Department

Graduate School

Mann Chair

Alumni Chair in Humanities

Civil and Environmental Engineering