Society for Applied Philosophy
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2014 APA Pacific (San Diego) — April 16 – 20
Author Meets Critic — Rethinking the Good, 2012
Time: 6–8 p.m., Thursday, April 17 (tentative)
Presenters / Critics
  Christian Coons (Bowling Green State University)
  Leo Katz (University of Pennsylvania Law School)
  Melinda Roberts (College of New Jersey)
Response
  Larry Temkin (Rutgers University)
Chair
  TBA
 
Author Meets Critic — On Global Justice, 2011
Time: 6–8 p.m., Saturday, April 19 (tentative)
Presenters / Critics
  Richard Arneson (University of California, San Diego)
  Helena de Bres (Wellesley College)
  Anna Stilz (Princeton University)
Response
  Matthias Risse (Harvard University)
Chair
  Gillian Brock (University of Auckland)
 
2013 APA Eastern (Baltimore) — Dec 27 – 30
Moral Uncertainty
2:45 pm – 5:45 pm Saturday, December 28
Presenters
  Anthony Sepielli (University of Toronto)
    "Are Intertheoretic Comparisons of Value Meaningful?"
  Alexander Guerrero
    "Democracy, Disagreement, and Moral Uncertainty"
  Evan Williams (Truman State University)
    "The Possibility of an Ongoing Moral Catastrophe"
Chair
  Anthony Sepielli (University of Toronto)
 
Procreation Ethics
2:45 pm – 5:45 pm Sunday, December 29
Presenters
  Melinda Roberts (College of New Jersey)
    “Can Procreation Impose Morally Significant Harms or Benefits on the Child?"
  Elizabeth Harman (Princeton University)
    "Abortion and the Non-Identity Problem"
  Caspar Hare (MIT)
    “Demanding Children
Chair
  David Wasserman (National Institutes of Health)
 
2013 APA Pacific (San Francisco) — March 27 – 31
Author Meets Critic — The Return of Feminist Liberalism, 2011
Time: 6–8 p.m., Wednesday, March 27
Presenters / Critics
  Lori Watson (University of San Diego) and Christie Hartley (Georgia State University)
  Charles W. Mills (Northwestern University)
Response
  Ruth Abbey (Notre Dame)
Chair
  Hugh LaFollette (University of South Florida St. Petersburg)
 
Ethics in a Climate Emergency
Time: 7–10 p.m, Friday, March 29
Presenters
  Clare Heyward (Oxford)
    "What Is a Climate Emergency - and Is Geoengineering a Solution?"
  Dale Jamieson (NYU)
    "Ethics in a Climate Emergency"
  Stephen M. Gardiner (University of Washington)
    "Geoengineering and Moral Schizophrenia: What's the Question?"
Chair
  Hugh LaFollette (University of South Florida St. Petersburg)
   
   
2012 APA Eastern (Atlanta, GA) — Dec 27-30, Marriott Atlanta Marquis
Criminal Law
Time: 9–11 Friday, December 28
Presenters
  Chris Bennett (University of Sheffield)
    "Reconsidering Penal Disenfranchisement"
  Mary Sigler (Arizona State University)
    "Felon Disenfranchisement"
Commentator and Chair
  William Edmundson (Georgia State University)
 
Author Meets Critic — Conscience and Conviction, OUP 2012
Time: 9–11 Saturday, December 29
  Thomas E. Hill, Jr. (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
    "Conscience and Making Conscientious Decisions"
  David Lefkowicz (University of Richmond)
    "Conscience and the Criminal Law"
  Kimberley Brownlee (University of Warwick)
    Response
Chair
  Hugh LaFollette (University of South Florida St. Petersburg)
 
2011 APA Eastern (Washinton, DC) — Dec 27-30, Marriott Wardman Park
After Marriage
December 30 (Friday afternoon) — Group Session XIII — 1:30-4:30 P.M.
Presenters
  Jeremy Garrett (Children's Mercy Bioethics Center & University of Missouri-Kansas City)
    "How the State Can, and Why it Should, Secure the Interests of Children without Civil Marriage"
  Elizabeth Brake (University of Calgary)
    "Justice and legal frameworks for caring relationships"
  Martha Fineman (Emory University Law School)
    "Rearranging the Ties that Bind"
  Simon May (Virginia Tech)
    "Liberal Neutrality and Civil Marriage"
Chair
  Judith Lichtenberg (Georgetown University)
     
Applying Philosophy
December 27th (Thursday evening) — Group Session I — 6:30 - 9:30 P.M.
Presenters
  Marilyn Friedman (Vanderbilt University)
    "Jewish Self-Hatred, Authenticity, and Israeli Policies"
  Adrian Walsh (University of New England)
    "Economic Hurts and Millian Harms"
Chair
  Hugh LaFollette (University of South Florida St. Petersburg)
     
     
2010 APA Eastern (Boston, MA)
The Future of Environmental Ethics
Presenters
  David Schmidtz (University of Arizona)
  Ronald Sandler (Northeastern University)
  Trish Glazebrook (University of North Texas)
Chair
  Alan Holland (University of Lancaster)
     
     
Author Meets Critic (Beyond Humanity? The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement)
Presenters
  Elizabeth Fenton (Harvard University Program on Ethics and Health)
  Thomas Douglas (Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford)
Respondant
  Allan Buchanan (Duke University)
Chair
  S. Matthew Liao (New York University)
     
     
2009 APA Eastern (New York City)
Sovereignty
Speakers
  Arthur Applbaum (Harvard University)
    "Legitimacy for Liberals"
    Larry May (Vanderbilt University)
    “Darfur, Sovereignty, and the Indictment of Al Bashir"
Chair
  Suzanne Uniacke (University of Hull-United Kingdom)
     
Justice and Education
Speakers
  Harry Brighouse (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
    "Are There Any Principles of Justice for Education?"
  Michael McPherson (Spencer Foundation) and Matt Smith (Spencer Foundation)
    “Non-Ideal Justice and the Distribution of Higher Education"
Commentator
  Randall Curren (University of Rochester)
Chair
  S. Matthew Liao (New York University)
     
Toleration, Respect, and Recognition
Speakers
  Brian Leiter (University of Chicago)
    "Foundation of Religious Liberty: Toleration or Respect?"
  Daniel Weinstock (University of Montreal)
    "Why Toleration Isn't Enough, and Why Recognition Is Too Much"
Chair
  Suzanne Uniacke (University of Hull-United Kingdom)
     
     
     
2008 APA Eastern (Philadelphia, PA)
Global Justice
Presenters
  Thomas Pogge (Yale University)
  Hillel Steiner (University of Manchester)
Chair
  David Archard (University of Lancaster)
     
Applying Philosophy
Presenters
  Virginia Held (City University of New York)
  Adam Swift (Oxford University)
Chair
  Hugh LaFollette (University of South Florida St. Petersburg)
     
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