SPCW Annual Conference 2007 Program Schedule
Thursday, July 19
12:30-1:00 Registration
1:00-2:00 Lunch & Opening Reception
2:00-3:30 Session 1: Welcome to Morelia and Universidad Latina de America Jose-Antonio Orosco, Karen Bardsley, & Trudy Conway, Opening Remarks Victor Vargas, “The Democratic Deficit in Mexico’s Political System.”
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:15 Session 2: Technology & Tradition George A. Teschner, “Globalization and the Technological Paradigm.” Janet Donohoe, “Virtual Memorials/Global Places?”
Friday, July 20th 9:00-9:30 Coffee & Conversation
9:30-11:00 Session 3: Just War Theory David Chan, “The Importance of Jus In Bello” Lani Roberts, “Last Resort, Moral Imagination and War.”
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 Session 4: Globalization and Terrorism J. Jeremy Wisnewski, “Violence, Terrorism, and Corporate Colonialism.”
12:45-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Session 5: Economic Globalization & International justice Sandy Reiter & Paul L. Glezen, “Moral Loopholes in the Global Economic Environment.” David Willhoite, “Ercel and the Anti-sweat shop movement.”
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:15 Session 6: Culture & Selfhood Kim Diaz, “Cosmopolitan Identity and Human Rights.” Roberto Mantilla Sahagun, “Los Retos de la Justica Frente a la Identidad Global/ The Challenges of Justice for Global Identity.”
Saturday, July 21st 9:00-9:30 Coffee & Conversation
9:30-11:00 Session 7: The Global Community & Supranational Institutions David I. Gandolfo, “The Ethical Threshold: Minimum Requirements for a Non-Neocolonial Globalization.” Mark Sanders, “Royce and Dewey on Conflict Resolution and Community.”
11:00-10:15 Break
11:15-12:45 Session 8: Immanuel Kant on Nations, Respect and Race Monica Greenwell Janzen, “Civic Virtue in a Kantian Federation of Nations.” Joris van Gorkom, “Immanuel Kant on Racial Identity.”
12:45-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Session 9: President & Co-chair’s Presentations Trudy Conway, “Reflections on the Executing of an Executioner” Jose-Antonio Orosco, "Upholding the Law of all the Greeks: Lessons on Humanitarian Intervention from Euripides."
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:00 Business Meeting
Sunday 22nd , July 2 9:00-6:00 Organized Tour of Patzcuaro, Tzintzuntzan, Santa Clara
Monday, July 23rd 9:00-9:30 Coffee & Conversation
9:30-11:00 Session 10: Aiding Others Mandy Bosma, “Aiding the Poor in a Globalising World: Duties and Demandingness” Stan van Hooft, “Subsistence Rights and Moral Realism.”
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 Session 11: Human and Non-human Rights James Irving, “Self determination, Human Rights & The Basis of International Law” Jack Weir, “Rights, Moral Rights and Animal Rights.”
12:15-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Session 12: Globalization & Religion Paul S. Penner and Patricia Diaz Herrera, “Globalization, Protestant Conservatism and the Mexican Case.” Robert Metcalf, “Examining Religion Globally”
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:00 Session 13: Group Discussion “Is there, and/or should there be, a sense of shared identity amongst all citizens of the “Americas?” Facilitator: Karen Bardsley