Department of Philosophy (PHI)
Ethical Perspectives on Risk
2008 UNCG Symposium in Philosophy
February 29th - March 2nd, 2008
Dogwood Room, Elliot University Center
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Papers are now available on-line for those that have registered for the conference: 2008 UNCG Symposium in Philosophy Papers.
Registration: UNCG faculty, students, and staff - free; all others, $30.
Please make checks payable to Department of Philosophy, UNCG.
| Schedule: | |
| Friday, February 29 | |
| 8:00 p.m. - 10 p.m. | Douglas MacLean
(Philosophy, UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Rationality and Risk Aversion" Commentator: George Rainbolt (Philosophy, Georgia State University) |
| Saturday, March 1 | |
| 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Sven Ove Hansson
(Philosophy, Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden))
"What Ethics Can Learn From the Study of Risk" Commentator: Michael Zimmerman (Philosophy, UNC-Greensboro) |
| 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Colleen Murphy
(Philosophy, Texas A&M University)
"The Ethics of Achieving Acceptable Levels of Risk: A Capabilities based Approach" Commentator: Katie Gallagher (Politics, Princeton University) |
| 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Coffee |
| 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Larry Alexander
(Law, University of San Diego)
"Inculpatory, Exculpatory, and Adjudicative Risks: A Map of the Terrain and an Agenda for Thought" Commentator: Jeffrey Brand-Ballard (Philosophy, George Washington University) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Reception |
| Sunday, March 2 | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. | Douglas Husak
(Philosophy, Rutgers University)
"Criminalization and Risk" Commentator: Carl Wellman (Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, Emeritus) |
Beginning in early February, papers will be available on-line for those who have registered for the conference.
For additional information, please contact Professor David Lefkowitz at d_lefkow(at)uncg.edu