Program & Schedule 2011
2nd Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
March 26, 2011
All rooms located in Haupert Union Building (HUB)
8:30-9:15 Registration
Room: Lounge
9:15-9:30 Opening Remarks: Jim Skalnick, Associate Dean, Â鶹¹û¶³
Room: UBC
Session I: 9:30-10:50 Ethics
Room: UBC
Moderator: Bill Falla
Aristotle’s Belief about Eudaimonia: The Necessity of Virtue for True Happiness
Kathryn Miller, Â鶹¹û¶³Altruism- Being a Good Neighbor- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mayla H. Billips, East Stroudsburg UniversityThe Force of Pornography
Angela Urbano, Lafayette CollegeJustified Dictatorship? Defending Plato and Simon Bolivar
Armando Chapelliquen, Â鶹¹û¶³
Session II: 11:00-12:00 The Mind and Consciousness
Room: Snyder
Moderator: Arash Naraghi
Considering Act and Actor: An Argument Against Peter Abelard’s View of Mental Defects
Ruby Johnson, Â鶹¹û¶³Disabling Disability Alienation: There is no Escape
Gabrielle Squartino, East Stroudsburg UniversityCommentary on William James's Will To Believe
Cindy Wise, Â鶹¹û¶³
12:00-2:00 Lunch Reception in Honor of Fred McConnell
2:00-2:30 Meet and Greet
2:30- 3:40 Plenary Talk: How Real is Criminal Justice?
Session III: 3:50- 5:00 Religion and Faith
Room: Rec Room
Moderator: Bernie Cantens
The Nature of Prayer: Philosophical and Conceptual Shifts from Aquinas to Nietzsche
Kevin Ryan, Villanova UniversityI Dread to be a Knight of Faith
Peter Secor, Kutztown UniversityMetaphysical Dualism in Zoroastrian Thought
Ren Wylder, Â鶹¹û¶³A Critique of Organized Religion
Ethan Simon, Muhlenberg College