Calendar of Events

The Department of Philosophy at The University of Tennessee regularly sponsors visiting speakers, symposia, workshops and conferences. For a list of philosophers who have visited the Department in association with one or another of these undertakings in recent years, click here.

All Events are Free and Open to the Public.

Spring 2012

• February 24, 2012
  3:30 pm
  1210 McClung Tower
  Carol Gould, CUNY-Hunter College
  Title: Is There a Human Right to Democracy?
  
  
• March 2-3, 2012
  "Animals, Ethics and Law Symposium"
  Howard Baker Center for Public Policy
  Speakers and Titles:
  • Colin Allen
    Indiana Philosophy, Cognitive Science
    Ethics, Law and the Science of Fish Welfare
    
  • Taimie Bryant
    UCLA Law
    Animal Law and Virtue Ethics
    
  • David DeGrazia
    George Washington University Philosophy
    The Question of Animal Suffering
    
  • David Favre
    Michigan State Law
    Respectful Use: An ethical construct for lawful interactions with animals
    
  • Rebecca Huss
    Valparaiso Law
    The Intersection of Legal Issues Involving Animals and Gerontology
    
  • Clare Palmer
    Texas A&M Philosophy
    What (if anything) Do We Owe Wild Animals?
    
  • Nick Robinson (keynote)
    Pace, Law, and Yale, Forestry and Environmental Studies
    The Legal Principle of Resilience: A guiding norm for life in our anthropocene epoch
    
    
• March 15
  University Center, UTK Campus
  Tennessee High School Ethics Bowl
  
  
• March 16, 2012
  3:30 p.m.
  1210 McClung Tower
  Andrew Altman, Georgia State University
  Title: "What is Genocide"
  
  
• April 13, 2012
  3:30 p.m.
  1210 McClung Tower
  Crest Room, University Center
  Charles Beitz, Princeton University.
  Title: "Human Dignity and Human Rights"
  
  
• April 27, 2012
  3:30 p.m.
  1210 McClung Tower
  John Fischer, UC- Riverside
  Title: "Moral Responsibility and Autonomy: The Problem of 'Mission Creep'"