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
- Colin Allen
- 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'"