36th Annual Midwest Philosophy Colloquium
April 6, 2012
Honor and Ethics
Keynote speakers
Laurie M. Johnson
- Political Science, Kansas State University
- Thomas Hobbes: Turning Point for Honor
Lad Sessions
- Philosophy, Washington and Lee University
- Honor For Us: A Philosophical Analysis, Interpretation and Defense
Schedule
| 9:15 a.m. | Chancellor’s Welcome | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Ryan Rhodes (Oklahoma) | “Honor and the Moral Value of Reputation” |
| 10:30 a.m. | Stephen Mathis (Wheaton) | “Justifying Academic Honor Codes” |
| 11:30 a.m. | Shannon French (Case Western) | “Honor Through the Ages: Differing Conceptions of a Key Concept at the Heart of the Warrior’s Code” |
| 2:00 p.m. | Laurie Johnson (Kansas State) | “Honor in Today’s America” |
| 3:15 p.m. | Frank Stewart (Hebrew University) | “An Anthropologist Looks at Honor” |
| 4:30 p.m. | Lad Sessions (Washington and Lee) | “Honor, Morality, Brotherhood” |
Details
- Conference Date: Friday, April 6, 2012
- Location: Recital Hall, Humanities and Fines Arts Building, University of Minnesota, Morris
- Free admission, free parking
- Open to public
- Direct questions to Dan Demetriou
This conference is held under the auspices of the Midwest Philosophy Colloquium. For nearly four decades, the MPC has brought some of the foremost figures in Philosophy to the Minnesota prairie.