37th Annual CSUF Philosophy Symposium 2007

CONFRONTING TORTURE:
Perspectives & Moral Issues

March 8th and 9th • Titan Student Union Theatre

Thursday, March 8, 2007 • Titan Student Union Theatre

9:00 - 9:15 am Welcome and Introduction

Dean Thomas Klammer, College of Humanities & Social Science
Craig K. Ihara, Symposium Faculty Advisor

9:15 - 10:15 am "Perspectives on Defining 'Torture' "

Thomas Dosier, Philosophy Department alumnus
Phil McWilliams, Philosophy Department alumnus  

10:30 - 11:30 am "Interrogation Over Tea" (Dramatic Performance)

Hector Aristizabal, Theatre of the Oppressed
John Crigler, Guitarist, Project on Ethics and Art in Testimony

11:45 - 1:00 pm "A Utilitarian Argument against Torture Interrogation"

Jean Maria Arrigo, International Intelligence Ethics Association

1:00 - 2:30 pm LUNCH BREAK

2:30 - 3:45 pm "The Indefensibility of Torture"

Thomas Hill Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

4:00 - 5:15 pm "Ticking Bombs and Interrogation"

Claudia Card, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Friday, March 9, 2007 • Titan Student Union Theatre

9:00 - 10:15 am "Stoic Equanimity in the Face of Torture"

Nancy Sherman, Georgetown University

10:30 - 11:45 am "Torture, Daoists and Quakers"

Paul Kjellberg, Whittier College

11:45 - 1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK

1:00 - 2:15 pm "Torture and Public Health Professionals"

Wanda Teays, Mount St. Mary's College

2:30 - 3:45 pm "Deriving Hope from Ethics in the Media: The Problem of Torture"

Rochelle Green, California State University, Fullerton

4:00 - 5:15 pm Panel: Reflections and Recommendations

Symposium Speakers

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC