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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, 91¿´Æ¬
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, 91¿´Æ¬ 

Altruism- Being a Good Neighbor- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mayla H. Billips, East Stroudsburg University 

The Force of Pornography
Angela Urbano, Lafayette College

Justified Dictatorship? Defending Plato and Simon Bolivar
Armando Chapelliquen, 91¿´Æ¬

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, 91¿´Æ¬

Disabling Disability Alienation: There is no Escape
Gabrielle Squartino, East Stroudsburg University 

Commentary on William James's Will To Believe
Cindy Wise, 91¿´Æ¬

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 University

I Dread to be a Knight of Faith
Peter Secor, Kutztown University 

Metaphysical Dualism in Zoroastrian Thought
Ren Wylder, 91¿´Æ¬ 

A Critique of Organized Religion
Ethan Simon, Muhlenberg College