Romanell Center Annual Conference, November 5, 6, and 7, 2021
2021 Romanell Center Annual Conference
Join us for the Romanell Center Annual Conference, November 5, 6, and 7, 2021 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) in Park Hall, UB North Campus. Our three-day conference features debates and discussions by Romanell Fellows and keynotes by: Christopher Boorse, “Human Psychological Nature: Why Attacks from Philosophy of Biology Fail” and “The Suicide of the Harmful-Dysfunction Analysis”; plus Maureen Condic, “When Does Human Life Begin? A Scientific Perspective and Counter-Arguments.”
FRIDAY November 5. Philosophy of Medicine (Park Hall 141)
9:30-10:30 Peter Koch (Villanova) “Physicians, Legal Mandates, and Professional Obligations”
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Barry Smith (UB) “Psychology is Finished: Implications of the Reproducibility Crisis”
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-1:00 Pat Daly (Boston College) "The Aesthetics of Health and the Notion of Harm."
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Yuichi Minemura (Gunma Paz University) –Zoom Talk "A Philosophical Examination of Mental Disorders."
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15 Kershnar ‘Healthcare Policy Decisions in the Shadow of an Impossibility Argument about the Good’
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30-5:30 Rob Kelly (Postdoc) “Gradated Addiction: Why Reasons-Responsiveness Fails the Test”
SATURDAY, November 6. Bioethics (Park Hall 280)
9:30-10:30 Carter Benson (UB Graduate Student) – Topic: Vaccine Ethics
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45- 11:45 Debate: Phil Reed (Canisius) vs Steve Kershnar (Fredonia): “Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legal?”
11:45-12:45 Debate Audience Q and A and Lunch
12:45-1:45 Stephen Gilles (Quinnipiac Law School) “Dobbs and the Future of Roe.”
1:45-2:00 Break
2:00-3:00 David Hershenov (UB) “The Abortion Pill: Killing or Letting Die?”
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15 Joe Caruana “Social (In)justice Magnified by Pandemic from Perspective of a Health Care Ethics.”
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30-6:00 Christopher Boorse - Keynote “The Suicide of the Harmful-Dysfunction Analysis”
SUNDAY, November 7. The Metaphysics of Medicine (Park Hall 280)
9:30-11:00 Maureen Condic (Utah) – Keynote “When Does Human Life Begin? A Scientific Perspective and Counter-Arguments.”
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15 Adam Taylor (University of North Dakota) “Well-Being, Death, and Value Pluralism in Indian Philosophy.”
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 John Lizza (Kutztown) Topic: Death and Personal Identity???
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:30 Shane Hemmer (UB Graduate Student) “Personite Nature”
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:45 Christopher Boorse Keynote “Human Psychological Nature: Why Attacks from Philosophy of Biology Fail”
NOTES
* For further details and advanced copies of conference papers, contact David Hershenov dh25@buffalo.edu
** To be added to the Romanell Center listserve, contact Jonathan Vajda jvajda@buffalo.edu