Participant Contact Information
Tuesday, May 29th
7-9pm
"Naturalism vs. Non-Naturalism in Environmental Ethics" Bryan Norton. (Georgia Tech)
Comments by Turner, Derek
Chair, Robert Frodeman (UNT)
Wednesday, May 30th
9-11am Focus on Animals
9-10am
James, Simon "Phenomenology and the Problem of Animal Minds"
Commentator: Shriver, Adam
10-11am
Pierce, Jessica "Mice in the Sink: On the Expression of Empathy in Animals"
Commentator: Frasz, Geoffrey
11:30am-1pm: General Session
11:30am-12:15pm
Hettinger, Ned "Animal Beauty, Ethics, and Environmental Preservation"
Commentator: Simus, Jason
12:15-1pm
Forbes, William and Kwiatkowska, Teresa "Fiddling While Earth Burns: A History of Ethical Responsesto Ecological Warnings"
Commentator: Gao, Shan
Afternoon free
5-6pm ISEE Business Meeting
7-9pm: General Session
7-8pm
Nolt, John "Problems with the Move from Is to Good for Non-sentient Organisms "
Commentator: Thompson, Allen
8-9pm
Preston, Christopher "Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology and the End of Environmentalism"
Commentator: Stevens, Chris
Thursday, May 31st
9-11am Metaethics/Ethical Theory
9-10am
McShane, Katie "Neo-Sentimentalism and Environmental Ethics"
Commentator: Hourdequin, Marion
10-11am
Treanor, Brian "Narrative Environmental Virtue Ethics"
Commentator: Cafaro, Philip
11:30am - 1pm: General Session
11:30am-12:15pm
Woods, Mark "Social Constructivism, Postmodern Deconstruction and Wilderness Preservation"
Commentator: Stephens, Piers
12:15-1pm
Domsky, Darren "Biocentrism's fishy stink"
Commentator: Rolston, Holmes
Thursday Afternoon and Evening Free
Friday, June 1st
9-11am: Restoration
WSK Cameron "Ecological Restoration as the Art of Playing with Nature"
Commentator: Ouderkirk, Wayne
10-11am
Lisa Gerber "Wisdom in Predator Restoration"
Commentator on Gerber: Cahoone, Lawrence
11:30am-1pm: Policy Principles
11:30am-12:15pm
Johnson, Baylor "Unilateral Actions in a Tragedy of the Commons"
Commentator: Moriarty, Paul
12:15-1:00pm
Knapp, Christopher "Myopia, Thresholds and Precaution"
Commentator: Grove-Fanning, William