Fifth Annual Joint Environmental Philosophy Meeting
Allenspark, Colorado
May 27th 2008-May 30th 2008
Participant Contact Information
Tuesday, May 27th
7-9pm
Introduction to conference
"Opening Remarks: In Memory of Val Plumwood" Chaone Mallory
Charles Wilkinson, "Seeing the Natural World with Particularity: Reflections on Williams, Muir, Abbey, and Frank"
Comments by Mark Woods
Chair, Robert Frodeman
Wednesday, May 28th
9-10:30am: Climate Change
1. Climate, Collective Action and Individual Responsibility: Marion Hourdequin
Commentator: Allen Thompson
2. No More Excuses: Hartzell, Oleson, and Mastandrea
Commentator: Sandy Askland
10.45am-1:00pm: Animals and the environment
1. Moral Considerability: A Response to O'Neill et al.: Paul Moriarty
Commentator: Don Maier
2. Morality in Animals: Yes, No, Maybe: Jessica Pierce and Baylor Johnson
Commentator: Ramona Ilea
3. An Environmentalist's Lament on Predation: Ty Raterman
Commentator: Geoffrey Frasz
Wednesday afternoon free: some walks will be organized
5-6pm ISEE Annual Business Meeting
7-9pm: Theme Session: Environmental Justice and the Green Revolution
Paul Thompson, Elizabeth Mauritz, & Evan Selinger
Thursday, May 29th
9-10:30am: Place and Value
1. Environmental Aesthetics and Sense of Place: Kathy Robinson
Commentator: Piers Stephens
2. Why Environmental Philosophy isn't Philosophy: Robert Frodeman
Commentator: Clare Palmer
10:45am-1pm: Questions of Justice
1. Expanding Environmental Justice: Identity, Reconciliation, and Relational Philosophy: Robert Figueroa
Commentator: Ben Hale
2. Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Joseph Witt
Commentator: Wayne Ouderkirk
3. What is Ecofeminist Political Philosophy?: Chaone Mallory
Commentator: Christopher Preston
Thursday Afternoon and Evening Free
Friday, May 30th
9-10:30am: Use and Value
1. What is Appropriate Use?: Avram Hiller
Commentator: John Basl
2. The Role of Self-Transcendence in the Justification of Environmental Ethics: John Nolt
Commentator: Eli Weber
10:45am-1pm: Concluding Session: Virtues and Such
1. Values from Virtues: Paul Haught
Commentator: Phil Cafaro
2. Virtue Theory and Genetically Modified Crops: Joshua Gambrel
Commentator: Jonathan Parker
3. General conversation on the future of environmental philosophy (& this meeting!)
LUNCH
CONFERENCE CLOSE