Confucian Virtues at Work

A Conference on Chinese Philosophy and Virtue Ethics

Sunday, March 2, 2008 – Monday, March 3, 2008

This event is cosponsored by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, the Oregon Humanities Center, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, and the Departments of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and East Asian Languages and Literatures

First Session: Sunday, March 2, 2008 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Browsing Room, Knight Library

7:00 p.m.: Neo-Confucian Life Fulfillment and the Moral Considerability of Animals

Speaker: Justin Tiwald, San Francisco State University • Response: Steve Shankman, University of Oregon

8:00 p.m.: Law and Virtue Revisited: Inspiration, Coercion, and Paternalism in Early Confucianism

Speaker: Aaron Stalnaker, Indiana University • Response: Matt Wells, Eastern Oregon University

9:00 p.m.: The Virtuous Body at Work: The Ethical Life as Qi in Motion

Speaker: Robin R. Wang, Loyola Marymount University • Response: John Lysaker, University of Oregon

Second Session: Monday, March 3, 2008 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Browsing Room, Knight Library

10:00 a.m.: The Virtue of Desire

Speaker: Pauline C. Lee, Washington University • Response: Mark Unno, University of Oregon

11:00 a.m.: A Confucian Perspective on Caring Teaching and Teaching Caring

Speaker: Eric L. Hutton, University of Utah • Response: Steve Durrant, University of Oregon

12:00 p.m.: A Productive Dialogue: Contemporary Moral Education and Neo-Confucian Virtue Ethics

Speaker: Stephen C. Angle, Wesleyan University • Response: Erin Cline, University of Oregon

Plenary Session: Monday, March 3, 5:00 p.m., Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall

A Confucian Contribution to Justice, Gender, and the Family

Speaker: Philip J. Ivanhoe, City University of Hong Kong

Response & Closing Remarks: Rebecca L. Walker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Description:

Based on the new volume, Working Virtue: Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems (Oxford, 2007), this interdisciplinary conference extends the discussion of virtues in practice to the Confucian tradition. The two-day conference features eight invited speakers from the disciplines of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Chinese Studies, who will apply the themes and issues explored in Working Virtue to Confucian philosophy in order to address the topic of “Confucian Virtues at Work.” Responses to the papers will be given by Oregon faculty. The plenary session features the editors of Working Virtue, with the plenary address given by Philip J. Ivanhoe (City University of Hong Kong) and a response and concluding remarks by Rebecca L. Walker (UNC-Chapel Hill).

ALL are welcome - For More Info, Call 346-1521