Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference 2002

PROGRAM

Friday, April 5, 2002

University Inn, 1516 W. Pullman Road, Moscow, ID

Registration and Refreshments: 8:00 am – 3:30 pm

Group I: Undergraduate Paper Sessions 9:00 – 11:25 am

Session A -- Idaho Room

Chair: Michael Weinman, New School for Social Research in New York

9:00 – 10:10 am

Meggan Payne, Washington State University

“Bodily Autonomy and the Right to Life”

Commentators: Brent Nichols, Washington State University, Justin Horn, University of Idaho, Marki Stewart, Washington State University

10:15 – 11:25 am

Jeffrey T. Cockrum, Pacific Lutheran University

“Violence and the Possibility of Ethical Choice”

Commentators: Jafar Fallahi, Washington State University, Tomie Burke, Washington State University

Session B -- Washington Room

Chair: Tonia White, University of Idaho

9:00 – 10:10 am

Adrian Viens, University of Toronto

“Justice, Liberal Neutrality, and the New Genetics”

10:15 – 11:25 am

Sean Kinsella, University of Idaho

“Why Plain Meaning and Original Understanding Can't Do Much for Philosophy and the Law”

Commentator: Adrian Viens, University of Toronto

Lunch Break -- 11:30 am – 1:00pm

Group II: 1:00 – 3:25 pm

Session A -- Idaho Room

Chair: Joseph Keim Campbell, Washington State University

1:00 – 2:10 pm

Harry Silverstein, Washington State University

“Justice and Strict Liability”

Commentator: Brian Steverson, Gonzaga University

2:15 – 3:25 pm

Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona

“An Argument for Equality of Condition”

Commentator: Craig Duncan, Ithaca College

Session B -- Washington Room

Chair: David Shier, Washington State University

1:00 – 2:10 pm

Carl Cranor, University of California, Riverside

“Case Studies, Inference to the Best Explanation, and the Evaluation of Scientific Evidence in the Law”

2:15 – 3:25 pm

Lee Tilson, Sommers, Schwartz, et al.

“Medical Fallacies and the Law: An Example of How Fallacious Reasoning Can Foster Injustice and Inflict Injury”

Session C -- Palouse Room

Chair: Don Crowley, University of Idaho

1:00 – 2:10 pm

Jeremy Garrett, Texas A&M University

“Property Rights and Social Justice: Rawls and the Problems of Priority and Determinacy”

Commentator: Valentina M. Urbanek, Tufts University

2:15 – 3:25 pm

Stephen Finn, Seattle University

“The Political Influence in Hobbes’s Natural Philosophy”

Commentator: Kyle West, Gonzaga University

Special Session -- 3:30 – 5:00 pm -- Silver Room

Wittgenstein and Legal Theory

Chair: Douglas Lind, University of Idaho

Brian Bix, University of Minnesota School of Law

Philip Bobbitt, University of Texas School of Law

Dennis Patterson, Rutgers University School of Law

Anthony Sebok, Brooklyn School of Law

Dinner -- 5:00 – 7:30 pm -- Conference Rooms

Public Forum -- 7:30 – 9:30 pm -- Silver/Gold Rooms

Terrorism and Public Policy

University Inn, Silver & Gold Rooms

Rebecca Bratspies, University of Idaho, Law

Terrence Cook, Washington State University, Political Science

Ray Dacey, University of Idaho, Business

Dale Graden, University of Idaho, History

Robert Schopp, University of Nebraska, Psychology

Reception -- 9:30 – 11:30 pm -- Conference Rooms

Saturday, April 6, 2002

University of Idaho Commons Building

Continental Breakfast: 8:00 -- 9:00 -- Whitewater/Clearwater Rooms

Registration: 8:00 – 11:30 am

Refreshments & Books: 8:00 -- 5:30 -- Panorama Room

Group III: 9:00 – 11:25 am

Session A -- Crest Room

Chair: Michael O’Rourke, University of Idaho

9:00 – 10:10 am

Xiaorong Li, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy

“Is 'Human Rights' Compatible with Cultural Diversity?”

10:15 – 11:25 am

Nick Gier, University of Idaho

“Gandhi, Character Consequentialism, and the Virtue of Non-violence”

Commentator: Cynthia Townley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Session B -- Horizon Room

Chair: Dale Goble, University of Idaho, College of Law

9:00 – 10:10 am

John Oberdiek, University of Pennsylvania Law School

“Towards an Irresponsible Theory of Distributive Justice”

Commentator: Mark Alfino, Gonzaga University

10:15 – 11:25 am

Nir Eisikovits, Boston University

“Moral Luck and the Criminal Law”

Commentator: Ken Himma, University of Washington

Session C -- Aurora Room

Chair: Glen Cosby, Spokane Community College

9:00 – 10:10 am

Michael Weinman, New School for Social Research in New York

“Decentralization is not Democratization: Totalitarian Decision-Making and the Myth of Community Power”

Commentator: Mark Tschaepe, Gonzaga University

10:15 – 11:25 am

Russell T. Daley, California State University, Long Beach

“Sex Selection: Non-Sexist Reasons and the Pursuit of Equality”

Commentator: Lee Pike, Indiana University

Lunch: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm -- Whitewater/Clearwater Room

Group IV: 1:00 – 3:25 pm

Session A -- Crest Room

Chair: Carl Mickelsen, University of Idaho

1:00 – 2:10 pm

Ori Simchen, Yale University

“How Does the Social Environment Contribute to Semantic Contents?”

Commentator: Ron Wilburn, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2:15 – 3:25 pm

Robert Schopp, University of Nebraska College of Law

“Capital Punishment, Retribution, and Revenge”

Commentator: Barbara Hannan, University of New Mexico

Session B -- Horizon Room

Chair: Rebecca Bratspies, University of Idaho, College of Law

1:00 – 2:10 pm

Ann Levey, University of Calgary

“Initial Acquisition and the Right to Private Property”

Commentator: Elizabeth Brake, University of Calgary

2:15 – 3:25 pm

Roderick T. Long, Auburn University

“Why Libertarians Believe There Is Only One Right”

Commentator: Ann Levey, University of Calgary

Session C -- Aurora Room

Chair: Douglas Lind, University of Idaho

1:00 – 2:10 pm

Sari Kisilevsky, University of Toronto

“Equity, Necessity, and the Rule of Law: A Kantian Reponse to Schauer’s Sub-Optimality of Rules”

Commentator: Ray Doering, University of Idaho

2:15 – 3:25 pm

Cynthia Townley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

“Intellectual Property: Indigenous Knowledge, Ownership and Exchange”

Commentator: Clayton Morgareidge, Lewis & Clark College

Special Session: 3:45 – 5:45 pm -- Crest/Horizon Rooms

Author Meets Critics: A Panel on Jules Coleman’s The Practice of Principle

Jules Coleman, Yale University Law School

John Gardner, Oxford University

Stephen Perry, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Ken Himma, University of Washington

Ben Zipursky, Fordham University School of Law

Dinner: 5:30 – 7:30 pm -- Whitewater/Clearwater Rooms

Keynote Address

UI Law School Courtroom 7:30 – 9:00 pm

“Privacy, Pluralism, and Democracy”

Joshua Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sunday, April 7, 2002

University of Idaho Commons Building

Continental Breakfast: 8:00 -- 9:00 -- Whitewater/Clearwater Rooms

Refreshments & Books: 8:00 -- 1:30 -- Panorama Room

Group V: 9:00 – 11:25

Session A -- Crest Room

Chair: Nomy Arpaly, Rice University

9:00 – 10:10 am

Leif Wenar, Sheffield University

“Rights as Instruments ”

10:15 – 11:25 am

Philip J. Ivanhoe, University of Michigan

“Intellectual Property and Traditional Chinese Culture"

Commentator: Jeffery Dippmann, Central Washington University

Session B -- Horizon Room

Chair: Michael Neville, Washington State University

9:00 – 10:10 am

Clayton Morgareidge, Lewis & Clark College

“Beyond the Walls: Dispersing the Responsibility for Crime”

Commentator: Robert Schopp, University of Nebraska College of Law

10:15 – 11:25 am

Stephen Mathis, Wheaton College

“A Plea for Omissions”

Commentator: Harry Silverstein, Washington State University

Session C -- Aurora Room

Chair: Catherine P. Roth, Community Colleges of Spokane

9:00 – 10:10 am

Dugald Owen, Fort Lewis College

“Must a Kantian Defense of Morality Presuppose the Value of Reason?”

Commentator: Glen Cosby, Spokane Community College

10:15 – 11:25 am

Valentina M. Urbanek , Tufts University

“Rawl’s Criticism of Utilitarianism’s Disregard for the Distinction between Persons”

Commentator: Robert Epperson, Washington State University

Closing Workshop: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm -- Whitewater Room

Enduring Themes in Law and Social Justice

Chair: Harry Silverstein, Washington State University

Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona
John Gardner, Oxford University
Philip J. Ivanhoe, University of Michigan