Category Archives: 1998
Sex, Lies, and Secret Tapes
Daniel Schorr & OU faculty
February 10th, 1998
Panel discussion featuring Daniel Schorr of National Public Radio and Ohio University faculty
Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty
Film: Shattering the Silences
February 19th, 1998
Public showing of the film Shatting the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty, followed by public discussion, cosponsored
Is Bombing Iraq Justified?
OU faculty & John Petrik (USAR)
February 26th, 1998
Introductory Remarks
Julie White, OU Department of Political Science
International Peace as Justification for War
Martino Traxler, OU Department of Philosophy
Just-War Theory
Christopher Zurn, OU Department of Philosophy
Jus in bello and Weapons of Mass Destruction
John Petrik, USAR Major, former West Point Ethicist
Stereotyping of Muslims and Middle Easterners
Sholeh Quinn, Department of History
Why the Middle East Supports Bombing in 1991 but not 1998
Abdulbaset Abdulla, OU Muslim Student Association
What is Driving U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Iraq?
Harold Molineau, OU Department of Political Science
Why Bombing is not an Option for the Administration Today
Chester Pach, OU Contemporary History Institute
Audience response
Development, Human Rights, and US Trade Policy
Father Joseph La Mar, Mya Maung, & OU faculty
February 27th, 1998
Panel discussion featuring Father Joseph La Mar (Maryknoll Brothers, Interfaith Council on Corporate Responsibility), Mya Maung (Boston College), and OU faculty
Science as a Moral Community
H. Rom Harré (Oxford University, Georgetown University)
March 11th, 1998
Public lecture by H. Rom Harré (Oxford University, Georgetown University), cosponsored with OU Philosophy Dept.
Mentality and Mechanism
H. Rom Harré (Oxford University, Georgetown University)
March 12th, 1998
Public lecture by H. Rom Harré (Oxford University, Georgetown University), cosponsored with OU Philosophy Dept.
Persons & Pronouns
Persons & Pronouns
H. Rom Harré (Oxford University, Georgetown University)
March 13th, 1998
Public lecture by H. Rom Harré (Oxford University, Georgetown University), cosponsored with OU Philosophy Dept.
Affirmative Action in the University: Right or Wrong?
David Wilhelm & OU faculty
April 22nd, 1998
Introductory remarks
David Wilhelm, Center for Public and Environmental Affairs
History of affirmative action legislation
Patricia Gunn, Department of Management Systems
Politics of affirmative action
Robert Rhodes, Department of African American Studies
Philosophical perspective on affirmative action
Richard Manning, Department of Philosophy
Arguments against affirmative action
Richard Vedder, Department of Economics
Arguments for affirmative action
William Smith, Office of Institutional Equity
Audience response
Injustice and Animals: A Wittgensteinian Approach
Cora Diamond, William Kenan
May 7th, 1998
Public discussion by Cora Diamond (Ohio University) and William Kenan (University of Virginia)
Feminism, Animals, and Ethics: The Sexual Politics of Meat
Feminism, Animals, and Ethics: The Sexual Politics of Meat
Carol Adamms
October 14th, 1998
Public lecture and slide show by Carol Adams