Upcoming University of Scranton Conference Focuses on Ethics Education

The University of Scranton will host an upcoming two-day conference — Applied Ethics in an Era of Globalization: Perspectives From the East and the West — where education leaders will speak and present on innovative ethics education.

The conference begins on Thursday, April 30, at the PNC Auditorium inside the Loyola Science Center. Thursday’s keynote speaker, Bryan W. Van Norden, Ph.D., professor and chair of philosophy at Vassar College, will at 9 a.m. present “On Living Well.” Dr. Van Norden’s presentation will explore how cultures across history have defined “living well,” from virtue and character to human nature.

The conference continues on Friday, May 1, at Brennan Hall’s Pearn Auditorium. Friday’s keynote speaker, Robin M. Wang, professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, will at 9 a.m. present “Ethos of Healing: The Ancient Art of Proximal Attunement.” Dr. Wang’s talk will focus on 2015 Nobel Prize-winning Tu Youyou’s groundbreaking malaria treatment that drew on ancient Daoist medical texts.

Beyond the two keynote lectures, the conference will feature more than a dozen other presenters from Scranton, Georgetown, Penn State, National Taiwan University, Holy Cross, Chicago and other institutions of higher learning.

In addition to Dr. Van Norden’s lecture on Thursday, the conference will feature lectures on the following topics: Moral Psychology and the Function of Ritual and Music; Geriatric Care and Filial Piety; Filiality, Earth Care and Feminist Ethics.

Friday’s conference features lectures on these topics: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Ethics; Approaches to Human Rights; War, Politics and Humanistic Education.

Applied Ethics in an Era of Globalization: Perspectives From the East and the West was made possible through funding by Ethics Across the Curriculum with sponsorship from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Philosophy and the Asian Studies Program.

The conference is free and open to the public, both in the University and Greater Scranton communities. Professors are encouraged to bring their class to any session that may enrich student learning as it relates to their course. A Royal Card reader will be on-site.

More information and a full program are available at this link.