Concerned Philosophers for Peace Group Sessions
Co-sponsored by The Gandhi, King, Chavez, Addams Society
SESSION 1
Thursday, February 23
7:00pm – 10:00pm
G4J. Concerned Philosophers for Peace
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Moral Thought on Peace and Nonviolence
Co-sponsored by The Gandhi, King, Chavez, Addams Society
Speakers:
Gregory Bock (The University of Texas at Tyler) and Court Lewis (Pellissippi State Community College)
“Illuminating Bonhoeffer’s Conception of Forgiveness”
William Barnes (New Mexico Highlands University)
“Simone De Beauvoir: The Virtue of Un-Knowing”
Talhah Mustafa (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
“Racial Powers”
Joel Ballivian (UW-Madison)
“Reparations for Historic Racism: What Does Benefitting Have to Do With It?”
Solomon A Laleye (Adekunle Ajasin University)
“Advanced Cyber-Crime, Ritual Killings and Their Mutual Exclusiveness”
John Park (California State University, Sacramento)
“Why Regulations on Empirical Claims in the Media Are Justified”
SESSION 2
Friday, February 24
7:00pm – 10:00pm
G5D. Concerned Philosophers for Peace
Visions of Peace and Nonviolence in Popular Culture
Co-sponsored by The Gandhi, King, Chavez, Addams Society
Speakers:
Kate C.S. Schmidt (Metropolitan State University of Denver)
“Batman Never Kills: Envisioning the Moral Costs of Violence in Popular Culture”
Katie Harster (Boston College)
““For Light and Life”: Peace in Thoreau and the Jedi of Star Wars: The High Republic”
Colin J. Lewis (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
“Hegemons, Peace-seeking, and The Godfather”
Jennifer Kling (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
“Nonviolent Activism in Lord of the Rings”
The meeting will be held February 22-25, 2023 at the Hilton Denver City Central in Denver, CO.
