THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, EASTERN DIVISION
ONE HUNDRED FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM
DECEMBER 27-30, 2008
GROUP PROGRAM
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 2008
GROUP SESSION X – 7:00-10:00 P.M.
GX-5. International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Topic: Chinese Political and Legal Philosophy: Han Feizi
Chair: Suk CHOI (Towson University)
Speakers: Bryan Van Norden (Vassar College)
“Legalism and Confucianism: Toward a Synthesis”
Eirik Harris (University of Utah)
“Han Feizi on Morality in Political Thought”
Hagop Sarkissian (Baruch College-City University of New York)
“Meng-Lao Daoism in the Han Feizi”
Alejandro Bárcenas (University of Hawaii-Manoa)
“Xunzi and Han Feizi on Human Nature and Political Order”
Commentator: Paul Goldin (University of Pennsylvania)