ISCWP Panel Sessions at the APA Pacific Division 2009 Meeting

(April 8 - 12, 2009, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver)

International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy, Session 1
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Topic:
Confucian Rituals, Pro and Con
Chair:
Eric Hutton (University of Utah)
Speakers:
Howard J. Curzer (Texas Tech University)
“A Constructive Critique of Confucian Rituals: Remove and Replace”
Deborah Mower (Youngstown State University)
“A Double-Barreled Defense of Confucian Rituals: Revise and Restore”
James Harold (Mount Holyoke College)
“Alienation and Ritual”
Mark Berkson (Hamline University)
“Xunzi’s Reinterpretation of Ritual: A Hermeneutic Defense of the Confucian Way”

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International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy, Session 2
8:00-10:00 p.m.
Topic:
Classical Philosophy East and West
Chair:
Stephen C. Angle (Wesleyan University)
Speakers:
May Sim (College of the Holy Cross)
“Pride or Humility? Aristotle or Confucius?”
Sean Walsh (University of Minnesota–Duluth)
“Profit and Virtue: The Relation Between Internal and External Goods in Confucius and Aristotle”
Tongdong Bai (Xavier University)
“The Private and the Public in the Republic and in the Analects”
Commentator:
Tushar Irani (Wesleyan University)