All sessions will take place in Nicholson Hall

NB: there will be 2 or 3 concurrent sessions, depending on the time block

Friday, October 16

2:00 - 3:00
Session 1: B 22 Chair: E. Carty (St FX)
Robert Ansell (Saint Mary's) & Wendy Archer (Dalhousie) "A Supplement to Force"
Session 2: B 23 Chair: G.Sanderson (St FX)
Robert Scott Stewart and Rod Nicholls (University College of Cape Breton) "Virtual Vacations and the Picturesque"

3:15 - 4:15
Session 1: B 22 Chair: S. Baldner (St FX)
Graeme Hunter (Ottawa/St FX) "Law and Community in Plato and Paul".
Session 2: B 23 Chair: D. Ahern (St FX)
Frank Cronin (St Thomas) "Justice and Communities beyond Modernity"

4:30 - 5:30
Session 1: B 22 Chair: S. Baldner (St FX)
Ian Wilks (Acadia) "Abelard on Justice and Communities"
Session 2: B 23 Chair:
Jack A Iwanicki (UNB) "Dworkin on Community"
Session 3: B 26 Chair: G.Sanderson (St FX)
Steven Burns (Dalhousie) "Music and Death: Nietzsche on Wagner and Hamlet"

8:00 p.m.
ARPA Lecture / Room B 19
Peter McCormick (Ottawa): "The Negative Sublime: Ethics at the Dark Borders of Reason"
 

Saturday, October 17
9:00 - 9:55
Session 1: B 22 Chair:
Anna Wilks (Acadia) "Kant on the Community of Consciousness"
Session 2: B 23 Chair: R. Kennedy (St FX)
James Wong (Wilfrid Laurier) and David Checkland (Ryerson) "Responsibility, Entitlement and Justice in Teen Single Parenting"

10:05 - 11:00
Session 1: B 22 Chair: E.Carty (St FX)
Rowland Marshall (St Mary’s) “Hegel’s Contribution to the Phenomenological Roots of Community”
Session 2: B 23 Chair: R. Michalko (St FX)
James R Mensch (St Francis Xavier) "Cross-Cultural Understanding and Ethics"
Session 3: B 26 Chair:
Geoff Cupit (Waikato, New Zealand) "The Basis of Equality"

11:15 - 12:15
Session 1: B 22 Chair: T. Titchkosky (St FX)
Stephen Boos  (King's, Halifax) "Imagination and the question of otherness"
Session 2: B 23 Chair: D. Ahern (St FX)
G.E. Dann (Waterloo/ Strasbourg) "Religious Belief and the Possibility for Ethics"
Session 3: B 26 Chair:
Timothy Christie (Ottawa) "Medical Futility and the Challenge to Authority:  A Just Resolution."

12:15 - 1:30: Lunch /  ARPA Business Meeting

1:30 - 2:30
Session 1: B 22 Chair: M. Gorman (St FX)
Paul Gooch (Toronto) "Love and Community: Reflections on Plato and John"
Session 2: B 23 Chair:
Vanessa MacPherson (MUN) "The Medical Encounter and Community"
Session 3: B 26 Chair: F.Harrison (St FX)
Nathan Brett  (Dalhousie) "Distinct Societies"

2:45 - 3:45
Session 1: B 22 Chair: M. Gorman (St FX)
David J. Garren (SUNY Buffalo) "Liberty Re-Conceived"
Session 2: B 23 Chair: P. Cormack (St FX)
Richmond Campbell (Dalhousie) "Feminist Contractarianism Without Foundations"

4:00 - 5:00
Session 1: B 22 Chair: M. Gorman (St FX)
Tom Vinci (Dalhousie) "Why Contemporary Analytic Philosophy is Probably Incoherent"
Session 2: B 23 Chair:
Sandra Tomsons (MUN-SWG)  "Property Rights and Sustainable Communities"
Session 3: B 26 Chair: W. Sweet (St FX)
Thomas Tharakunnel (Bhopal/St FX) "Religious Pluralism and Justice in India: A Christian Perspective"

6:30 ARPA Banquet - Somers Hall