Oppression, Resistance, and Rights: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives

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Oppression, résistance et droits: perspectives philosophiques et religieuses

An international symposium sponsored by

the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association 

un colloque international co-parainé par

l'association canadienne Jacques Maritain

in association with the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities  

en collaboration avec le Congrès des sciences sociales et humaines

and with the support of Saint Mark’s College,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

June 5^th and 6^th // 2013 // le 5 juin et le 6 juin

University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

Canada

Wednesday / mercredi June 5 jun

Clearihue Building, Room A206

Session I: Oppression, Resistance and Rights – 9:00 to 12:30

Président et rapporteur / Chair – Commentator:

Jason West, Academic Dean, Newman Theological College

 

Graham Parsons, United States Military Academy, West Point – The Absurdity of Public War for Human Rights

 

Gregory McCreery, University of South Florida, Tampa – The Efficacy of Sacrifice and Resistance

 

Christopher S. Morrissey, Redeemer Pacific College, Langley, B.C. – Natural Law and Scapegoating

 

12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH

 

14:00 – 15:00 – Keynote Address

 

William Sweet, St. Francis Xavier University – Values, Culture and Models of Human Rights

 

Session II: Rights, Sovereignty and Politics – 15:15 to 17:45

Chair – Commentator / Président et rapporter:

Christopher S. Morrissey, Redeemer Pacific College

 

Jason West, Newman Theological College, Edmonton – The Myth of Sovereignty: Reflections from Jacques Maritain

 

Irfan Khawaja, Felican College, Lodi, New Jersey – Annexation, Immigration and Political Rights: A Defense of Sari Nusseibeh’s Heretical Proposal for Israel/Palestine

 

Cara Camcastle, Corpus Christi College, Vancouver – Human Rights in Arctic Governance

Thursday / jeudi June 6 juin

David Strong Building, Room C118

Session III: Rights, Religion and Tolerance – 9:00 to 12:30

Chair – Commentator / Président et rapporter:

Phillip Wiebe, Trinity Western University

 

Eva Braunstein, Regent College, Vancouver – Grounding Rights: Maritain, Dworkin, & the Religious Origins of Human Rights Language

 

David Klassen, Saint Mark’s/Corpus Christi Colleges, Vancouver – Rights Talk and God Talk: Religious Belief and Natural Rights

 

David Bellusci, O.P., Dominican University College, Ottawa – Giordano Bruno and Queen Christina: Truth and Rome

 

12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH

 

14:00 – 15:00 – Keynote Address

 

Mary Anne Waldron, University of Victoria Law School – Free to Believe: Rethinking Freedom of Conscience and Religion in Canada

 

Session IV: Theories of Rights – 15:15 to 17:45

Président et rapporteur / Chair – Commentator:

David Bellusci, O.P., Dominican University College

 

Jamie Hellewell, University of British Columbia, Vancouver – Domination, Arbitrary Power and Human Rights

 

Carl Friesen, Regent College, Vancouver – From ‘Rights Talk’ to Coercion: The Inadequacy of Rights-Based Theories of Justice

 

Chong Un Choe, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. – Taking the Right to Formal Equality Seriously: No Specious Claims Allowed

Organizing Committee / comite organisateur: Chair: David Klassen, Saint Mark’s/Corpus Christi Colleges

William Sweet, St. Francis Xavier University; C.S. Morrissey, Redeemer Pacific College; David Bellusci, Dominican University College