Professional Lectures
- "Idealism in India," Atlantic Region Philosophical Association, St John's, Newfoundland, October 2005
- “Ethics under Idealism,” Conference on Idealism Today, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 18-22 July 2005.
- “Politics and Aesthetic Consciousness,” R. G. Collingwood
Conference, Monk Coniston, Conistonwater, Cumbria (England), 6–9 July,
2005.
- “Technology, Religion and Human Destiny,” Conference on
“Technology and the Changing Face of Humanity,” University of Western
Ontario, London, Ontario, 29-30 May 2005.
- “Philosophy and Human Rights,” Symposium on “Michael Ignatieff
and the Philosophy of Rights,” University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, 29-30 May 2005.
- "Challenges for Ethics in the Politics of New Independent
States," “Metaphilosophical Reflections – on Current Challenges of
Philosophy”, Helsinki (Finland), 18-19 May 2005.
- “Idealism and cross-cultural ethical dialogue,” Conference on “Dialogues among Cultures,” Seoul (Korea), April 20, 2005.
- “History and Teleology,” Huafan University, Taipei (Taiwan), December 16, 2004.
- “"Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Law in Jacques Maritain,
and Some Contemporary Applications," [9 lectures], Fu Jen University,
Taipei (Taiwan), December 7-17, 2004.
- “History and Teleology,” 2 lectures [The Principal William Miller
Endowment Lectures, 2004-05], University of Madras (India), August 31,
2004.
- "Religion and the Challenges of Science," [Golden Jubilee
Lectures], Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati (India), August 30,
2004.
- "Science and Religion," Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Madras/Chennai (India), August 26, 2004.
- "Religious Heritage and Freedom," Conference on ‘Asian Heritage
in a Global Society', Asian Association of Catholic Philosophers,
Bangkok (Thailand), August 18-20, 2004.
- "The Limits of Religious Freedom," Bangalore Academy of Philosophy, Bangalore (India), August 12, 2004.
- "R.F.A. Hoernlé and Idealism in South Africa,"
International Workshop on "British Idealism: Moral and Social
Philosophy," International Society for the Study of European Ideas
(ISSEI), Pamplona (Spain), August 3, 2004.
- "Secularism and Freedom of Religion in Multi-cultural
Democracies," International Conference on ‘Religions - Cultures -
Globalisation: Living Together in a Global Age,' Salzburg (Austria),
July 30 - August 1, 2004.
- "Cultural Integrity and Obligations," Conference on ‘Cultural
Traditions and Social Progress', Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences,
Shanghai (P.R. China), June 29, 2004.
- "Religion and the Challenges of Science," Philosophical Encounter Circle, Taipei (Taiwan), June 12, 2004.
- "What is Beauty?," Department of Philosophy, Soochow University, Taipei (Taiwan), June 16, 2004.
- "Philosophy under Apartheid," Conference on "Ideas Under Fire,"
Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, May 2004.
- "The
Use of History," History in Education, Institut for
Pædagogisk Filosofi - Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitet,
København (Denmark), March 24-25, 2004.
- "A.R.
Lord and Later Idealist Political Philosophy," International
Conference
on Anglo-American Idealism, Peloponese (Greece), August, 2003.
- "Culture and Pluralism in Philosophy," XXIst World Congress
of Philosophy, Istanbul (Turkey), August 14, 2003.
- "Individuality, Relationality, and the Human Person," Keynote
Address, Conference on Metaphysics and Mysticism, Rome, Italy, July,
2003.
- "Bosanquet, Collingwood, and Historicism," Canadian Philosophical
Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, May, 2003.
- "Edith
Stein: From Empathy, through Dialogue, to ‘The Science of the Cross’
(Kreutzeswissenschaft),"
invited paper for Conference on Mysticism, Notre Dame University,
Beirut,
Lebanon, May 2003.
- "Alvin Plantinga's God," invited paper for the International
Congress on «La philosophie et la question de Dieu»,
Universite Laval, Quebec, 10-12 April 2003.
- "Catholic Universities, Freedom of Religion, and Human Rights,"
Jean Mathieu Soulerin Memorial Lecture, University of St Michael's
College, University of Toronto, November 22, 2002.
- "On Being Human," Canadian Jacques Maritain Association
[Presidential Address], Saint Paul University, Ottawa, October 25, 2002.
- "Maritain and Freedom of Conscience," American Maritain
Association, Princeton University, October 2002.
- "Individuality and Human Personhood: from ‘refined
observation' to metaphysics," Institute for Metaphysical and
Mystical Studies, New York, NY, September 2002.
- "Idealism and Pluralism," Hoernlé Research
Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg (South Africa), August 30, 2002.
- "Freedom of Religion and the Justification of Violence,"
Asian Association of Catholic Philosophers, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba
(Japan), August 21, 2002.
- "Being Human," Philosophy Encounter Circle, Taipei
(Taiwan) August 16, 2002.
- "Wittgenstein on Religion," Department of Philosophy,
University of Chennai, (India), August 14, 2002.
- "Does Science Contradict Religion?," Satya Nilayam (Jesuit
ecclesiastical Faculty of Philosophy), Chennai (India), August
13,
2002.
- "Evolution, Science, and Religion," Dr S Radhakrishnan
Endowment Lecture, Madras Christian College, August 12, 2002.
- "What it is to be a Person," Sri Venkateswara University,
Tirupati (India), August 9, 2002.
- "The Relevance of Philosophy to the Study of Culture,"
Rani Durgavadi University, Jabalpur (India), August 6, 2002.
- "Absolute
Idealism and the Nature of the Self," Conference on Mysticism,
Reason, Art, and Literature: East West Perspectives, Calcutta, India,
July 31, 2002.
- "Wittgenstein on Religion," University of Dhaka, Dev
Centre for Philosophical Research, Bangladesh, July 24, 2002.
- "Economics, Social Science, and Moral Philosophy,"
Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2002. H
- "Anatomy of Corruption: Philosophical Perspectives,"
[Roundtable presentation], Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
July 23, 2002.
- "Philosophy, Pluralism, and Culture," University of Dhaka,
Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 22, 2002.
- "Plantinga's God," Australasian Association of Philosophy,
University of Canterbury, New Zealand - 7-12 July, 2002.
- “Economics,
Philosophy, and the Social Sciences,” Western Economic Association
International, 77th Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 29-July 3,
2002.
- "Evolution, Science, and Religion," Presidential Address,
Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers, Congress of the Social
Sciences
and the Humanities, University of Toronto, May 28, 2002
- "South
African Philosophers, Cultural Diversity, and Political Practice," Tel
Aviv University, Israel, December 26, 2001.
- “‘Sweet’s Bosanquet’: a response,” Book symposium on Idealism
and Rights by William Sweet, Political Studies Association -
British
Idealism Research Group / Collingwood and British Idealism Research
Centre,
Gregynog, Wales, December 18, 2001.
- "Philosophical Challenges to Christian Religious Belief
Today: A Paradigm Shift from the Period of Enlightenment," Bangalore
Academy of Philosophers, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore, India,
November 13, 2001.
- Lectures on “Religious
Belief and Demonstration: The Contemporary Debate,” Dharma
Endowment Lectures (2001-2002), Dharmaram
College, Bangalore, India, November 12-13, 2001.
- “Idealism, Bosanquet, and the Nature of Aesthetic
Experience,” 13th International Congress of Aesthetics on
“Aesthetics at the 21st Century," The University of Tokyo, Japan.
August 27-31, 2001.
- “The Methods of Metaphysics,” Colloquium on ‘Philosophy,
Methodology, and our World,’ Hong Kong, China, August 21-24, 2001.
- “South African Philosophers, Pluralism, and Apartheid,”
invited paper for the conference “Philosophy, Pluralism, and Culture,”
organized
by the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Université Laval,
May
25, 2001.
- “Universal Human Rights and Cultural Integrity,” invited
paper for International Conference on Human Rights and Dialogue of
Civilizations, (organised by Mofid University, Qom), Tehran (Iran), May
5-6, 2001
- “Theories of Rights and Political and Legal Instruments,”
invited paper for International Seminar on “Politics and Ethics,”
Academy
of Sciences (Georgian Republic) Institute of Politology, Tbilisi
(Georgia),
May 1-2, 2001.
- “Science and Religion,” Academy Day lecture in honour of
St Thomas Aquinas, Vijnananilayam Institute of Philosophy and Theology
(affiliated to Andhra University), Eluru, A.P., India, January 23, 2001.
- “Cultural Integrity and Liberty Rights,” University of
Pune, India, January 19, 2001.
- “What is it like to be a person? An idealist perspective,”
University of Pune, India, January 16, 2001.
- “Two Post-Rawlsian Liberals,” University of Pune,
India, January 15, 2001.
- “Idealism: West and East,” University of Pune, India,
January 9, 2001.
- “Cultural Integrity and Liberty Rights,” invited paper,
International Conference on Ethnicity, Cultural Identity and Freedom,
(Afro-Asian Philosophy Association), New Delhi (India), January 1, 2001.
- “Canadian and Indian Idealism,” Indian Philosophical
Congress Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, New Delhi (India), January 1,
2001.
- “Misconceptions about the Origins of Bosanquet's
Metaphysics,” invited paper, Conference on British Idealism at the
Millennium, The Collingwood and British Idealism Centre, Cardiff
University, Gregynog, Tregynon, near Newtown Powys, Wales, December
14-16, 2000.
- “Is Tradition Old-fashioned?,” Dominican College of
Philosophy and Theology, Ottawa, ON, December 3, 2000.
- "Philosophical Foundations, Cultural Integrity and Human
Rights,” invited paper, Departments of Philosophy and Political
Science, Soochow
University, Taipei, November 28, 2000.
- “Philosophy, Culture, and the Future of Tradition,”
invited paper for Conference on Christian Philosophy and Chinese
Culture, Fu Jen Catholic
University, Taipei (Taiwan), November 24, 2000.
- “Globalization, Cultural Integrity and ‘Participative
Construction’,” invited paper, seminar, Council on Research and
Values in Philosophy, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC,
October 27, 2000.
- "Religious
Belief, Political Culture, and Community," American Maritain
Association annual meeting, University of Notre Dame, Indiana (USA)
October 19-22, 2000.
- "'Christian Philosophy' and J.H. Newman," World
Conference on Metaphysics - "Metaphysics for the Third Millennium,"
Rome (Italy), September 5-8, 2000.
- "Metaphysics
and Cross Cultural Truth in Religion," World Conference on
Metaphysics - "Metaphysics for the Third Millennium," Rome (Italy),
September 5-8, 2000.
- "Christianity
and Cross-Cultural Truth in Religion," Association for
Reformational Philosophy - International Symposium, Amersfoort, the
Netherlands. August 21-25, 2000
- "Idealist Social Policy and Liberalism," Vth
Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas
- Bergen, Norway, August 14-18, 2000.
- "Bosanquet's
Logic and the Relation between Society and the Individual,"
Vth Conference of the International Society for the Study of European
Ideas [Workshop 443: British Idealism and European Philosophy], Bergen,
Norway, August 14-18, 2000.
- "Faith,
demonstration, and the epistemic character of religious belief in J.H.
Newman," XVIII Congress, International Association for
the History of Religion, Durban (South Africa), August 11, 2000.
- "Solidarity and Human Rights," Faculty Seminar,
Department of Philosophy, University of Cape Town (South Africa), July
27, 2000.
- "Globalization,
ecumenism, and the possibility of a global ethic,"
International
Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics, 2nd World Congress,
São
Paulo, Brazil. July 19-23, 2000.
- "Global
Markets, Moral Theory, and Arguing for Economic Justice,"
Conference on ‘Rethinking Wealth Creation and Distribution in the
Jubilee: A Double
Challenge for Catholic Social Thought and Management Education,'
Universidad
Iberoamericana, Puebla, Mexico, July 12-14, 2000.
- "Religious
Belief and Demonstration in J.H. Newman," Canadian Society for
the Study of Religion, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Edmonton, Alberta, May 25, 2000.
- "Comments on H. Hart and K. Nielsen, Walking
the
Tightrope of Faith: Philosophical Conversations about Reason and
Religion"
Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Congress, Conference of the
Social
Sciences and the Humanities, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, May
24,
2000.
- "Natural Law and Human Rights," Fu Jen University,
Taiwan, January 11, 2000.
- "The Future of Tradition," University of the Social
Sciences and the Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Mihn
City (Vietnam), January 3, 2000.
- "Newman and Maritain on the Ways of Knowing God," American
Maritain Association, Berkeley, California, USA, October 24, 1999.
- "Maritain, Newman et les voies de la connaissance de Dieu," Centre
Indépendent de Recherche Philosophique, Toulouse, France, August
30, 1999.
- "Victorian Society, Liberalism, and British Idealism,"
Universiti Malaya (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), August 23, 1999.
- "Science and Religion," University of Lucknow (India),
August 20, 1999.
- "Philosophy and Globalization," Ramakrishna Mission
Vivekananda College (Chennai, India), August 18, 1999.
- "Scientific and Religious Truth in a Cross-Cultural Setting,"
University of Madras (Chennai, India), August 17, 1999.
- "The Compatibility of Science and Religion," University
of Madras (India), August 17, 1999.
- "Science and Religion in Conflict," University of
Madras (India), August 16, 1999.
- "Maritain, Solidarity, and Human Rights," Ateneo de
Manila University, Manila, Philippines, August 11, 1999.
- "Scientific and Religious Truth in a Cross Cultural Setting,"
Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines, August 10, 1999.
- "Globalization, Philosophy, and Ecumenism," University
of
Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, August 5, 1999.
- "Scientific and Religious Truth in a Cross-Cultural Setting,"
Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia, August 2, 1999.
- "British Idealism and University Education in India," University
of the South Pacific (Suva, Fiji) July 27, 1999.
- "Wittgenstein, le fidéisme wittgensteinien et la
nature des croyances religieuses," Canadian Society for the Study
of Religion, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Sherbrooke, Qc, on June 4, 1999.
- "Pluralisme culturel: la situation occidentale de la
philosophie,"Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) Annual
Congress, Canadian Society for Studies in Religion, annual meeting,
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Sherbrooke, Qc, on June
5, 1999.
- "Bosanquet's Social Philosophy and Social Policy,"
invited paper for the Political Studies Association (UK) University of
Nottingham (England), March 24, 1999.
- "Practical Ethics and Idealism," invited Royal Institute
of Philosophy lecture, Cardiff (Wales), in March 22, 1999.
- "Religious Belief and Community," Institute for
Christian
Studies, Toronto, ON, March 19, 1999.
- "Philosophy, Community, and the Model of Ecumenism,"
invited paper for Round Table session on "The Future of Value Inquiry,"
XXth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, MA (U.S.A.),
August 14, 1998.
- "Bosanquet, Culture, and the Influence of Idealist Logic,"
XXth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, MA (U.S.A.),
August 13, 1998.
- "Maritain, Solidarity and Human Rights," invited paper
for Conference on "Human Rights: Philosophical Perspectives," organised
by the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Congress of the
Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, May 28-29, 1998.
- "Comments on 'Hobbes, Machiavelli, Bacon,'" 1998 Annual Meeting
of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), (Political Theory
Section), University of Ottawa, May 31, 1998.
- "Comments on Hart on Philosophy and Theology," Canadian
Philosophical Association (CPA) Annual Congress, University of Ottawa,
May 28, 1998.
- "Comments on Walters on MacIntyre and Gewirth," 1998
Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers (Canadian
Section), University of Ottawa, May 27, 1998.
- "The Origins of Evidentialism in Religious Belief,"
invited lecture, Department of Philosophy, University of Manitoba,
February 2, 1998.
- "The Call to Solidarity and the Role of Human Rights,"
invited lecture, St Paul's College, University of Manitoba, February 3,
1998.
- "Persons, Connatural Knowledge, and the Universality of
Natural Law," XVIIIth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Jacques
Maritain Association, Ottawa, ON, November 1, 1997.
- "Paley, Whately, and Evidentialism," Conference on
"Atheism and Deism in the Enlightenment," Trinity College, Dublin
(Ireland), July 25-27,
1997.
- "Bosanquet's Analysis of the Nature of Religious Belief," International
Conference on "Anglo-American Idealism 1865-1927," Manchester College,
University of Oxford (England), July 4-6, 1997.
- "Religious Belief, Meaning and Argument," Canadian
Society for Studies in Religion, annual meeting, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, St John's, NF, June 1997.
- "Richard Whately and the Origins of Evidentialism," invited
paper for symposium on "God and Argument," Canadian Jacques Maritain
Association, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NF, June
1997.
- "Bernard Bosanquet et les droits de la personne," Equipe
de recherche en ethique sociale, Universite du Quebec a Montreal,
February 1997.
- "Les droits de l'homme comme fondement de la
solidarité: A partir de la pensee de Jacques Maritain
Universite catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) December
17, 1996.
- "Can there be Universal Human Rights?" University of
Pune
(India), December 3, 1996.
- "Idealism, Panpsychism, and the Value of the Person," World
Philosophers Meeting - 71st Indian Philosophical Association Congress,
Pune (India), November 27, 1996.
- "Religious Belief and Argument," University of Madras
(India) November 18, 1996.
- "Human Rights and Cultural Diversity," University of
Bombay (India), November 15, 1996.
- "Religious Belief and Rationality," St Pius College,
Bombay (India), November 15, 1996.
- "'Absolute Idealism' and Finite Individuality," Flinders-Adelaide
Research Seminar, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide
(Australia), November 8, 1996.
- "Religious Knowledge and Religious Discourse," Hoger
Institut voor Wijsbegeerte, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium),
October 10, 1996.
- "Discourse and the Nature of Religious Truth," Prague
International Colloquium on `The Nature of Truth,' Academy of Sciences
of the Czech Republic, Prague, September 17, 1996.
- "Discourse and Religious Knowledge," Center for
Religious
Studies, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 13, 1996.
- "A Defence of Universal Human Rights," Faculty of
Philosophy, Saint Petersberg State University, Saint Petersberg,
Russia, September 10, 1996.
- "Human Rights and Pluralism," Department of Practical
Philosophy, University of Latvia Riga, Latvia, September 2, 1996.
- "Human Freedom, Economic Justice and Natural Law," Vth
World Congress of Christian Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin
(Poland), August 23, 1996.
- "Herbert Spencer's liberalism and the deduction of natural
rights," Vth Conference of the International Society for the Study
of European Ideas, University of Humanist Studies, Utrecht
(Netherlands), August 20, 1996.
- "Religious Belief and Religious Knowledge," Deakin
University, Toorak Campus, Melbourne (Australia), August 10, 1996.
- "Religious Truth," Australian Catholic University,
Melbourne (Australia), August 8, 1996.
- "Discourse and Religious Truth," Monash University
Centre
for Religion and Theology, Melbourne (Australia), August 8, 1996.
- "MacIntyre's Anti-foundationalism and Moral Practice,"
Australasian Association of Philosophy, University of Queensland,
Brisbane (Australia), July 12, 1996.
- "Religious Discourse and Religious Knowledge,"
Conference
on Knowledge and Discourse, University of Hong Kong (China), June 18,
1996.
- "The Bases of Ethics: Some Conclusions," invited paper
for the conference "The Bases of Ethical Theory," organized by the
Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Brock University, May 31, 1996.
- "Meaning, Truth and Religious Belief," Annual meeting of
the Society of Christian Philosophers (Canadian Section), Brock
University, May 29, 1996.
- "Bosanquet's Criticisms of Mill's Analysis of Rights,",
Colloque "L'utilitarisme: analyse et histoire," Universite de Lille 1
(France), January 25-26, 1996.
- "Maritain's Criticisms of Natural Law Theory," the
XVIth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association,
Ottawa, ON, October 28, 1995.
- "Religious Belief and the Influence of Technology,"
Society for Philosophy and Technology Biennial Congress, Hofstra
University (New York),
June 10, 1995.
- "The Foundations of Ethics and Moral Practices," invited
paper for the conference "The Foundations of Ethics," organized by the
Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Universite du Quebec a Montreal,
June 6, 1995.
- "British Idealism and the Value of the Individual," Canadian
Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Universite du Quebec a
Montreal, June 6, 1995.
- "Idealism and British Liberalism," Canadian Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, Political Theory Section,
Universite du Quebec a Montreal, June 6, 1995.
- "Can there be Moral Knowledge?" Professor Henry Herbert
Glasmacher Lecture, Saint Paul University (Ottawa), October 28, 1994.
- "Was Bosanquet a Hegelian?," invited paper for the
conference, "Hegel and British Idealism," organized by The Hegel
Society of Great Britain, Pembroke College, University of Oxford,
(England), September 9, 1994.
- "Bosanquet and British Political Thought," invited
paper for the conference, "Idealism in the Twentieth Century",
organized by The British Society for the History of Philosophy,
University of Hertfordshire, (England), September 7, 1994.
- "Is Later British Idealist Political Theory Fundamentally
Conservative?," IVth Conference of the International Society for
the Study of European Ideas, Karl-Franzens-Universitat, Graz (Austria),
August 26, 1994.
- "New Paradigms in the Philosophy of Religion," IVth
Conference of the International Society for the Study of European
Ideas, Karl-Franzens-Universitat, Graz (Austria), August 23, 1994.
- "Bernard Bosanquet on the Nature of Religious Belief",
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion
(CSSR), University of Calgary, June 8, 1994.
- "Foundationalism, Evidentialism and J. Maritain,"
Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), January 7, 1994.
- "Post-Modern Epistemology and the Rationality of Religious
Belief," Catholic
University of Lublin (Poland), January 6, 1994.
- "Clifford, James and Maritain on Religious Belief,"
XIVth
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association (CJMA),
Ottawa,
ON, October 30, 1993.
- "F.H. Bradley and Bernard Bosanquet on the Nature and Value
of the Individual," XIXth World Congress of Philosophy, Moscow
(Russia), August 23, 1993.
- "Law, Liberty and Autonomy in Mill and Bosanquet," Xth
International Conference on Social Philosophy, University of Helsinki
(Finland), August 18, 1993.
- "Autonomy, Authority and the Law in 19th Century Political
Thought" 1993 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science
Association (CPSA), (Political Theory Section), Carleton University,
Ottawa, ON, June 8, 1993.
- "Hendrik Hart and the `Rationality' of Religious Belief" 1993
Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP),
(Canadian Section),
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, May 30, 1993.
- "Mill and Bosanquet on Autonomy and the Law," School of
Economics and Social Studies, Politics and Philosophy Sectors,
University of East
Anglia, Norwich (England), March 4, 1993.
- "Maritain, Post-Modern Epistemologies and the Rationality of
Religious Belief," XIIIth Annual Meeting of the CJMA, Ottawa, ON,
October 31,
1992.
- "Is there a Relation between Technology and Religious
Belief?," International Conference on Science and Belief (Workshop
on Meta-Science), Pascal Centre, Ancaster, ON, August 11-15, 1992.
- "Liberalism, Bosanquet and the Theory of the State,"
IXth
International Conference on Social Philosophy, Davidson, NC (USA),
August
2, 1992.
- "Technology and Change of Religious Belief," Annual
Meeting of the CSSR, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown,
PEI, June 8, 1992.
- "`Society' and `State' in Bernard Bosanquet," Annual
Meeting of the Atlantic Philosophical Association, Universite de
Moncton, Moncton, NB, October 19, 1991.
- "Does the Discourse of Rights Presuppose a Liberal
Individualist Paradigm of Political Philosophy?", VIIth
International Conference on Social Philosophy, Colorado Springs, CO
(USA), August 10, 1991.
- "Bernard Bosanquet on Society and the State," Annual
Meeting of the CPSA, (Political Theory Section), Queen's University,
Kingston, ON, June 2, 1991
- "Falsification, Rationality and Religious Belief," (with
C.B. O'Connell) Annual Meeting of the CSSR, Queen's University,
Kingston, ON, May
29, 1991.
- "Fideism, Empiricism and Religious Belief," University
of
New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, January 25, 1991.
- "Hobbes, Jaume et les droits de la personne," 58th
Congress of l'Association canadienne-francaise pour l'avancement des
sciences (ACFAS) and 17th Congress of la Societe de Philosophie du
Quebec (SPQ), Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, May 1990.
- "Bernard Bosanquet and the Development of Rousseau's Idea of
the General Will," Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for
Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS), Montreal, QC, October 1989.
- "Les `droits naturels' et les `titres' selon Robert Nozick,"
Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) Annual Congress, Universite
Laval, Quebec, QC, May 1989.
- "Individualisme, Maritain et Bosanquet," 54th Congress
of
l'ACFAS and 13th Congress of la SPQ, Universite de Montreal, Montreal,
QC,
May 1986.
- "Some Reflections on Equality Rights," International
Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Canadian
Section (IVR,
CS), Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, June 1985.
- "Comments on `Faith and Reason: A Consideration of Logical
Options'," CPA Annual Congress, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON,
June 1982.
- "How not to Criticize the Right to Liberty," Philosophy
Faculty Seminar, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, February
1981.
- "Dworkin on Rawls and Rights," Philosophy Faculty
Seminar, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, November 1980.
- "Bosanquet on Individual Rights," Philosophy Department
Seminar, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, March 1980.
- "Human Reason and its Role in Humanities and Social Science,"
Carleton University Philosophical Society, Ottawa, ON, February 1979.
- "Religious Belief as Absolute and Non-hypothetical,"
Graduate Conference in Philosophy, The American University, Washington,
D.C. (USA), October 1976.
Invited Talks
- “Preserving Culture,” Class in The Philosophy
of Culture, Dominican College of Philosophy and Theology, Ottawa, April
17, 2001.
- “Faith and Reason in Newman’s Thought,” Newman
Centre Lecture Series, McGill University, Montreal, March 5, 2001.
- “Religion and Science: two lectures,”
Vijnananilayam Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Eluru, A.P.,
India, January 24-25, 2001.
- “Closing Address,” Conference on Ethics in
Health Care, St Francis Xavier University, May 22, 1999.
- "Is Religion an Impediment to Spirituality?"
Chaplaincy Lecture Series, St Francis Xavier University, February 9,
1999.
- "Thomas Merton and Mysticism," Chaplaincy
Lecture Series, St Francis Xavier University, February 5, 1996.
- "Bradley, Bosanquet and the Value of the Self," Philosophy
Department Seminar, St Francis Xavier University, December 1, 1995.
- "What is Truth?" Science Forum, St Francis Xavier University,
November 24, 1995.
- "Social Justice," Four workshops for the Coady International
Institute, St Francis Xavier University, October - November 1995.
- "Bosanquet's Criticisms of Mill's Theory of Rights," St Francis
Xavier University Philosophy Society, November 6, 1995.
- "Ethical Theories and Moral Decision Making," Class in Business
Administration (BSAD 358 - Business and Society), St Francis Xavier
University, February, 1995.
- "Philosophy and the Foundation of Ethics," Arts IV Lecture
series, St Francis Xavier University, January 1995.
- "Comments on `Constitutionalism in the Institutional Church: A
Divisive Myth?'," Conference on "Law, Authority and Consent in the
Roman Catholic
Tradition," Institute of Human Values, Saint Mary's University,
Halifax,
NS, October 1994.
- "Relativism, Objectivism and Subjectivism in Ethics," Class in
Business Administration, (BSAD 358 - Business and Society), St Francis
Xavier University, October 1993.
- "What Technology tells us about Religious Belief," Chaplaincy
Lecture Series, St Francis Xavier University, January 1993.
- "Le siecle des lumieres et le Second discours de Rousseau,"
Class in 18th Century French Literature, St Francis Xavier University,
November 1991.
- "Falsification, Rationality and Religious Belief," St Francis
Xavier University Philosophy Society, March 1991.
- "Aquinas and Natural Law," Class in History of Political Thought
(PSCI 200 - History of Political Thought), St Francis Xavier
University,
January 1991.
- Panel Participant: "Le prix de la confiance", (Lancement du
pelerinage des etudiants a Chartres), Communautes chretiennes de Paris
(Cep), Paris, March 1987.
- "Contemporary Liberal Democratic Views of Rights, the Person,
and Society," Graduate Seminar in Moral Theology, Saint Paul
University, Ottawa, ON, November 1983.
- "Some Modern Theories of Rights," Class on General Ethics,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, November 1982.
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