Holmes Rolston - The Anthropocene!! Beyond the Natural?
April 3
Philosophy Colloquium:
The Anthropocene!! Beyond the Natural?
Holmes Rolston III, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Colorado State University
1-2:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
March 27
Prolegomenon to Environmental Ethics Week:
Ethics Forum for Faculty Research
Nature and Sustainability in Chinese Architecture and Urbanism
Samuel Y. Liang, Assistant Professor of Humanities, UVU
4-5:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
April 2-6
Environmental Ethics Week
April 2
Environmental Ethics Movie Day
Film One
The Story of Stuff (20 minutes)
10-10:20 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Film Two
Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time (73 minutes)
10:30-11: 43 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Film Three
Gasland: Can You Light Your Water on Fire? (106 minutes)
Noon-
1:46 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Film Four
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (55 minutes)
2-2:55 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Film Five
Lords of Natu
re: Life in a Land of Great Predators (60 minutes)
3-4 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
April 3
The Anthropocene!! Beyond the Natural?
Holmes Rolston III, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Colorado State University
1-2:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
April 5-6
Twenty-Fifth Annual Symposium on Environmental Ethics
Animals and the Law
(Organized by Christopher N. Foster, Lecturer of Integrated Studies, and Karen Mizell, Professor of Philosophy)
April 5
10 a.m.-6:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
April 6
10 a.m.-3:50 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
April 5
Session One
Animal Law: In the Real World--In Education
Pamela Frasch, Assistant Dean, Animal Law Program, Executive
Director of the Center for Animal Law Studies, Lewis and Clark Law School
10-11:15 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session Two
Muzzling a Movement
Dara Lovitz, Author, Muzzling a Movement
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
1-2:15 p.m. Lunch
Session Three
TBA
2:30-3:45 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session Four
Learning from Difficult Cases: Tillikum v. Sea World
Kathy Hessler, Clinical Professor and Director, Animal Law Clinic, Center for Animal Law Studies, Lewis and Clark Law School
4-5:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session Five
Roundtable Discussion
5:30-6:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
April 6
Session Six
Peter Young, Animal Liberation Frontline
10-10:50 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session Seven
The Activist Attorney
Shannon Keith, Founder, Animal Rescue, Media, and Education
11-11:50 a.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
12-12:50 p.m. Lunch
Session Eight
Cousins: Chimpanzees and the Law
Debra Durham, Ethologist, Primatologist
1-1:50 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session Nine
TBA
2-2:50 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Session Ten
Roundtable Discussion
3-3:50 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
March 27
Ethics Forum for Faculty Research:
Nature and Sustainability in Chinese Architecture and Urbanism
Samuel Y. Liang, Assistant Professor of Humanities, UVU
4-5:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
http://www.uvuethicscenter.com/pdfs/china/sustainability.pdf
THIS FORUM IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
March 21
Panel Discussion on the MX Missile Plan:
Ed Firmage, Steve Erickson, Maggie Laun, and Stan Holmes (leaders of the successful anti-MX missile campaign 1979-1981)
Moderator: Elaine Englehardt, Distinguished Professor of Ethics, UVU
3-3:50 PM, Library Auditorium (LI 120)
(Organized by Kathy French, Professor of Behavioral Science, UVU)
March 8
Conference on Computer Ethics:
White Hats and Black Hats: The Ethics of Search Engines and Security
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Lakeview Room (Fourth Floor Library)
(Cosponsored with the College of Technology and Computing; Organized by Elaine E. Englehardt, Distinguished Professor of Ethics)
Session One
Welcome: Drew Williams, Co-founder of Condition Zebra
Introduction: Ernie Carey, Dean, School of Technology and Computing
Ash Buckles, President, SEO.com
11:30 a.m.-Noon, Lakeview Room (Fourth Floor Library)
(Box Lunches provided—first come, first served)
Session Two
Panel Discussion
Ash Buckles, President, SEO.com
Arlen L. Card, Assistant Professor of Digital Media Technology, UVU
Greg Shuey, Vice President for Client Services, SEO.com
Aaron Willis, Instructor of Information Technology, UVU
Moderator: Elaine Englehardt, Distinguished Professor of Ethics, UVU
Noon-12:30 p.m., Lakeview Room (Fourth Floor Library)
Session Three
Open Discussion
12:30 – 12:45 p.m., Lakeview Room (Fourth Floor Library)
Session Four
Security in Computing—White Hats and Black Hats
Drew Williams, Co-founder, Condition Zebra
12:45- 1:15 p.m., Lakeview Room (Fourth Floor Library)
Session Five
Open Discussion
1:15 – 1:30 p.m., Lakeview Room (Fourth Floor Library)
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
February 28
Utah Democracy Project Forum:
The Politics of Direct Action
Dillon Thomas et al., Deep Green Resistance
11 a.m.-1 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
(Organized by Jason M. Brown, Instructor of Philosophy, UVU, and Christopher N. Foster, Lecturer of Integrated Studies)
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
http://www.uvuethicscenter.com/pdfs/deepgreenresistance/bigdeepgreenaction.pdf
February 14
Annual Kirk Englehardt Business Ethics Award and Address:
Three Principles of Good Business: Customer Service, Customer Satisfaction, and Ethical Behavior
Omar Kader, Founder and Chairman, Planning and Learning Technologies (PalTech)
1-2:15 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
Reception to follow
(Co-Presented with the Woodbury School of Business)
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
http://uvuethicscenter.com/pdfs/kader/large.pdf
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/53412792-79/kader-university-business-uvu.html.csp
Dr. Omar M. Kader, a native of Provo, now living the Northern Virginia, is the recipient of The Excellence in Business Ethics at Utah Valley State University. The award is presented each year to an individual who displays exemplary ethics in their life, both professionally and personally. Kader begin his education after high school by attending Utah Valley University when it was primarily a trade school. From there he graduated from BYU, attended the University of Utah Middle East Center for 2 years and completed a masters and doctorate degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California and returned to work at BYU for 8 years.
Kader left BYU for Washington DC where he worked in Arab-American civil rights and Middle East development then formed PaL-Tech Inc, a government contracting firm that focuses on Training and Technical Assistance. The firm employs more than 240 employees specializing in developing e-learning solutions for various government agencies including: the Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Army and Coast Guard among others. His firm received the “Contractor of the Year Award” in 2008 & 2009. “Exemplary ethics demonstrates a sustained commitment to understanding the necessity of integrity and humanity in business pursuits. This individual demonstrates strengthening business ethics through fiscal responsibility, leadership, civic activity and personal example,” said David Keller, Director of UVU’s Center for the Study of Ethics. “We believe that Omar Kader exemplifies the traits necessary to be the Excellence in Business Ethics recipient.”
In addition to Paltech’s core business, Omar focuses on leadership assessment, democracy development and Middle East. “Dr. Kader is one of the foremost authorities in international development in the world today,” Keller said. He served as a member of the U.S. Delegation observing and monitoring democratic elections in: Morocco, Yemen, Indonesia, Palestine, Pakistan and Afghanistan. He provides expert commentary to news organizations including the BBC, Washington Post and CNN. Dr. Kader also teaches an annual foreign policy seminar on unfolding political and international development issues. In 1993, Dr. Kader inaugurated an internship program at Weber University to mentor college students who have a keen interest in government service and the law. To date, Omar has enabled more than 500 future leaders to experience government first-hand in Washington, D.C. “Dr. Kader studied the impact of terrorism on US Foreign policy. He advocates democracy promotion as the best weapon in the
long war on terrorism. Reducing political violence will require more nations to embrace democracy and free markets.” said J. Bonner Ritchie, a long time friend a colleague and a visiting professor of business at UVU. “In addition to his outstanding work at Paltech, he is also the Chairman of the Middle East Policy Council in Washington.”
Omar is married to Nancy Stowe Kader of Ogden. They met while attending BYU. They have four successful adult sons. Dr. Nancy Kader is a Bioethicist, Management Consultant and BYU graduate where she studied to become a Registered Nurse. She received her PhD from the University of Maryland in Philosophy and taught courses on ethics and bioethics. As the eighth recipient of the award, Omar joins past awardees Patricia Werhane, endowed chair at DePaul University; BYU-Idaho President Kim Clark; international corporate business developer Joel Peterson; Close to My Heart president and CEO Jeanette Lynton; Orin Woodbury, former president and CEO of Woodbury Corporation; Dr. David Ulrich, President of the strategic business firm RBL and a Business Professor at the University of Michigan; and Tim Stratford, an attorney and prominent business executive.
The award is named for local businessman Kirk R. Englehardt who died of cancer in 2003. An astute businessman, he was president of Businessman Planning and Investment Research, Inc. for 24 years, specializing in securities and retirement investing. He also served during that time as a lobbyist and spokesperson for the investment industry and testified before the U.S. Congress. Throughout his life he was known for his integrity, wisdom, intellect and commitment to honesty. His wife Elaine, children Rich and Kellie help the Center for the Study of Ethics sponsor this annual lecture in an effort to promote and strengthen awareness in business ethics.
Kader will be presented the award on February 14th at 1 p.m. in the UVU Library Auditorium, LI 120, by UVU President Matthew S. Holland. He will then speak on “Three Principles of Good Business: Customer Service, Customer Satisfaction, and Ethical Behavior.” Following the talk a reception will be held to personally introduce and honor Kader to members of the student body and community. This event is free and open to the public.
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 David R. Keller gave this talk at Utah Valley University on why he believes that "internet" education is not the same as being in a real classroom.
Steve Hall, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, gave a fascinating short version of a longer paper on the subject of Jackson's art.
Listen to the audio version here:
