Curriculum Vitae

G: Presentations

  1. "Justice and the Difference Principle," Philosophy Discussion Club, Cornell University, September 1973.
  2. ---------, Department of Philosophy, The Johns Hopkins University, November 1973.
  3. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Brown University, December 1973.
  4. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, January 1974.
  5. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, January 1974.
  6. "Theories of Collective Action," Department of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, February 1975.
  7. "Mill's Theory of Morality," Malaspina College, Nanaimo, B.C., January 1976.
  8. "An Account of Collective Action," 1976 Congress of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Quebec City, June.
  9. "Moral Relativism and Personal Assessments," Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, September 1976.
  10. ---------, 1976 Meetings of the Western Canada Philosophical Association, Lethbridge, Alberta, October.
  11. Commentary on Rodger Beehler, "Concerning the Alleged Absoluteness of the Moral 'Ought'," The Tri-University Philosophy Conference, Simon Fraser University, April 1977.
  12. Commentary on Thomas M. Lennon, "Rules and Relevance: The Non- Equivalence of Act and Rule Utilitarianism," 1977 Congress of the C.P.A., Fredericton, May.
  13. "The Iterated Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill," The Tri-University Philosophy Conference, University of Victoria, January, 1978.
  14. ---------, 1978 Congress of the C.P.A., London, Ontario, June.
  15. "Nation, State and Self-Determination". Invited workshop paper presented to the Conference on Philosophical Issues Relating to the Future of Confederation, Montreal, April, 1979.
  16. Commentary on C.D. MacNiven, "Ethical Naturalism and the A Priori," 1979 Congress of the C.P.A., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, June.
  17. "Hobbes on Artificial Persons and Collective Actions". Invited address to the University of Alberta Hobbes Conference, Edmonton, June 1979.
  18. "Do Nations Have the Right of Self-Determination?" Vancouver Philosophy Circle, October 1979.
  19. ---------, 1979 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Edmonton, October.
  20. "What Collectives Are," 1980 Congress of the C.P.A., Montreal, May.
  21. "An Ontology for Organization Theory," Division of Organizational Behaviour, Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia, November 1980.
  22. "Do Nations Have the Right of Self-Determination?" Philosophy Club, Glendon College of York University, Toronto, November 1980.
  23. "What Collectives Are," Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, December 1980.
  24. "Conservatism in Moral Theory," Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, February 1981.
  25. "What Collectives Are," 1981 Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, Portland, March.
  26. "Value Neutrality in the Techniques of Policy Analysis," with Edwin Levy. 1981 Congress of the C.P.A., Halifax, June. Paper presented by E. Levy.
  27. "Cost-Benefit Analysis, Social Rationality and Ethical Values," Simon Fraser University, November 1981.
  28. "Society Centred Moral Theory: An Unnoticed Option," Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, November 1981.
  29. "Conservatism in Norman Daniels's Theory of Wide Reflective Equilibrium," 1981 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Calgary, Alberta, October.
  30. ---------, 1982 Meeting of the Pacific Division of the A.P.A., Sacramento, March.
  31. "Risk and Uncertainty: Ethical Issues in Decision-Making," with Edwin Levy. Invited paper presented to the Second National Conference on Ethics in Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, March 1982. Paper presented by E. Levy.
  32. "Society Centred Moral Theory: An Unnoticed Option," Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge, April 1982.
  33. "Social Viability and Moral Justification," 1982 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Lethbridge, Alberta, October.
  34. ---------, 1983 Meeting of the Pacific Division of the A.P.A., Oakland, March.
  35. "Management Science, Ethical Values and Social Rationality: The Basis of Cost-Benefit Analysis". Invited paper presented to the University of Waterloo conference, "Philosophy, Economics and Justice," May 1983.
  36. "R.M. Hare's Moral Thinking," Department of Philosophy, University of Regina, October 1983.
  37. "Moral Skepticism and the Burden of Proof," 1983 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Winnipeg, October.
  38. "Some Issues in Environmental Ethics". Invited talk at the Simon Fraser University Workshop on Environmental Ethics, Montreal, December 1983.
  39. "Social Rationality and the Justification of Morality," Invited paper presented to the University of Victoria conference, "Community, Law and Liberty in 1984," February 10, 1984.
  40. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, March 1984.
  41. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, March 1984.
  42. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, March 1984.
  43. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, March 1984.
  44. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, October 1984.
  45. "The Justice and Rationale of Cost-Benefit Analysis," Seminar on Ethics and Social Policy, The Committee on Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, February 1985.
  46. "The Concept of a Society," The Great Expectations Philosophy Colloquium, Evanston, Illinois, April 1985.
  47. Commentary on Brendon Gillon, "The Semantics of Plural Noun Phrases," 1985 Meeting of the Alberta Philosophy Departments, Lake Louise, April.
  48. "The Concept of a Society," 1985 Congress of the C.P.A., Montreal, May.
  49. "Moral Skepticism and the Credibility of Moral Realism". Invited paper presented to the American Association for Value Inquiry, meeting in conjunction with the Pacific Division of the A.P.A., Los Angeles, March 1986.
  50. Commentary on Dennis McKerlie, "Egalitarianism and The Separateness of Persons," 1986 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Edmonton, October.
  51. "Societal Choices and Preferences," University of Chicago Seminar on Contemporary Moral and Political Theory, January 1987.
  52. "Religion, History and Justified Belief: Comments on a Paper by Terence Penelhum," Simon Fraser University Conference on the Importance of the History of Philosophy to Philosophy, Vancouver, February 1987.
  53. "Threats, Risks, and the Morality of Nuclear Deterrence". Invited paper presented to seminar on the Strategic Defense Initiative and the future of arms control and disarmament, Hutchins Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, March 1987.
  54. "Moral Justification and the Empirical Model of Normativity". Commentary on Peter Railton, "The Justification of Morality," Oberlin College Colloquium in Philosophy, April 1987.
  55. "Contractarianism and Moral Skepticism". Invited paper presented to University of Western Ontario colloquium on Contemporary Contractarian Theory, April 1987.
  56. "Moral Skepticism". Invited paper presented to the Central Division of the A.P.A., Chicago, 2 May 1987.
  57. "Moral Skepticism". Invited paper presented to University of Guelph conference on Ethics and Justification, 22 May 1987.
  58. "Moral Skepticism," Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, November, 1987.
  59. "Explanation and Justification in Ethics," Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, January, 1988.
  60. "Nuclear Intentions and Nuclear Risks," Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, January, 1988.
  61. ---------, Program on Ethics and Public Life, Cornell University, February, 1988.
  62. "Consequentialist Rights". Invited symposium paper presented to the 1988 Congress of the C.P.A., Windsor, May.
  63. "Nuclear Intentions, Nuclear Risks and the Ethics of Catastrophe," Research Triangle Ethics Circle, Chapel Hill, November, 1988.
  64. "Irrational Deterrence or Rational Retaliation," Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, November, 1988.
  65. "Explanation and Justification in Ethics," Department of Philosophy, University of Rochester, December, 1988.
  66. "Morality, Skepticism, and Society," Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, February, 1989.
  67. "Moral Skepticism," Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, February, 1989.
  68. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, February, 1989.
  69. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University, February, 1989.
  70. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, March, 1989.
  71. "Reason and Needs," Department of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, March, 1990.
  72. ---------, Conference on Value, Welfare and Morality, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, April, 1990.
  73. "Responsibility for Collective Inaction," symposium on Collective Action and Responsibility, Central Division of the A.P.A., New Orleans, April, 1990.
  74. "Could Truth be a Hazard for Democracy?" Commentary on a paper by David Estlund, Conference on Democracy, University of California, Davis, May, 1990.
  75. "Normativity and The Very Idea of Moral Epistemology," Spindel Conference on Moral Epistemology, Memphis State University, October, 1990.
  76. "The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living: Autonomy and the Basic Needs," Conference on Economic Rights, Social Philosophy and Policy Center Bowling Green State University, held at San Diego, October, 1990.
  77. "Could Political Truth be a Hazard for Democracy?" Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, October 1991.
  78. "Can Societies be Choosers?" Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, November 1991.
  79. "A Cognitivist Theory of Normative Judgment," Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge, February 1992.
  80. "Liberalism and Property Rights: Commentary on Shapiro," Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, December 1992.
  81. "Democracy and Secession," Conference on Nationalism, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, April 1993.
  82. "Reason and Needs," Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, May 1993.
  83. "Moral Knowledge in Society-Centered Moral Theory," Conference on Moral Epistemology, Dartmouth College, September 1994.
  84. "Pluralism and Stability in Liberal Theory," Conference on Pluralism, University of Western Ontario, January 1995.
  85. "Moral Obligation and Moral Motivation," 1995 Philosophy Colloquium, "Moral Obligation," University of North Carolina, Greensboro, April 1995.
  86. "Gauguin's Choice: Morality, Reason, and Self-Interest," Conference on Self-Interest, Social Philosophy and Policy Center Bowling Green State University, September 1995.
  87. "The Ring of Gyges: Overridingness and the Unity of Reason," Department of Philosophy, Indiana University, November, 1996.
  88. "A Theory of the Legitimate State," Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, December, 1996.
  89. ---------, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, December, 1996.
  90. "Society Centered Moral Theory," Moral Philosophy Group, The Ohio State University, December, 1996.
  91. "The Ring of Gyges: Overridingness and the Unity of Reason," Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, January, 1997.
  92. "Capitalism versus Democracy: Politics or Ethics?" Bank of Montreal Distinguished Speaker, Administrative Studies, Trent University, February, 1997.
  93. "The Ring of Gyges: Overridingness and the Unity of Reason," Moral Philosophy Group, University of Toronto, February, 1997.
  94. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, February, 1997.
  95. "A Theory of the Legitimate State," Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, March, 1997.
  96. "Reply to Railton and Sinnott-Armstrong," invited paper delivered to A.P.A. Pacific Division symposium on Morality, Normativity, and Society, March, 1997.
  97. "The Problem of Stability in Multinational States," Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, April, 1997.
  98. "Social Unity and Individual Identity in Multinational States," Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, May, 1997.
  99. "Does Moral Theory Need the Concept of Society?" Ethik-Zentrum, University of Zurich, June, 1997.
  100. "Social Unity and Individual Identity in Multinational States," Ethik-Zentrum, University of Zurich, June, 1997.
  101. "Realism and the Normativity of Moral Judgment: Personal Identity and Moral Obligation" invited paper presented to Third International Congress of the Gesellschaft fŸr Analytische Philosophie, Munich, September, 1997.
  102. "Social Unity and Individual Identity in Multinational States," invited paper, Western Canada Philosophy Association, October, 1997.
  103. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Macalester College, October, 1997.
  104. "Milk, Honey, and the Good Life on Moral Twin Earth," invited paper, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, April, 1998.
  105. "The Idea of a Legitimate State," Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, July, 1998.
  106. "Social Unity and Individual Identity in Multinational States," Australasian Association of Philosophy, Sydney, July, 1998.
  107. "Taggart's Anti-Humeanism," Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, September, 1998.
  108. "Rationality and Autonomy," Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta, March, 1999.
  109. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, April, 1999.
  110. "Social Unity and Individual Identity," Committee on Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, April, 1999.
  111. "A Contractarian Dilemma? Comments on Eric Barnes" Central Division, American Philosophical Association, May, 1999.
  112. "Gert on Reasons, Rationality, Harms, and Lists," Conference on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory, Dartmouth College, May, 1999.
  113. "Rationality and Autonomy," Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Le Lavandou, France, June, 1999.
  114. "Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism," Department of Philosophy, the Ohio State University, January, 2000.
  115. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, February, 2000.
  116. "Social Unity and the Identity of Persons," Ethics and Society, Spring 2000 Public Lecture Series, University of Miami, February, 2000.
  117. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University, March, 2000.
  118. ---------, "Belief and Desire in Evaluative Judgment," Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, Albuquerque, April, 2000.
  119. "Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism," Philosophy Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, April, 2000.
  120. ---------, Canadian Philosophical Association, Edmonton, May, 2000.
  121. "International Law and Morality in the Theory of Secession," Canadian Philosophical Association, Edmonton, May, 2000.
  122. "Realist-Expressivism: A Reconciliation of Expressivism and Realism in Ethics," Conference on Moral Epistemology, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, La Jolla, May 2000.
  123. "Equality and Neutrality: Christman's Political Conception of Equal Shares," Workshop on Egalitarianism, Responsibility, and the Law, University of North Carolina, October, 2000.
  124. "Social Unity and the Identity of Persons," Department of Philosophy, the University of Guelph, October, 2000.
  125. "Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism," Department of Philosophy, Texas A & M University, November, 2000.
  126. "Rationality, Autonomy, and Basic Needs," Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, December, 2000.
  127. "Realist-Expressivism: A Neglected Option for Moral Realism," Department of Philosophy, Boston University, January 2001.
  128. "Rationality and Autonomy," Department of Philosophy, l'UniversitŽ de MontrŽal, March, 2001.
  129. "Social Unity and The Identity of Persons," Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, March, 2001.
  130. "Realist-Expressivism: A Neglected Option for Moral Realism," Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, April, 2001.
  131. "Grounding a Modest Conception of Rationality," Conference on Reason and Deliberation, 18-20 May 2001, Bowling Green State University.
  132. "Comments on John Skorupski, 'Three Methods and a Dualism'," Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Urbino, Italy, June, 2001.
  133. "Why Naturalism?" invited paper, North American Society for Social Philosophy, Ypsilanti, Michigan, July 2001.
  134. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, November, 2001.
  135. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University, January, 2002.
  136. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, February, 2002.
  137. ---------, British Society for Ethical Theory, University of Reading, April, 2002.
  138. "Social Unity and the Identity of Persons," seminar in Ethics and Action Theory, Stanford University, May, 2002.
  139. "Why Naturalism?" Conference in Honour of Steven Davis, Simon Fraser University, June, 2002.
  140. "International Justice, a Global State, and the Basic Needs," Conference on International Justice, University of St. Andrews, July, 2002.
  141. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November, 2002.
  142. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, November, 2002.
  143. "Cultural Relativism, Toleration, and the Problem of Intolerant Cultures," College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series, Bowling Green State University, November, 2002.
  144. "Grounding a Modest Conception of Rationality," Department of Philosophy, University of Southern California, December, 2002.
  145. ---------, Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, February, 2003.
  146. "International Justice, a Global State, and the Basic Needs," Department of Philosophy, University of Virginia, March, 2003.
  147. ---------, invited paper presented to Central Division, American Philosophical Association, Cleveland, OH, April, 2003.
  148. "Comments on Michael Bratman, 'Shared Valuing and Frameworks for Practical Reasoning,'" Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2003.
  149. "Moral Naturalism and Three Grades of Normativity," Conference on Naturalism and Normativity, Ethic-Zentrum, University of Zurich, September 2003.
  150. ---------, Department of Philosophy, Ohio University, October, 2003.
  151. "Cultural Relativism and Post-Intervention Decisions," Conference on "Intervention, Then What?" Committee on Values and Ethics, Carleton University, October, 2003.
  152. ---------, Ethics Center, Ohio University, October, 2003.
  153. ---------, invited address, St Louis Philosophy of Social Science Workshop, St Louis University, March, 2004.
  154. "The Normativity of Self-Grounded Reason," Department of Philosophy, St Louis University, March, 2004.
  155. ---------, Conference on Personal Identity, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, March, 2004.