2001 June 26-29
MAKING SCIENCE RIGHT
a workshop for Ohio high-school teachers
Miller Brown & Mark Holowchak
January 16th, 2001, 12:00 am to 9:00 pm
Anderson Auditorium
Two prominent sports philosophers debate each other and audience members on the issue of legalizing or banning performance drugs.
Dr. W. Miller Brown is a sports philosopher and dean of faculty at Trinity College. Visiting Ohio University professor Mark Holowchak writes on sport- and…
Panel discussion
February 20th, 2001, 8:00 to 10:00 pm
Morton Hall 235
CRIME-FIGHTING ON THE INTERNET
Three leading experts examine the difficulties in keeping up with the bad guys’ abuse of new technologies. FBI Special Counsel for Electronic Surveillance Matters Alan McDonald argues why law enforcement agencies need the ability to use electronic surveillance equip…
Second Chance Foundation
March 29th, 2001, 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Irvine Hall 194
“Unfinished Business,” a play advocating organ donation, co-sponsored with the Second Chance Foundation and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Student Council.
Elisabeth Burke
April 26th, 2001, 8:00 to 9:00 pm
Gordy Hall 311
Director and activist Elisabeth Burke discusses ethical dilemmas encountered during the staging of an new setting of “Dante’s Inferno” in the Italian-Australian immigrant community of Wollangong, and shares with the audience a number of community-building theater exercises.
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April 28th, 2001, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Copeland Hall
Every other year Ohio University hosts an international student conference on applied ethics. Several papers from the 2001 conference are available here.
Michael Bugeja, Professor of Journalism, and
Erek Perry, Special Presidential Assistant for Diversity
October 9th, 2001, 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Copeland Hall, Room 001
Based on approaches from Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, this seminar for Ohio University students, faculty, and staff, Michael Bugeja and Erek Perry use case studies to provide an overview of the concept of…
Part One: Terrorism: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
October 22nd, 2001, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
Irvine 194
Panel Discussion
Summaries of presenations
Steve Hays: As a classical humanist I am interested in human values and reasoning as attested to and preserved in early WesternR…
Part Two: Moral and Political Reform and Stability: Militarism, Pacifism, or Nonviolence?
October 29th, 2001, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
Irvine 194
Panel Discussion
Summaries of Presentations
George Weckman: Current events are motivated by religious concerns and dynamics. We miss that in America where religio…
Part Three: American Involvement in the Global Community in the 21st Century
November 1st, 2001, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
Computer Science Center 121B
Panel Discussion
Summaries of Presentations
Ken Freed: I focus on the difficulties for a journalist covering globalization and its ra…