papers read at conferences

Reading papers at conferences is an important part of philosophical research.  Many of these papers have either been published or are being prepared for publication.

Reading my paper at the University of Delaware in 2001

international and national conferences

• "What is it Like to Lack Practical Wisdom?" Annual Conference of the Australasian Association of Philosophy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July 1996
• "A Not-So-Simple View of Intentional Action," American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, USA, May 1998
• "Ethics, Human Cloning, and Procreation," 27^th Conference on Value Inquiry, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA, April 1999
• "Desiring and Intending to Do What One Tries to Do," American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston, USA, December 1999 (Winner of a Foreign Scholar Travel Stipend)
• "Are There Extrinsic Desires?" American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, The Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 2000
• "Unintended Killing of Innocents in War," 29^th Conference on Value Inquiry, The Downtown Doubletree Hotel, Tulsa, OK, USA, April 2001
• "Active Voluntary Euthanasia and the Problem of Intending Death," Conference on Morality in the 21^st Century, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, October 2001 (click here for recorded version on Ethics Videos Online)
• "Genetic Information, Electronic Records, and the Threat to Medical Confidentiality," 30^th Conference on Value Inquiry, Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA, April 2002
• "Human Dignity and the Human Genome," 9th Annual Conference of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, St John's College, Santa Fe, NM, USA, July 2002
• "A Reappraisal of the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing," American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, The Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, USA, December 2002
• "Moral Theory and Public Policy in Bioethics," International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Ethics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, February/March 2003
• "The Possibility of Moral Reasoning," American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, The Westin St Francis, San Francisco, USA, March 2003
• "Should My Genes Be Patented?" Group Meeting of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, The Westin St Francis, San Francisco, USA, March 2003
• "Aquinas, Intention, and the Doctrine of Double Effect," 31st Conference on Value Inquiry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, USA, April 2003
• "After Anscombe," Plenary Address at Conference on Values, Rational Choice, and the Will, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, WI, USA, April 2004
• "The Wrongful Life Argument Against Cloning," Conference on Ethics and the Life Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, October 2004
• "Foot on Practical Rationality and Acting Well," 32nd Conference on Value Inquiry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, April 2005
• "Falling From Virtue: Natural Goodness and Human Nature," 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA, July 2005
• "A Reappraisal of the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing," Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID & Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, April 2006
• "Faith and Leadership," 13^th Annual Conference of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA, July 2006
• "The Possibility of Philosophy as Religion," Group Meeting of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, USA, April 2007
• "The Importance of Jus in Bello," Justice: A Conference on the Cardinal Virtues, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI, USA, April 2007
• "The Importance of Jus in Bello," 14^th Annual Conference of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Universidad Latina de America, Morelia, Mexico, July 2007
• "Courage and Those Who Will Not Fight," Courage: The Second Conference on the Cardinal Virtues, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI, USA, March 2008
• "Denying Incomparability," American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, USA, April 2008
• "Who Uses the Doctrine of Double Effect?" Group Meeting of the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World at the American Philosophical Association Central Division, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, USA, April 2008
• “Identification, Responsibility, and Desire Ownership,” American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, USA, December 2008 (forthcoming)

regional and local conferences

• "Aristotle on Practical Reason and Virtue," Stanford-Berkeley Student Conference, Stanford University, USA, April 1989
• "The Concept of Friendship Between States," Sixth Malaysia-Singapore Forum, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 1996
• "The Ethics of Cloning Technology," Bioethics Conference on Ethical Issues at the Beginning and End of Life, National University of Singapore, July 12, 1998
• "Bioethics and Geriatrics," 24^th Annual Seminar of the Medico-Legal Society of Singapore, The Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore, November 1998
• "AIDS and Ethics," AIDS Conference 1998, Suntec City Convention Centre, Singapore, December 12, 1998
• "Bioethics in Neuroscience: Deciding for the Patient in the ICU" (Plenary Lecture), 10^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Clinical Neuroscience Society, Sheraton Towers Hotel, Singapore, March 6, 1999
• "Randomized Clinical Trials and the Doctor-Patient Relationship," 2^nd Asian Clinical Trials Conference, The Regent Hotel, Singapore, October 1999
• "Ethical Implications of the Use of IT in Medicine," 26^th Annual Seminar of the Medico-Legal Society of Singapore, Mandarin Hotel, Singapore, October 2000
• "Desire, Reason, and the Unity of the Virtues," Workshop on Unity of the Virtues in Western and Chinese Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Australia, November 2000
• "Bioethics: Its Origins, Methods, and Importance for Medicine Today," 1^st SMA Seminar in Bioethics and Health Law, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, January 2001

recent public talks and college forums

• "Ethical Issues of Stem-Cell Research and Therapy," L & S Forum, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, WI, USA, April 19, 2002
• "War, Terrorism, and Justice," Public discussions on "Ethics and the War on Terrorism" organized by the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay at the Brown County Public Library, Green Bay, WI, USA, September 18, 2002
• "The Problem of the Non-Natural," Humanities Forum, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, WI, USA, November 21, 2002  (This paper was accepted for presentation at the 21st World Congress of Philosophy in Istanbul, Turkey, from August 10-17, 2003)
• "Moral Theory and Public Policy in Bioethics," Bioethics Seminar, St Francis Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 12, 2003 (This paper was presented in conjunction with a visit to the St Francis International Center for Healthcare Ethics as a Visiting Scholar in the summer of 2003.)
• "What War Does to People," Public discussions on "Justice, War, and Peace" organized by the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay at the Brown County Public Library, Green Bay, WI, USA, September 8, 2004
• "Desires, Intentions, and Human Action: Dogmas and Common-Sense," Seminar at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA, October 5, 2004
• "The Place of Faith in Today's World," Letters and Science Forum, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, USA, November 15, 2006

Salzburg seminar

In October 2001, I spent a week at the Salzburg Seminar as a Fellow for Session 392 on the theme of Biotechnology: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues.

I returned to the Salzburg Seminar in June 2002 to participate in the Fifth Symposium of the Freeman Foundation on the theme of East Asia and the United States: A Search for Common Values, during which I spoke as a panelist at a session on "Healthcare Ethics across Cultures".

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