2013 Annual Conference

30th International Social Philosophy Conference

Food

July 11 – July 13, 2013
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut

Thursday July 11th
Registration & Book Display: 8:30a.m. – 5:00p.m. / SC Gallery
Continental Breakfast: 8:30 – 9:15a.m. / SC Piazza

Session 1: 9:00 – 10:20 a.m.

1A. Duty and Harm / SC 116
Chair: Theresa Tobin, Marquette University
Joshua Keton, “’Imperfecting’ Perfect Duties: A Comment on Onora O’Neill on Duties,” The Graduate Center, CUNY
John Hacker-Wright, “Character, Intention, and Permissibility,” University of Guelph

1B. Metaphysics of Food / SC 117
Chair: Danae McLeod, SUNY Stony Brook
Margaret Crouch, “Film, Food, and Gender,” Eastern Michigan University
Jason Breen, “Food-Ontology and Gastro-Normativity,” Dalhousie University

1C. Moral Repair and the Value of Relationships / SC 119
Chair: Sally Scholz, Villanova University
Marilea Bramer, “Power, Wealth, and Influence, or Friends?,” Minnesota State University Moorhead
Sarah Clark Miller, “On the Possibility of Moral Repair,” Penn State University

Break: 10:20 –10:40a.m.

Session 2: 10:40a.m. – 12:00p.m.

2A. Gender and Sexuality / SC 116
Chair: Kimberley Lockwood, University of Dayton
Matthew Drabek, “Classifications of Gender Identity in the DSM,” University of Iowa
Melissa Mosko, “Constituting Feminine and Masculine Sexualities: The Commodity Model of Sex and Sexuality,” Canisius College

2B. Animal Obligations / SC 117
Chair: Donald Bruckner, Penn State University, New Kensington
Ryan Jenkins, “‘Knockout Animals’? Knock It Off: Vegetarian Reasons besides Suffering,” University of Colorado Boulder
Marcus Schultz-Bergin, “The Species Problem for Animal Diminishment,” Bowling Green State University

2C. Debts and Obligations: Past and Present / SC 119
Chair: Ian Werkheiser, Michigan State University
David Leichter, “Footnotes of the Past: Historical Injustice and Collective Memory,”  Marian University
Andrew Smith, “In Defense of Homelessness,” Drexel University

Lunch (on your own): 12:00 – 1:30p.m.

Graduate Student Workshop on Publishing in Philosophy / SC 116
All graduate students are welcome to this event. Please pick up and bring a lunch with you as this is a “brown bag” (i.e. bring your own) lunch event.

Session 3: 1:30 – 3:30p.m.

3A. Sovereignty and Security / SC 116
Chair: Jill Dieterle, Eastern Michigan University
Ian Werkheiser, “Food Sovereignty, Health Sovereignty, and Self-Organized Community Viability,” Michigan State University
William Schanbacher, “Re-conceptualizing the Politics and Philosophy of Food: Food Security or Food Sovereignty,” University of South Florida
Shane Ralston, “The Pragmatic Pyramid: Dewey on Gardening and Food Security,” Penn State Hazleton

3B. Sexuality, Race, and the State / SC 117
Chair: Lisa Schwartzman, Michigan State University
Kevin Graham, “Talking about Race,” Creighton University
Jeffrey Gauthier, “Prostitution and Paternalism,” University of Portland
Tom Digby, “Love and War: How Militarism and Misogyny Shape Heterosexual Eroticism,” Springfield College

3C. Food, Paternalism, and the State / SC 119
Chair: Neil Hibbert, University of Saskatchewan
Michael Merry, “Tackling Child Obesity: When is State Intervention Justified?” University of Amsterdam
Adam Henschke, “Obesity and Consumer Choice,” Charles Sturt University
Beth Dixon, “The Politics of Choice: Salt, Sugar, Fat,” SUNY Plattsburgh

Refreshment Break: 3:30 – 3:45p.m. / SC Piazza

Session 4: 3:45 – 5:45p.m.

4A. An Appetite for Disorder / SC 116
Chair: Marilea Bramer, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Kimberley Lockwood, “Too Much of a Good Thing: Exploring Orthorexia Nervosa,” University of Dayton
Larisa Svirsky, “Why Ascriptions of Responsibility Matter in Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery,” UNC Chapel Hill
Lisa Schwartzman, “Appetites, Disorder, and Desire,” Michigan State University

4B. A Right to Food / SC 117
Chair: Michael Scoville, Eastern Michigan University
Joshua Kassner, “A Contractualist Defense of the Universal Human Right to Subsistence,” University of Baltimore
Sandra Raponi, “The Right to Adequate Food,” Merrimack College
Joseph Betz, “Food as a Human Right,” Villanova University

4C. Politics, Justice, and Food / SC 119
Chair: Zahra Meghani, University of Rhode Island
Neil Hibbert and Lisa Clark, “Risk Governance, Democratic Legitimacy and GM Foods,” University of Saskatchewan
Samantha Noll, “A Place at the Table: Liberalism and the Two Directions of the Local Food Movement,” Michigan State University

4D. Power, Social Justice, and Food / SC 120
Chair: Erinn Gilson, University of North Florida
Danae McLeod, “The Fracking of Food: Global Health, Social Justice and Our Food Supply,” Stony Brook University
Sarah Kenehan, “Animal Agriculture and Climate Change: How Justice Demands We Eat Less Meat,” Marywood University

Dinner (on your own): 5:45 – 8:00p.m.

First Plenary Session: 8:00 – 9:30p.m. / SC 225
Paul Thompson, Michigan State University, “The GMO Quandary and Why It Matters for Social Philosophy.”
Chair: Margaret Crouch, Eastern Michigan University

Reception: 9:30 – 10:30p.m. / SC Piazza

Friday, July 12th

Registration / Book Display: 8:30a.m. – 5:00p.m. / SC Gallery

Continental Breakfast: 8:30 – 9:15a.m. / SC Piazza

Session 5: 9:00 – 10:20 a.m.

5A. Virtuous Food / SC 116
Chair: John Hacker-Wright, University of Guelph
Erica Neely, “Virtuous Salads and Sinful Desserts: How the Rhetoric of Morality Taints Our Relationship to Food,” Ohio Northern University
Nancy Snow, “Food Virtue: Can We Make Virtuous Food Choices?,” Marquette University

5B. Ideality and Asymmetry / SC 117
Chair: Susan Purviance, University of Toledo
James Boettcher, “Against the Asymmetric Convergence Model of Political Justification,” Saint Joseph’s University
Michael Buckley, “Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory in Transitional Contexts,” Lehman College, CUNY

5C. The Moral Status of Human Rights / SC 119
Chair: Margaret Crouch, Eastern Michigan University
Aaron Bell and Rochelle DuFord, The Amoral Status of Humane and Humanitarian Laws, Binghamton University
Alistair Mcleod, Against Human Rights Minimalism, Queen’s University

5D. Hegel / SC 120
Chair: Aaron Harper, West Liberty University
Laura Kane, “On Hegel, Women, and Family Life: Why the Family is an Important Vehicle for Social Change,” CUNY Graduate Center
Andrew Woodson, “The Specter of Hegel: A Critique of Autonomist Marxism,” Michigan State University

5E. The Requirements of Welfare and Sustainability / TH 217
Chair: Clara Nisley, Southern Polytechnic State University
Jean-Marie Makang, “Consumerism, Community Building, and the Fostering of Poverty: A Look at Self-Realization and Sustainable Development from the Perspective of the Ethics of Compassion,” Frostburg State University
Michael Scoville, “Welfare Pluralism and Sustainability,” Eastern Michigan University

Break: 10:20 – 10:40a.m.

Session 6: 10:40a.m. – 12:00p.m.

6A. How Must We Kill (Our Food)? / SC 116
Chair: Zachary Hoskins, University of Minnesota
Donald Bruckner, “Strict Vegetarianism is Immoral,” Penn State University, New Kensington
Jeff Johnson, “Humanely Raised/Humanely Killed,” St. Catherine University

6B. Aristotle and Food / SC 117
Chair: Erica Neely, Ohio Northern University
Anthony Preus, “Aristotle and Theophrastus on Food,” Binghamton University
Trevor Smith, “Aristotle, the Virtue of Temperance, and Food-Based Oppression,” Marquette University

6C. Rawls and Entitlements / SC 119
Chair: Peter Higgins, Eastern Michigan University
D.C. Matthew, “Rawlsian Affirmative Action: A Reply to Taylor,” University of Memphis
Phil Smolenski, “Rawls, Desert and Legitimate Entitlements,” Queen’s University

6D. Radical Knowing / SC 120
Chair: Devora Shapiro, Southern Oregon University
Susan Dieleman, “Stupid Knowing and Urban Homesteading,” Dalhousie University
Jennifer Benson, “The Problem of Tokenizing Radical Philosophy: Advice for Junior Academics and Allies,” Washington College

Lunch (on your own) 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.

Session 7: 1:15 – 3:15p.m.

7A. Moral Emotions / SC 116
Chair: Theresa Tobin, Marquette University
Devora Shapiro, “The Virtue of Discontent,” Southern Oregon University
Sally Scholz, “Women and Whiskey,” Villanova University
Krista Thomason, “The Moral Significance of Immoral Emotions,” Swarthmore College

7B. Food Deserts and Insecurity / SC 117
Chair: Nancy Snow, Marquette University
Jennifer Szende, “Food Deserts, Justice, and the Distributive Paradigm,” Queen’s University
Jill Dieterle, “Food Insecurity and Food Deserts,” Eastern Michigan University
Catlyn Oragitano, “Moral Imagination and Food Insecurity: Expanding the Discourse,” Marquette University

7C. A Duty to Feed, a Right to Food / SC 119
Chair: Joseph Betz, Villanova University
Clara Nisley, “An Argument for Moral Obligations to Our Starving Fellow Citizens,” Southern Polytechnic State University
Jan Narveson, “Is There a Right to Subsistence?,” University of Waterloo
Chad Kleist, “Killing for Food: A Capabilities Analysis,” Marquette University

7D. Morality, Food, and Property / SC 120
Chair: Alison Coombs, Binghamton University
Stephen Minister, “Can Food be Property? The Moral Limits of Food Commodification,” Augustana College
Serena Parekh McGushin, “Food is Not Enough: The Ethics of Care and Global Responsibility for Refugees,” Northeastern University
Gordy Mower, “Food and Property in the Early Modern Natural Law Tradition,” Brigham Young University

7E. Eating Responsibly, Picky Eaters? / TH 217
Chair: Jeff Johnson, St. Catherine University
Robert Farley, “Excusable Omnivorism?” Northern Illinois University
Lori Gruen, “Eating Responsibly,” Wesleyan College
Mark Navin, “Eating Locally and Export-Led Growth,” Oakland University

Refreshment Break: 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. / SC Piazza

Second Plenary Session – Book Award: 3:30 – 5:00p.m. / SC 225
The Epistemology of Resistance: Gender and Racial Oppression, Epistemic Injustice, and
Resistant Imaginations by Jose Medina, Vanderbilt University

Speakers:
Chris Lowry, Waterloo University
Gaile Pohlhaus, Miami of Ohio University
Beth Sperry, William Jewell University

Reception: 5:00 – 6:00p.m. / Dining Hall East Wing

Banquet: 6:00 – 8:00p.m. / Dining Hall East Wing

Business Meeting: 8:15-9:15p.m. / Dining Hall East Wing

Saturday, July 13th

Session 8: 9:00-11:00a.m.

8A. Politics, Power, and Food / SC 116
Chair: Margaret Crouch, Eastern Michigan University
Andrew Pierce, “The Power and Politics of Disgust: Toward a Critical Theory of Food,” Sacred Heart University
Velimir Stojkovski, “The Politics of Fasting: Spirituality and Resistance,” Marquette University
Torsten Menge, “A Regress Problem for Theories of Power,” Georgetown University

8B. Local (Food) Justice? / SC 117
Chair: Mark Navin, Oakland University
Erinn Gilson, “Vote with Your Fork!?: Responsibility and Food Justice,” University of North Florida
Joan McGregor, “Just Food: Should You Always Buy Local?” Arizona State University
Barry DeCoster, “Cultivating Empowerment: A Response to Michael Pollan’s Call to Grow Our Own Food,” Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University

8C. Eating Religiously / SC 119
Chair: John Koolage, Eastern Michigan University
Chiara Testino, “Dietary Pluralism and Minority Claims: A Matter of Cultural Diversity?” University of Pavia
Federico Zuolo, “Dietary Pluralism, Religious Slaughter and Animal Welfare,” University of Pavia
Saba Fatima, “Divine Consumption: Sustainability within Halal Food Laws,” Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

8D. Future People and GMO Food / SC 120
Chair: Michael Doan, Dalhousie University
Corey Katz, “Ecosystem Degradation as an Injustice to Future People,” Saint Louis University
Duncan Purves, “You Are What I Eat: GMOs and the Moral Significance of Future Generations,” University of Colorado Boulder
Zahra Meghani, “Risk Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods,” University of Rhode Island

Refreshment Break: 11:00 – 11:15a.m. / SC Piazza

Third Plenary Session 11:15a.m. – 12:45p.m. / SC 225
Lisa Heldke, Gustavus Adolphus University, “Two Authenticities”
Chair: Sally Scholz, Villanova University

Lunch (on your own): 12:45 – 2:00p.m.

Session 9: 2:00 – 4:00p.m.

9A. Contemporary Problems for Environmental Ethics / SC 116
Chair: Corey Katz, Saint Louis University
John Koolage, “Climate Modeling: Comments on Coincidence, Conspiracy, and Climate Change Skepticism,” Eastern Michigan University
Michael Doan, “Climate Change and Complacency,” Dalhousie University

9B. Liberty and Retribution / SC 117
Chair: Velimir Stojkovski, Marquette University
Michael Da Silva, “Loss-of-Civic-Liberties Retributivism,” Rutgers University
Zachary Hoskins, “Recidivist Premiums and Retributivism,” University of Minnesota
Sean Donaghue Johnston, “Another Kind of Prison: Locating Liberty in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle,” Niagara University and Canisius College

9C. History through an Historical Lens / SC 119
Chair: Duncan Purves, University of Colorado Boulder
Aaron Harper, “Good Taste as the Basis for Nietzsche’s Authority,” West Liberty University
Edward McGushin, “Irony and the Politics of Truth: Foucault’s Reading of Socrates,” Stonehill College
Joan Woolfrey, “An Examination of Implicit Bias through an Aristotlean Lens,” West Chester University of Pennsylvania

9D. Traditional Questions in Political Philosophy / SC 120
Chair: D.C. Matthew, University of Memphis
Jordy Rocheleau, “Why an Ethics of War? Distinguishing War from Other Forms of  Violence,” Austin Peay State University
Kyle Johannsen, “G.A. Cohen and the Concept of Justice: A Sympathetic Assessment,” Queen’s University
Susan Purviance, “Holding Harmless: Intentions in the Free Rider Problem,” University of Toledo

Closing Event: 4:30 — 6:00 p.m.
Visit to Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (MÚSAEM AN GHORTA MHÓIR) at Quinnipiac University for brief tour and refreshments.

Special Thanks to

Local Arrangements at Quinnipiac University
Anat Biletzki, Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy
Rebecca Bamford, Philosophy & Political Science
Sean Duffy, Chair, Philosophy & Political Science
Mordechai Gordon, School of Education
David Ives, Executive Director, Albert Schweitzer Institute
Josephine Palmieri, Assistant to the Executive Director, ASI
Alison Schroeder, Graduate, School of Education

Program Committee
Theresa Tobin
Mark Navin
Devora Shapiro

Book Award Committee
Chris Lowry
Gaile Pohlhaus
Elizabeth Sperry

Graduate Award Selection Committee
Zachary Hoskins
John Koolage

NASSP Executive Committee
Margaret Crouch, President
Alistair Macleod, Past President
Sally Scholz, Vice-President
Nancy Snow, Archivist
James Boettcher, Treasurer