10th International Conference
on Ethics Across the Curriculum

Towson University
Maryland
November 14-16, 2008

Directors:
Adam Potthast (University of Missouri-Rolla)
Linda Oravecz (Towson University)
Stephen Scales (Towson University)

Call for Papers as pdf
Registration, Program,
Travel, Accommodations,
Pre-conference Workshop on Social Work Ethics

The Society picks conference themes to encourage faculty from the relevant areas to submit papers, panels, or other standard forms of presentation, but submissions may speak to any issue regarding ethics across the curriculum. Questions about possible submissions should be sent to the directors.

Conference Theme: The Ethics of the Family

What is a family? What are "family values"? Is marriage a civil contract or something more? Should persons of the same sex be allowed to marry or raise children? Is there a natural right to have children? Is there a right to have as many children as one chooses? What is child abuse? Should we license parents? What are the rights and responsibilities of children (if any)? Is adultery always wrong? Is voluntary no-fault divorce always justified? How do family relationships differ between cultures or across times? These and other questions prompt The Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum to invite paper submissions from scholars and practitioners in Philosophy, Family Studies, Public Policy & Law, Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, History, and other related fields dealing with ethical  issues connected to the definition of a family, the rights and responsibilities of parents and children, the ethical and/or legal relationship between the family and the state, intergenerational justice, gay marriage, adultery, divorce, family violence, etc. 

Submissions (either papers or abstracts) should be formatted for blind review and sent by September 1st 2008 to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, Donna Werner, DWerner@stlcc.edu or by hard copy to Dr. Donna Werner, Philosophy Department (HE 103), St. Louis Community College, Meramec, 11333 Big Bend Boulevard, St. Louis MO 63122-5799. Phone: 314.984.7934.

We will make decisions about papers as soon as we can after they arrive. So the sooner you submit your abstract or paper or panel suggestion, the sooner you will hear from us regarding its suitability for the conference.

The Society publishes Teaching Ethics, and papers for conferences may be considered for publication either in that journal or in a possible anthology on the ethics of family life.

Past and Future Conferences

1st -- October 1999, Rochester Institute of Technology

2nd -- October 19-22, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah

3rd -- January 31-February 3, 2002, University of Florida

4th -- October 27-29, 2002, Clemson University

5th -- October 23-26, 2003, St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas

6th -- October 14-16, 2004, Oregon State University.
Corvallis, Oregon

7th -- November 17-20, 2005, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, Florida, program

8th -- November 16-19, 2006, Dartmouth College

9th -- November 15-17, 2007, Milltown Institute, Dublin, Ireland

10th -- November 14-16, 2008, Towson University (Call for Papers)

11th -- Dates to be announced, 2009, Rochester Institute of Technology (Call for papers)

Funded by:

• The Ethics Center at Utah Valley State College
• Dr. James Dale Ethics Center at Youngstown State University
• The Ezra A. Hale Chair in Applied Ethics at the Rochester Institute of Technology
• FIPSE, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

Updated September 24, 2007