Ethics Lecture Series

Spring 2024 Lecture Series

• February 1, 5-6pm: “Free Will and God in Asia and the West”
  Neil Sinhababu, National University of Singapore
  Kremen Ed Bldg (ED) room 172
  
  

• February 29, 5-6pm: "Voting Ethics: Why Should We Vote" Student Panel, moderated by Dr. Lisa Bryant (Political Science)
  ED 172
  
  

• March 18, 2pm: "Book Bans, Ethics, and Intellectual Freedom" Panel discussion with John Beynon, Varselles L. Cummings, Andrew Fiala, and Emily JM Knox, Library room 2206
  
  

• March 20, 5-6pm: “Are Religious Beliefs Illusions?” Patrick Hurley, University of San Diego, (from his book ,”Religion, Power, and Illusion”), ED 170

 

• April 10, 5-6pm: “I am Because You are! The Stranger as my Relative” Michael Eze, Fresno State Africana Studies, ED 170
  
  

• April 15, 6-7PM (on ZOOM), "Healthcare in Developing Countries" with Doctors without Borders (Fresno State Student chapter), featuring Dr. Julie Wynne and Prof. Gyanesh Lama, Fresno State Social Work,  https://shorturl.at/bpvY9. 

 

• April 22, 5-6pm: "Exit Strategies and the Ethics of War", Yvonne Chiu, U.S. Naval War College, ED 170

 

Fall 2023 Lecture Series

• Sept. 6, 7pm: Celebration of Ethics television program on KSEE-TV

 

• Sept. 19, 5pm:  “Age and Ageism in the Constitution”

• Hon. Robert H. Oliver (ret. Superior Court Judge), Faith Van Hoven, ASI Senator and Fresno State student, Marco Flores, ASI Senator and Fresno State student, Mikaela Silva, Clovis Community College studen
  Zoom Webinar Register Here: https://bit.ly/AgeConstitution 
  
  

• Sept. 26, 5pm: "Diversity in Sci-Fi and Fantasy"

  Robert Maldonado, Dept of Philosophy, James Rocha, Dept of Philosophy
  Zoom Webinar: Register Here: https://bit.ly/DiversitySciFi 

 

• Oct. 10, 5pm (Pacific time): Geoff Pfeiffer, “Desiring our Cars Automobility and Authoritarianism in Climate Politics and Beyond”

• Geoff Pfeifer is Associate Prof. of Philosophy and Global Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
• Zoom webinar, register here: https://bit.ly/DesiringCars. 
  
  

• Oct. 20: Central Valley Regional Bioethics Conference
  Clovis Community Medical Center

  Register here: https://www.eeds.com/portal_live_events.aspx?ConferenceID=396506. 
  
  

• Nov. 8, 5pm: Ethical Leadership Lecture with Pete Weber
  

  Mr. Weber is founder of the Heartland Chapter of the New California Coalition and co-chair emeritus of California Forward
• Zoom webinar register here: https://bit.ly/ethical_leadership2023 
  
  

• Nov. 30, 6-8pm: Prisons and Hospice Care

  Peters Ed Auditorium (Student Rec Center)

• (film and panel discussion)
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• Dec. 9, 9-Noon,
  Human Rights Day, 2023: "LGBTQ+ Rights are Human Rights"

  On the 75th Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights

  Fresno City College

  Old Administration Building