Huaiyu Wang, ISCP’s Liaison with the Central APA, passes on this information about panels they will sponsor:

I.                    “Harmony Index”

Chair: Yuan Jinmei (Creighton University)

Speakers

• Chenyang Li: “Confucian Philosophy of Harmony” (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• Hong Xiao: “Harmony in the Family” ” (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• Daniel Bell: “Harmony Index” (Tsinghua University, Beijing)

Discussants: Brook Ziporyn (University of Chicago); Peimin Ni (Grand Valley State University)

II.                 Nature, Empathy & Well-being: Studies on Early Confucian Ethics

Chair, Dennis Arjo (Johnson County Community College)

Speakers:

• Richard T. Kim, “Well-Being and Confucianism” (City University of Hong Kong)
• Yi Deng, “The moral extension of compassion in Mengzi: empathy or dissonance” (University of North Georgia)
• Dennis Arjo, Xunzi on What Separates Humans and other Animals: Some Mencian Considerations (Johnson County Community College)