Ann Pang-White, Executive Director of the ISCP, writes:
April 9, Friday Afternoon, 3 – 5 PM (US Pacific Time)
G15D. International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Session 1
Topic: Freedom in Chinese Philosophy
Chair: Chung-Ying Cheng (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Speakers: Jianping Hu (Nanyang Technological University)
“Character or Virtue?: A Xunzian Critique of Situationism”
Kai Wang (Beijing Normal University)
“Human Empathy and Xunzian Moral Agency”
Siqi Chen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
“Interdependence and Mutual Accomplishment: Tang Junyi’s Metaphysics of Freedom and Morality”
Chung-Ying Cheng (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
“Two Forms of Freedom: Mencius and Zhuangzi”
April 10, Saturday, 3:00 – 5 pm (US Pacific Time)
G18B. International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Session 2
Topic: Ethical Problem Solving from Chinese Perspectives
Chair: Geir Sigurdsson (Háskóli Íslands)
Speakers: William Dou (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
“On the Mohist Canons A65-67: Technical Terminology in the Mojing”
Geir Sigurdsson (Háskóli Íslands)
“Preventing or Healing? A Comparative Chinese-Western Exploration”
Yi Gao (Wuhan University)
“Respecting or Rejecting Etiquette: Different Ways of Moral Construction Between Confucius and Laozi”
Ellen Zhang (Hong Kong Baptist University)
“Why Sex?: The Ethical Concerns of Sex-Bots from a Daoist Perspective”
To access the virtual meeting, please register at APA-Pacific website (note: ISCP membership fee does not cover APA registration fee):
https://www.apaonline.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=2021pacific
The draft of the meeting program is available at:
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.apaonline.org/resource/resmgr/pacific2021/p2021_meeting_program_draft.pdf
If your schedule allows, we hope to see you at the virtual panels. Have a wonderful weekend!”
