"Environmental justice and the
Distribution of Locally Undesirable Land Uses"
Sennior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Schamra Vincent
April 22, 2008
Equal Worth Built on a Poor
Foundation: The Need for Religion as a Base for Ethics"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Sean Greenlee
April 22, 2008
"Managing PVS: Giving the Dead a Life Sentence?"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Jo Timkar
December 4, 2007
"Environmental Ethics and Art"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Andrew Basgall
December 4, 2007
"Waging
War Against the War on Drugs"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Zach Jurgensen
May 3, 2007
"Rather Why Than What: A Dialogue of Doubt and Searching"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Nathaniel Chaar
May 3, 2007
"The
Internal Problem in 'The Conscientious Carnivore' "
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Ryan Augustine
April 26, 2007
"Human
Infringement on Animals and the Environment"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Michelle Swayne
April 26, 2007
"The
Necessity of Arj: An Ontological Argument"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Rob Byer
April 19, 2007
"Fire and Water: The Relationship Between Divine and Human Goodness"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Cecilia Rziha
April 19, 2007
"Stem
Cell Research and Cloning"
"Public Collloquia: Civil Discussions of Controversial Issues"
Presenter: Dr. Carl Miller
April
17, 2007
Dr. Miller is an assistant professor in the Department
of Philosophy. Remarkable scientific breakthroughs over
the past decade in genetic cloning and stem-cell research
offer extraordinary hope for the treatment of disease
and the regeneration of damaged tissues and organs. But
these potentially significant therapeutic benefits present
numerous ethical challenges, and raise the specter of
a haunting future in which people become dehumanized,
and society is divided into those who have been genetically
enhanced, and those who are genetically unmodified,
with disturbing consequences for our view of human equality. In
this talk, we will explore both the medical hopes and
the ethical and political risks associated with them.
"The
Equality of Merit"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Matt Prieksat
April 12, 2007
"The
Individual and Liberty: Making the Case For
Liberty"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Jason Oller
April 12, 2007
"Why
We Have an Obligation
to Help the Poor"
Senior
Thesis
Presentation
Presenter: Todd Scheuerman
December 7, 2006
"State
Sovereignty, Human Rights
and Natural Law"
Senior Thesis Presentation
Presenter: Meredith Trexler
April 25, 2006
"All
I Hear is a Whimper: Americans
Sheepishly Give up Freedoms"
"Public Collloquia:
Civil Discussions of Controversial
Issues"
Presenter:
Gene Anderson
September 22, 2005
Guest speaker was Gene Anderson, Hays attorney. Mr.
Anderson discussed if Americans are yielding up their
freedoms to politicians during periods of stress, e.g.
post 9/11, to feel secure. He showed historically what
politicians have done in the name of public security,
beginning with the first Sedition Act, and ending with
the "Patriot Act".
"Evaluating Explanatory Hypotheses: Creationism,
Intelligent Design, and the Theory of Evolution"
"Public Collloquia: Civil Discussions of Controversial
Issues"
Presenter: Dr. Clark Sexton
February 7, 2006
Dr. Sexton teaches two of the four Master of Liberal
Studies' core courses for the Department of Philosophy
and also holds a Ph.D. in Computing and Information
Sciences. Dr. Sexton discussed criteria for evaluating
explanatory hypotheses and application of the criteria
to the hypotheses presented by creationism/intelligent
design and the theory of evolution.
