Philosophy majors to present at Minnesota conference

Three Philosophy majors submitted papers and were accepted to present at the 2010 Minnesota Philosophical Undergraduate Student Conference at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., on April 17. The students are Tatiana Gracyk (“The Ethics of Physician-Assisted Suicide”), Daniel Grosz (“Coercion and the Argument from Hiddenness”), and Jennifer Jaszczak (“A Consideration of the Oppression of Women”). There were over 40 submissions, and 31 will be presented with 17 schools being represented at the conference.

Disaster & Ethics presentation March 11

“Why Should We Care? Disaster and Ethics,” a presentation and discussion led by David Dillard-Wright, visiting fellow, Institute for Philosophy in Public Life at UND, and assistant professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, Aiken, will lead this intriguing discussion about one of the most compelling issues we face today at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11 in the MSUM Science Lab 118. It’s free and open to the public. Click headline for more information.