AAPSS has two sessions again this year at the Eastern APA meeting in Savannah, GA.

Session 1: Wednesday, January 3, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Topic: Modern Stoicism and the Resurgence of Applied Virtue Ethics

Chair: Jennifer Baker (College of Charleston)

Speaker: Massimo Pigliucci (City College of New York)
“Modern Stoicism and the Resurgence of Applied Virtue Ethics”

Commentators:

• Brian E. Johnson (Fordham University)
  Christian Coseru (College of Charleston)

Session 2: Thursday, January 4, 7:30 – 10:30 pm

Topic: Biomedical Ethics

Chair: Jennifer Baker (College of Charleston)

Speakers:

• Geoff Holtzman (Geisinger Health System)
  “IRB Risk Aversion and Prospective Participant Welfare”
• Bertrand Andre Rossert (Ethics and Business Conduct, World Bank Group)
  “Common Sense and Ethics Committees”
• Chris Pines (University of Rio Grande)
  “The Pedagogical and Intellectual Benefits of Case-Based Reasoning in Applied Ethics Courses”