ISME 2013 Program
Sunday 13 October
19:00-21:00
Opening Reception
Location: Fireside Terrace at The Morris Inn
Monday 14 October
8:00
ISME Registration & Refreshments
Location: McKenna Hall Atrium
8:45
Welcome and overview of program (Don Howard & Richard Schoonhoven)
Location: McKenna Hall Auditorium
9:00
Keynote Address: Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame "Military Ethics: A Discipline in Crisis"
Location: McKenna Auditorium
(This talk will be delivered by Reilly Center Director Don Howard)
10:15
Break
10:30-12:00
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Challenges to Character
Chair: Monica Solomon
Martin Cook on the Dangers of Integrity and Character
(Talk cancelled due to government shutdown)
Deanna Messervey on Realistic Ethics Training (This talk has been moved to Session 2)
Harry Jones on Why More Habituation (and even better arguments) Will Not Change the Way Soldiers Behave
(Talk cancelled due to government shutdown)
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
Session 2: History and Evolution of American Military Virtue
Chair: TBA
Craig Bruce Smith on Revolution, Morality, and the Continental Army
Lorien Foote on Virtue and Honor in the American Civil War
Deanna Messervey on Realistic Ethics Training
Tom Gibbons on Moral/Ethical/Honor Implications from a Modern View
(Talk cancelled due to government shutdown)
Location: McKenna Auditorium
Session 3: Epistemic Considerations in Jus in Bello
Chair: TBA
Peter J. Joyce IV on Bridging the Jus in Bello Epistemic Gap
Ryan Jenkins on An in Bello Rule - Consequentialist Code or Morality
Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
12:00
Lunch - on your own
13:30-15:00
Concurrent Sessions
Session 4: Defining Virtue
Chair: Harry Jones
Brent Kyle on Courage, Cowardice, and Maher’s Misstep
Cornelia Vikan on Respect as a Military Virtue in Afghanistan
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
Session 5: Issues in Collective Responsibility
Chair: George Lucas
Pauline Kaurin on Collective Liability and Non-Combatant Immunity
Jovana Davidovic on Proportionality, Jus in Bello, and Collective Responsibility
Location: McKenna Auditorium
Session 6: Integrity and Fragmentation
Chair: Cliff Arnold
Patrick Mileham on Good Soldiers and Good Men (To read, click here.)
Paul Berghaus and Nathan Cartagena on the Problem of Fragmentation within the Army
Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
15:00
Break
15:30-17:00
Concurrent Sessions
Session 7: New Challenges
Chair: Randy Dipert
Shannon Ford on Cybersecurity
Adam Henschke on Military Cyber-capacity and Emergence
Location: McKenna Auditorium
Session 8: Virtues and New Technology
Chair: Mike Zenk
Emmanuel Goffi on Re-Thinking Courage in Light of Military Technology Improvement
Bernhard Koch on the Debate About Autonomous Weapons Systems
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
Session 9: Different Approaches to Virtue
Chair: Beatriz Carrillo
Mark Jensen on Epictetus vs. Aristotle
Matthew Beard on A New Approach to Military Honour
Joseph McInerney on The Role of Virtue in Contemporary Military Ethics
(Talk cancelled due to government shutdown)
Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
17:00-18:00
Break
18:00-19:00
Annual ISME Banquet
Location: The Morris Inn
19:30-20:30
Keynote Address: Herb Lin, Chief Scientist, CSTB, National Research Council of the National Academies
"Understanding Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues Related to Emerging Technologies of Military Significance"
Location: McKenna Auditorium
Abstract: Ethical, legal, and societal considerations inevitably accompany scientific and technological research and development, but most of the thinking to date about how such considerations should be handled has been limited to R&D in a civilian context. How and to what extent, if any, do similar considerations apply in a military context, and especially when rapidly changing and/or readily available technologies are at issue? This talk may be relevant to policy makers, funders of military and other national security R&D, and the scientists and technologists engaged in such R&D.
Tuesday 15 October
9:00
Plenary Session: Steven H. Walker, Deputy Director, DARPA
"Driving Technological Surprise and Some of the Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications that Can Result"
(Talk cancelled due to government shutdown)
Talk replaced by presentaton and discussion of Euro ISME
10:15
Break
10:30-12:00
Concurrent Sessions
Session 10: Professional Virtues
Chair: Manuela Fernandez
Danny Cazier on Professional Expertise
Ian Fishback on Virtue and the Military Profession
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
(Entire panel cancelled due to government shutdown)
Session 11: Psychological and Social Issues
Chair: Jay Malone
Nolen Gertz on Rethinking Suffering: PTSD, Moral Injury, and Military Ethics
Christine van Burken and Bart van Bezooijen on Psychological and Social Aspects of Moral Decision Making in Networked Military Operations
Location: McKenna Auditorium
Session 12: The Application and Limits of Virtue Ethics
Chair: Maura Ryan
P.H. de Vries on After Military Virtue
Jordy Rochelau on Just War Principles Over Virtue in Jus ad Bellum Decision-Making
Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
12:00
Lunch - on your own
13:30-15:00
Concurrent Sessions
Session 13: Unusual Challenges
Chair: Yvonne Pichette
Ibanga Ikpe on Military Ethics and the Dilemma of Irregular Combatants
George Lucas on Privacy, Cyber Security, and Self-Defense in the Aftermath of Edward Snowden
Location: 112-114 McKenna Hall
Session 14: Rethinking Realism
Chair: Pauline Kaurin
Kevin Schieman on Political Realism and the Military Professional
Randy Dipert on Sherman and Rescuing Moderate Military Realism
Location: McKenna Auditorium
15:00
Break
15:30-16:00
ISME Business Meeting
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
16:00-17:30
Concurrent Sessions
Session 15: Requisite Virtues
Chair: Melinda Gormley
Cheryl Abbate on Uprooting the Rape Culture of the Armed Forces
Crystal Allen on the Virtues of Due Care
Location: McKenna Auditorium
Session 16: The Moral Experience of Soldiers
Chair: Kevin Schieman
Phillip Nelson on A Political Phenomenology of Warfare Ethics
Michael Robillard on the Moral Exploitation of Soldiers
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
18:00
Dinner - on your own
Wednesday 16 October
Teaching Seminars for ROTC Cadets, Midshipmen, and Staff
8:00-9:15
Session 17: George Lucas on Inspiring Students to Pursue Intellectual Virtue
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
9:30-10:45
Session 18: Bill Rhodes on Introduction to Military Ethics
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall
11:00-12:15
Session 19: Pauline Kaurin on Introduction to Just War
Location: 100-104 McKenna Hall