<>Please note that the papers for this conference are no longer available, either online or by contacting the conference organizer. However, a selection of them will be available Spring 2005 in an edited volume, Philosophy 9/11: Philosophers Look at Terrorism, edited by Timothy Shanahan (Chicago, IL: Open Court Publishing, 2005). Please contact Open Court Publishing for more details.<>
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Conference Program Understanding Terrorism:
Philosophical IssuesSeptember 11-13, 2003
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.All sessions will be held in University Hall 1000.
Thursday, September 11
4:00-6:45 Registration (University Hall 1000)
6:45 Timothy Shanahan (Loyola Marymount University) -- Welcome/Opening Remarks
Session I: Philosophy and Terrorism
7:00 Michael Baur (Fordham University) -- "What is Distinctive About Terrorism, and
What are the Philosophical Implications?"8:00 Roger Ward (Georgetown College) -- "Reason and the War on Terror"
Friday, September 12
Session II: Conceptualizing Terrorism
8:00 Continuing Registration
9:00 Liam Harte (Westfield State College) -- "A Taxonomy of Terrorism"
10:00 Phillip McReynolds (Gonzaga University) -- "Terrorism as a Technological Concept:
How Low vs. High Technology Defines Terrorism and Dictates Our Responses"11:00 Coffee Break
Session III: Conceptualizing the War on Terrorism
11:15 Simon Keller (Boston University) -- "On What is the War on Terror?"
12:15 Andrew Fiala (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay) -- "Defusing Fear: A Critical
Response to the War on Terrorism"1:15 Lunch
Session IV: Targeted Killing and Pre-Emptive Strikes
3:00 Daniel Statman (University of Haifa) -- "Targeted Killing"
4:00 Richard C. Anderson (United States Military Academy, West Point) --
"The Moral Consequences of Preemptive Strikes and Preventive War"5:00 Reception/Dinner
7:00 Keynote Address: Trudy Govier -- "Thinking about Responses to Violence
and Terrorism: How Philosophy might Help"
Saturday, September 13
Session V: Just War Theory and the War on Terrorism
8:00 Continuing Registration
9:00 Lorraine Besser-Jones (Stanford University) -- "Just War Theory, Legitimate Authority,
and the 'War' on Terror"10:00 Brent Kessler (United States Military Academy, West Point) -- "Moral Justification for
Violent Responses to Terrorism"11:00 Coffee Break
Session VI: Terrorists: Enemy Combatants or Criminals?
11:15 Michael W. Brough (United States Military Academy, West Point) --
"Legitimate Combatancy, POW Status, and Terrorism"12:15 Pauline M. Kaurin (Pacific Lutheran University) -- "Nothing New Under the Sun:
Precedent and Prisoners of War"1:15 Lunch
Session VII: Counter-Terrorism: Torture
3:00 Fritz Allhoff (University of California, Santa Barbara) -- "Terrorism and Torture"
4:00 William D. Casebeer (United States Air Force Academy) -- "Torture Interrogation of
Terrorists: A Theory of Exceptions (With Notes, Warnings, and Cautions)"5:00 End of Conference