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THE21stMCDOWELLCONFERENCEONPHILOSOPHYANDSOCIALPOLICY
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PHILOSOPHY AND THE FAMILY

Friday,October26,2012 AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter
1:00pm3:30pmSessionI:
WelcomingRemarks PeterStarr,DeanoftheCollegeofArtsandSciences,AmericanUniversity Introduction:FamilysValue JeffreyReiman,WilliamFraserMcDowellProfessorofPhilosophy,AmericanUniversity FamilyandPhilosophy:PublicandPrivateRevisited JeanBethkeElshtain,LauraSpelmanRockefellerProfessorofSocialandPoliticalEthics, UniversityofChicagoDivinitySchool SocialityandSolitude J.DavidVelleman,ProfessorofPhilosophy,NewYorkUniversity Equality,Liberty,andtheFamily DebraSatz,MartaSuttonWeeksProfessorofEthicsinSocietyandProfessorofPhilosophy, StanfordUniversity

3:30pm4:00pmRefreshments 4:00pm6:00pmSessionII:
EqualityandJusticeforLesbianandGayFamiliesandRelationships NancyPolikoff,ProfessorofLaw,AmericanUniversityWashingtonCollegeofLaw;Fall2011 Fall2012McDonald/WrightVisitingChairofLaw,UCLASchoolofLaw Race,Genetics,andtheMeaningofKinship DorothyE.Roberts,GeorgeA.WeissProfessorofLawandSociology,andRaymondPace andSadieTannerMossellAlexanderProfessorofCivilRights;UniversityofPennsylvania ThePowerandPoliticsofBeingRelated:WhyWeShouldRejecttheRighttoKnowGeneticOrigins KimberlyLeighton,AssistantProfessorofPhilosophy,AmericanUniversity

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