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The Fifth Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy 2015
26th to 29th March 2015 - Osaka, Japan
ACERP2015 Conference Theme: Power Power, used or abused, conceptually brings together several central philosophical questions of ethics and religion. What is power? What conditions make its exercise legitimate? How is illegitimate use to be defined?
Enquiries:
[email protected]Web address:
http://iafor.org/iafor/conferences/acerp2015/Sponsored by: IAFOR - The International Academic Forum
ACERP2015 Conference Chairs
Professor Frank S. Ravitch
ACERP2015 Conference Co-Chair and Featured Speaker
Professor of Law and Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law
Professor Ravitch has published a number of law review articles addressing U.S. and Japanese constitutional law, law and religion, and civil rights law in leading journals. He has written a number of amicus briefs addressing constitutional issues to the United States Supreme Court. In 2001, Professor Ravitch was named a Fulbright Scholar and served on the Faculty of Law at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Currently, he directs the Michigan State University College of Law Japan Summer program. Professor Ravitch regularly serves as an expert for print and broadcast media, and speaks on topics related to U.S. Constitutional Law, Japanese Law, and Israeli Law to a wide range of national, international and local organizations. He speaks English, Japanese, and Hebrew.
Professor Stuart D. B. Picken
ACERP2015 Conference Co-Chair and Featured Speaker
Order of the Sacred Treasure, M.A. (Hons), B.D., Ph.D. (Glasgow), F.R.A.S.
IAFOR International Advisory Board Chair
Stuart D. B. Picken is the founding chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board. The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, he is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, and Globalization in East Asia. As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture). He has also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining and Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines.
Conference Theme and Streams
Please submit your abstract through the online submission system found on the "Call for Papers" page of the conference website.
Conference Theme: "Power"
The conference theme is "Power" and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to Ethics, Religion and Philosophy, including the following streams:
Philosophy:
Philosophy and Religion
Philosophy and the Arts
Philosophy and Public Policy
Philosophy and Technology
Philosophy and Culture
Philosophy and Education
Philosophy and Peace Studies
Comparative Philosophy
Linguistics, Language and Philosophy
Ethics:
Medical Ethics
Business and Management Ethics
Ethics in Education
Ethics, Law, and Justice
Ethics and Globalization
Ethics and Science
Comparative Ethics
Linguistics, Language and Ethics
Religion:
Theism and Atheism
Feminism and Religious Traditions
Religion and Education
Religion and Peace Studies
Mysticism, Faith, and Scientific Culture
Interfaith Dialogue
Comparative Religion
Linguistics, Language and Religion
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