Past Events
2024
November 14, 2024: Celebration of New Global Church Music Resources - Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies, Dr. Monique Ingalls
Join Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies for the celebration of the launch of two online projects!
The collaboration between Baylor and NBTS has occurred three times, as each class has added new material to the website. This year, Drs. Ingalls, Baker, and Ayanyinka guided the class in their new additions, expanding this vital resource.
Learn more about the celebration and sign up here: Dunn Center for Christian Music Studies
November 15th: Bioethics Brown Bag Luncheon: Emerging Neurotechnologies, AI, and Christian Ethics - featuring Dr. Neil Messer
Moderated by: Austin McCoy
Time: Nov. 15, 2024 12:00 PM Central Time
Zoom Password: 506680
Abstract: Emerging neurotechnologies that combine neuroscience with AI offer a rapidly-expanding range of possibilities for collecting, analyzing, and monetizing individuals’ neural data, modifying brain functions, and connecting individuals’ brains to machines and other people’s brains. While some of these technologies offer real and important benefits, they also raise a range of ethical, philosophical, and at least implicitly theological issues, including questions about identity, moral agency and responsibility, mental privacy, neuroenhancements, and justice. This presentation will offer a brief survey of some of these issues and explore theological resources for addressing them within a Protestant Christian tradition.
October 14: “Human Dignity in Interfaith Context” roundtable with guest speakers Dicky Sofjan, Vice-President of Globethics and Brett Scharff, Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies
Dr. Devan Stahl and Dr. Paul Martens will be exploring the importance of human dignity from various religious traditions and the implications of human dignity when encountering other religious traditions. All are welcome to attend Monday, October 14th, at 4:00PM CST in Draper 152.
This event was recorded and can be viewed on YouTube.
September 20th: The Need for Moral Enhancement & the Possibility of “Going Off the Rails” - Daniel Crouch
Moderated by: Jackson McNeece
The Bioethics Brown-Bag discussion meetings are held from 12:10-1:00 pm every month in a hybrid form (Teams and in-person) to discuss current issues, research, and topics in the bioethics field. All faculty and students are welcome to join. In-person meetings are held in Morrison 107.
This discussion will be focused on what we might reasonably expect from moral bio-enhancements, and where we might remain skeptical. Following the work of Jason T. Eberl, we can see certain ways in which bio-enhancements may offer a real possibility for moral improvement, including in ways Eberl himself discounts. Despite these possibilities, there remain constraints for what moral enhancements can provide. By comparing Eberl's views with Cora Diamond's analysis of moral reasoning on race and slavery, Daniel Crouch suggests that the limitations of moral bio-enhancements should temper our hopes for substantial progress.
For more information or to receive an invitation to the virtual meeting, email Jackson McNeece at jackson_mcneece1@baylor.edu.
Baylor Webinar Series: Celebrating "The Gift of Black Folk" by W.E.B. DuBois
Introducing W.E.B. DuBois and "The Gift of Black Folk"
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 • 12:15-1:30 p.m. CDT
September 4, 2024: "AI and Peace and Human Rights" panel, Moderator: Dr. Paul Martens, Geneva, Switzerland and online.
August 21-23, 2024: PRSA Southwest District Conference
The 2024 Southwest District Conference features nationally recognized speakers who are experts in public relations, communications and marketing. In attendance: Ethics in Leadership Co-Convenor Dr. Marlene S. Neill.
Learn more at: http://nwaprsa.org/prsa-southwest-district-conference/
March 7-9, 2024: International Public Relations Research Conference, Orlando Florida - Dr. Marlene S. Neill
Dr. Marlene S. Neill presented “The Influence of Crucibles of Experience in Moral Development of Public Relations Leaders”. The International Public Relations Research Conference is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting socially beneficial public relations research. Learn more here: https://www.iprrc.org/
January 2024: Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, Chicago
Dr. Neil Messer, Convener of the Neuroethics and Theology Interest Group, convened a session of this group on the theme of “Moral Bioenhancement: ‘Urgent Imperative’ or Incoherent Project?”, with panelists Fabrice Jotterand (Medical College of Wisconsin), Warren Kinghorn (Duke University), and Devan Stahl (Baylor).
2023
December 1st, 2023: “Beyond Wilāyat al-Faqīh: Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Interpretation of Islamic Political Philosophy.” Shia Studies Conference, Shia Islam and Modern Society, Virtual - Dr. Amir Asghari
The goal for this conference is to publish the most distinguished conference papers in a book to be published by Indiana University Press.
Learn about the conference here: https://csme.indiana.edu/conference/conference-schedule.html
November, 2023: MSMS 27th Annual Conference in Bioethics - Dr. Devan Stahl
The Annual Conference on Bioethics engaged with questions about ethical dilemmas surrounding consciousness and capacity. Dr. Devan Stahl presented, "The Persistent Problem of Precedent Autonomy in Persons in Minimally Conscious State", offered both in-person and virtually.
For more information visit: https://msms.mynewscenter.org/27th-annual-conference-on-bioethics-2/
Friday, November 17, 2023: Environmental Humanities Faculty R&R (Relate and Regenerate)
All Environmental Humanities Undergraduate Minor (EHUM) faculty and contributors join us to share coffee and tea while relating and regenerating ideas for teaching, collaboration, and investigation. This event will take place at 2:00PM in the Creekmore Conference Room of the Jones Library.
November 7th, 2023: 12th Annual International Graduate Students and Scholars Conference, Ethics and Accountability in Politics - Dr. Paul Martens
“The Difference Dignity Makes: AI Ideals and Applications,” presented by Dr. Martens at the Ethics and Accountability in Politics, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Learn more at: https://igsci.pasca.ugm.ac.id/