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The Ethical Traditions of Europe and the USA:
Common
Roots and Possibilities for Dialogue
The countries
of Europe and the United States of America have arisen from
the common roots of the Christian tradition of European civilization,
with its medieval and enlightenment intellectual patrimony
and the experience of the rise of the modern nation state.
The very different
responses in Europe and in America to international terrorism
and to the relationship between the West and Islam have put
into doubt the commonality of the foundational values on the
two sides of the Atlantic.
A return to
the roots and to their historical development can help to
better understand the values needed for peace and dialogue
among peoples whose ethical and political perspectives have
grown more and more distant.
This conference
aims to gather scholars from Europe and North America in order
to study the roots of their moral traditions expressed in
their principal philosophical works and in their stories that
represent and transmit the values that dynamically unite civilization.
Prominent,
senior scholars and young, promising graduate students from
European and American universities will take part in the discussion.
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Evening: Arrival of Participants
Residenza Universitaria Segesta
Via G. Daita, 11 - Palermo
19,30 Welcome and Keynote Address:
Armando Fumagalli
(Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Monday, July 19, 2004
Morning Session:
Aula magna della Corte di Appello di Palermo
Palazzo di Giustizia, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Chair: Fulvio Di Blasi (Director, Centro Ricerche Tommaso
d'Aquino)
10,00 Book Presentation: Yves Simon, La tradizione
del diritto naturale: le riflessioni di un filosofo,
trans. F. Di Blasi (Thomas: Palermo, 2004).
Greetings:
Dott. Carlo Rotolo, Presidente della Corte di Appello
di Palermo
Dott. Giovanni Puglisi, Presidente del Tribunale di
Palermo
Avv. Manlio Gallo, Presidente del Consiglio dell'Ordine
degli Avvocati di Palermo
Speakers:
Russell Hittinger
(University of Tulsa), paper
Anthony O. Simon
(Yves R. Simon Institute), paper
Massimo Vari
(Vicepresidente emerito della Corte Costituzionale italiana)
Francesco Viola
(Università degli Studi di Palermo)
12,00 Break
12,20 Discussion
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Morning Session:
Palazzo Chiaramonte, sala delle Capriate
Piazza Marina, 61, Palermo
Chair: Fulvio Di Blasi (Director, Centro Ricerche Tommaso
d'Aquino)
10,30 Centro Ricerche Tommaso d'Aquino: Lezione Tomista 2004
Greetings:
Prof. Luigi Russo, Direttore Dipartimento di Filosofia,
Storia e Critica dei Saperi - Università degli Studi di Palermo
Prof. Ignazio Romano Tagliavia, Presidente Collegio
Universitario ARCES
Speaker:
Ralph McInerny
(Director, Jacques Maritain Center - University of Notre Dame)
"Implicit Moral Knowledge"
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Residenza Universitaria Segesta, Via G. Daita, 11 - Palermo
Morning Session:
Residenza Universitaria Segesta
Via G. Daita, 11 - Palermo
Chair: Robert A. Gahl (Pontificia Università della
Santa Croce, Roma)
10,00 Lecture:
Speaker:
Thomas Hibbs
(Baylor University,
United States)
"The Human Condition in American Film Noir"
Commentator:
Armando Fumagalli
(Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano)
11,30
Coffee Break
11,45
Lecture:
Speaker:
Samuel Gregg
(Acton Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan)
"Natural
Law and Constitutional Order: Towards Ordered Liberty"
Commentator:
Fulvio Di Blasi
(Collegio Universitario ARCES, Palermo)
Evening Session:
Residenza Universitaria Segesta
Via G. Daita, 11 - Palermo
Chair:
Jeffrey Langan
(University of Notre Dame, United States)
16,30 Lecture:
Speaker:
Marco Respinti
(Il Domenicale, Milano)
"L'Occidente come Magna Europa"
Commentator:
Giuseppe Girgenti
(Università San Raffaele, Milano)
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Morning Session:
Residenza Universitaria Segesta
Via G. Daita, 11 - Palermo
Chair:
Marco Respinti
(Il Domenicale, Milano)
10,00 Lecture:
Speaker:
Robert A. Gahl
(Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Roma)
"Common Good, Sovereignty,
and Subsidiarity"
Commentator:
Russell Hittinger
(University of Tulsa, United States)
11,30 Coffee Break
11,45 Lecture:
Speaker:
Jeffrey Langan
(University of Notre Dame, United States)
"The Spirit of the
City"
Commentator:
Paolo Monti
(Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano)
Evening Session:
Residenza Universitaria Segesta
Via G. Daita, 11 - Palermo
Chair:
Thomas Hibbs
(Baylor University,
United States)
16,30 Lecture:
Speaker:
David Thunder
(University of Notre Dame, United States)
"What went wrong with Anglo-American Integrity? Rethinking
Integrity from a Classical Perspective"
Commentator:
Aldo Schiavello
(Università degli Studi di Palermo)
Friday, July 23, 2004
Morning Session:
Residenza Universitaria Segesta
Via G. Daita, 11 - Palermo
Chair:
Giuseppe Girgenti
(Università San Raffaele, Milano)
10,00 Lecture:
Speaker:
Giuseppe Nicolaci
(Università degli Studi di Palermo)
"Aristotele o Kant? Un topos dell'etica contemporanea"
Commentator:
Pedro Rivas
(Universidad de La Coruña, Spagna)
11,30 Coffee Break
11,45 Lecture:
Speaker:
Antonio Donato
(St. Hugh's, Oxford)
"La riscoperta dell'etica aristotelica nel pensiero contemporaneo
europeo e americano"
Commentator:
Gisella D'Addelfio
(Università degli Studi di Palermo)
Per maggiori informazioni:
Collegio Universitario ARCES - Centro Ricerche Tommaso d'Aquino
Via Lombardia, 6 - 90144 Palermo
tel. + 39 091 346629
fax. + 39 091 346377
www.arces.it
Referenti:
Fulvio Di Blasi (Scientific Coordinator) -
fdiblasi@thomasinternational.org
Silvia Amodeo (Conference Secretariat) -
s.amodeo@arces.it
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