The
present development of a global outlook presents both
challenges and opportunities. A new sense of individual
identity can not only enrich the sense of personal dignity
but endanger the social foundations upon which the values
and virtues of the particular culture rest. In turn,
this can lead to a period of confusion, anomie and even
lawlessness. This is especially true for the young who lack
a mature experience of the values of their own tradition
while exploring the unfamiliar and as yet unassimilated
values of others.
The conference will seek to explore the deeper spiritual
roots of the cultures East and West. In particular it will
search for ways of understanding what it means to be human,
or a philosophical anthropology; how human life can be lived
with justice, dignity and responsibility, or a philosophical
ethics; and the spiritual foundations of values and virtues,
or a metaphysics for our global times.
A point of special interest will be modes of relating the
emerging sense of individual identity to the rich
commitments to community and social life which mark the many
traditions, and of sharing such insights with the younger
generation in their formative years.
In this light papers are invited for the following four
sessions:
1. Contemporary
Challenges to traditional Values and Virtues
2. Philosophical
Foundations for Human Dignity and Meaning
3. The
Integration of Philosophies and Spiritualities: East and
West
4. The
Role of Religion in Life in a Secularized World
A one page abstract should be submitted by January 15, 2012
to Professor Ruzana Pskhu
r.pskhu@mail.ru with
copy to cua-rvp@cua.edu. Presentation of accepted
papers will be 20 minutes in length followed by 30 minutes
for discussion. Full papers for which there is no upper page
limit will be due by July 1 for publication in Russian
and/or English.
There is no application fee. All travel expenses and
accommodation will be covered by participants (or their
institutions); lunch/dinner during the conference and visa
support will be provided by PFU. Participants can stay at
the University dormitory (1000 RUB about 30-35 USD per one
night).
Application
Name:
Scientific
Degree:
Place of work and position:
Email:
Title and Abstract of the paper (one page):
