Conference Date
The second Social Philosophy and Policy conference under the new editorial team was held August 8-11 in Park City, Utah. This conference served as a venue to discuss the purpose, methods, and practices of education in a liberal society as well as the goals of public education and standards appropriate to evaluate its outcomes. This conference was co-sponsored by Liberty Fund, a non-profit foundation based in Indianapolis, IN that conducts its own program of educational activities.
The list of distinguished contributors includes:
- Mark Pennington is Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy in the Department of Political Economy, King's College London.
- Randall Curren is Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Education at the University of Rochester.
- Jennifer M. Morton is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York, City University of New York.
- Ishtiyaque Haji is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary.
- Gina Schouten is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Illinois State University.
- Harry Brighouse is Professor of Philosophy and Affiliate Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- Thomas Schramme is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hamburg.
- Jaime Ahlberg is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida.
- Michael Cholbi is Professor of Philosophy at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- James Tooley is Professor of Education Policy, and Founder and Director of the E. G. West Centre at Newcastle University.
- Paul Weithman is Glynn Family Honors Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
- Kyla Ebels-Duggan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University.
- Jon Mahoney is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Kan