Faculty, students, and staff are saddened by Professor Cheng’s passing. It occurred just two days
after his official retirement, preventing him from enjoying the emeritus status the UH
Department of Philosophy unanimously requested on his behalf.
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 2:30 PM. Ben Kiesewetter is a Professor of Practical Philosophy at Bielefeld University in Germany. In this talk, Dr. Kiesewetter will criticize Scanlon’s contractualist attempt to defend the duty to save the greater number.
Thursday, April 25, 2024. Michaela Manson, PhD is an instructor at Simon Fraser University. In this talk, Dr. Manson will argue that accounts of friendship of some early modern women philosophers formulate the ideal of friendship in a way that averts the elitism objection while preserving commitments to virtue and similarity.
Friday, April 19, 2024. The lecture will be followed by a reception celebrating Dr. Chung-ying Cheng’s retirement and over 60 years of service to the University of Hawaiʻi.
The Eliot Deutsch PhD Merit Award
Award Presentation and Winner’s Talk – “Forgiveness as a Transformative Project” | Friday, April 12, 2024, 2:30 PM | Sakamaki Hall C-308