Manipulation (2012)

The second Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Policy addressed the topic of "Manipulation."  It took place in Bowling Green, Ohio on March 16-17, 2012. 

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Keynote Speaker:  Marcia Baron (Indiana University)

For full Workshop Program, click here

Speakers and Papers: (Click on paper title, if highlighted in orange, to download the paper)     

Friday March 16

  • 9:30-10:45 Anne Barnhill (Columbia University), What is Manipulation?
  • 11:00-12:15 Michael McKenna (University of Arizona), Resisting Pereboom's Manipulation Argument: A Hard-Liner Takes it on the Chin
  • 1:30-2:45 Todd Long (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo), Epistemic Conditions for Moral Responsibility and Information Manipulation
  • 3:00-4:15 Moti Gorin (Rice University), Reasons and the Wrongness of Manipulation
  • 4:30-5:45 Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby (Baylor College of Medicine), Between Reason and Coercion: A Framework for Assessing the Moral Status of 'Manipulation'

Saturday March 17

  • 9:30-10:45 Kate Manne (Cornell University), On Leaving Well-Enough Alone
  • 11:00-12:15 Eric Cave (Arkansas State University), Manipulation and Unsavory Seduction
  • 1:30-2:45 Marcia Baron (Indiana University) Keynote Address: "Reflections on the Moral Status of Manipulation"
  • 3:00-4:15 Michael Cholbi (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona), The Implications of Ego Depletion for the Ethics and Politics of Manipulation
  • 4:30-5:45 Amulya Mandava (Bioethics Fellow, NIH) and Joseph Millum (Bioethicist, NIH), Manipulation and the Recruitment of Participants for Medical Research

Workshop Details:

  • To Register for the workshop, click here.
  • For Accommodation information, click here.
  • For Directions to Bowling Green, click here.

Please direct all other inquiries to:

Ms. Priscilla Ibarra

Tel. 419-372-2117

Email: pibarra@bgsu.edu

Updated: 03/10/2026 04:18PM