The R.A.D. Philosophy Festival
The Reasoning, Argument, and Dialogue (RAD) Festival is an interactive philosophy conference for high schoolers, emphasizing major areas of philosophical inquiry. Participants will have the opportunity to talk about philosophical topics with other high school students in sessions spanning analysis and critique of a major paper chosen ahead of time, discussion of selected student work, and assessment of a significant matter currently at issue in the world.
Festival Details
Prospective Schedule for September 23rd (all times Pacific)
- Introduction (8:30 am - 8:45 am)
- Student Work Session (8:45 am - 10:15 am)
- Audrey Bai on The Trolley Problem
- Addison Moss on Transformative Experience
- Jiayun Zhang on Personhood
- Keynote Address (10:30 am - 11:45 am)
- Manuel Vargas, Echoes of Agency in Mexican Existentialism
- Break (11:45 am - 1:00 pm)
- Contemporary Issue Session (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm)
- Excusing moral evils in the name of progress? (Operation Paperclip)
- Major Paper Session (2:15 pm - 3:15 pm)
- Helen Beebee, "Memory, Identity, and Responsibility"