Provost Lecture Series to discuss professor's research of just causes of war
Is it just to go to war? The question, though rather large, is one that an Austin Peay State University professor will discuss as part of his latest research at the next Provost Lecture Series session.
Dr. Jordy Rocheleau, professor of philosophy, will present at 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25 in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public.
Is it just to go to war? The question, though rather large, is one that an Austin Peay State University professor will discuss as part of his latest research at the next Provost Lecture Series session.
Dr. Jordy Rocheleau, professor of philosophy, will present at 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25 in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public.
Sessions of the Provost Lecture Series also can be viewed in real time via online streaming at http://www.ustream.tv/user/APSU_CEDE. The sessions also are recorded and can be viewed later on APSU鈥檚 iTunes public site at https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/provost-lecture-series/id512216901?mt=10.
Rocheleau will speak about his recent research regarding the principles of jus ad bellum, or just recourse to war 鈥 that is, under what conditions it is just to go to or continue a war. He will discuss contemporary push for relaxing or eschewing the requirements of just cause and legitimate authorization as conditions for the recourse to military force. He will conclude with a defense of relatively strict standard for cause and authority, showing the relationship between the two.
Rocheleau has taught at APSU since 2001. He has a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. His teaching and research focus is ethics, especially military ethics and just war theory. He has recently published articles on the role of international authorization in just war theory, the ethics of occupation after an unjust war and the responsibility of soldiers for fighting for unjust causes. He is also coauthor of 鈥淩ights and Wrongs in the College Classroom鈥 on ethics of teaching.
Other sessions in the Provost Lecture Series also are planned for the academic year. All sessions are from 3-4:30 p.m. in the MUC, Room 303 and include the following:
Nov. 1: Kevin Tanner
Nov. 8: Lindsay Szramek
Nov. 15: Dr. Antonio Thompson
Nov. 29: Leong Lee
Jan. 10: Taj Hashmi
Jan. 17: Foloshade Agusto
Jan. 24: Mercy Cannon
Jan. 31: C.M. Gienger
Feb. 7: Tatsushi Hirono
Feb. 12: Christopher Burawa
Feb. 14: Alex King
Feb. 21: Andriy Kovalskyy
Feb. 28: Suta Lee
March 7: Sergei Markov
March 21: Kristofer Ray
March 28: Ayman Alzaatreh
April 4: Stephen Truhon
April 11: Jason Verber
April 18: Paul Collins
April 19: Carol Baskauf
The Provost Lecture Series seeks to foster a spirit of intellectual and scholarly inquiry among faculty, staff and students. The program will be used as a platform for APSU faculty members who are recent recipients of provost summer grants, who have been awarded faculty development leaves and who have engaged in recent scholarly inquiry during sabbatical leaves.
For more information about the Provost Lecture Series, call Dr. Brian Johnson, assistant vice president of academic affairs at APSU, at 931-221-7992 or email him at johnsonb@apsu.edu. - Dr. Melony Shemberger