"Toward Understanding Antisemitism Philosophically," presented at the Rochester chapter of The Torch Club, Locust Hill Country Club, Rochester, September 9, 2025.

Invited talk on Gandhi: United Nations, Permanent India Mission, International Day of Nonviolence:  “The Significance of Nonviolence in Today’s World.”  ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters, NYC, October 2, 2017. (Scheduled talk before the UN General Assembly for May, 2021, canceled due to pandemic).

"The Relevance of Nonviolence Today", The Highlands, Pittsford, NY, May 10, 2017.

Speaker at the College of the Holy Cross on "Tolstoy's Spiritual Nonviolence" for the "Tolstoy and Spirituality" conference April 21-22, 2017.

Hour-long radio interview, Northern Spirits Radio Station, Wisconsin, January 2, 2011.

Speaker, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, University of Rochester, November 2011.

Speaker, Teach-in on Anarchism, University of Rochester Philosophy Council and Campus Students for Democratic a Society, October 2011.

Speaker, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence workshop on nonviolence, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Summer 2011,

“Toward A Nonviolent American Revolution,” Conference on Nonviolence, the College of the Holy Cross, Spring 2011.

Panelist on forum discussing second edition of Duane Cady’s, From Pacifism to Warism, Annual meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Montreal, Canada,  October 2010.

Public lectures: “The Relevance of Gandhian Nonviolence Today” and “How to Deal with Social Inequality – Affirmative Action or Reparations?”  Hamline University, October 2010.

Public lecture, “The Relevance of Gandhian Nonviolence Today,” North Dakota State University, April 2010.

“Pacifism, Just War Theory and the Iraq Wars,” public lecture, Hamilton College, October, 2009.

“Understanding Evil from the Perspective of Nonviolence,” keynote address for 2nd annual entitled "Transforming Conflict: Creating Better Communities", sponsored by the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, University of Rochester, April 17, 2009.

“Nonviolence, the Media and Public Perception,” Welles-Brown Room, talk sponsored by WRUR-SIH (University of Rochester radio station) and Nonviolent on Campus (a student nonviolence organization).  February 26, 2008.

Panelist, Humanities Project event on Globalization, University of Rochester, February 18, 2008.

Lecture on nonviolence for young people visiting University of Rochester  campus in connection with the Youth Adult partnership at Community Place of Greater Rochester (an Americorps program). February 21, 2008.

Led three-hour workshop on Nonviolence (with wife Veronica Holmes) representing The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence  for Americorps workers, downtown Rochester, NY February 8, 2008.

Led workshop on nonviolence for UR/Paychex Leadership Institute, Paychex Corporation, Rochester, NY, January 26, 2008.

Panelist, Anthropology Department event in connection with the Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture, University of Rochester,  October 25, 2007.

“The Nature of Evil,” Colloquium Union College, Schenectady, NY October 4, 2007.

Talk on nonviolence at workshop for University of Rochester Resident Advisors, August 23, 2007.

Talk about the Gandhi Institute at meeting of student government leaders, University of Rochester.  August 31, 2007.

Speaker at panel on nonviolence, Rochester Friends Meeting, June 2007.

“The Nature of Evil,” colloquium at Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY April 26, 2007.

Talk on human rights, University of Rochester, visiting parents and prospective students, April 14, 2007.

Panelist, Amnesty International Event on Human Rights and Health Care, April 4, 2007.

Participant in public reading of Martin Luther King, Jr., speech opposing war in Vietnam, organized by Dean of Students Office, Interfaith Chapel, University of Rochester,  April 4, 2007.

Led Workshop on Ethics, UR/Paychex, Paychex Corporation Leadership Institute, Rochester, NY, January 29, 2007.

Talk on Gandhian Nonviolence, Pittsford Highlands (University of Rochester-affiliated Senior Living Center, sponsored by UR Office of Special Programs), January 25, 2007.

Panelist on Amnesty International program on the Iraq War, Welles Brown Room, University of Rochester, March 1, 2006.

Talk on Gandhian nonviolence at the celebration of Gandhi Day by regional chapter of Indian American Association, Princeton University, October 1, 2005.

Public lecture, “Terrorism, Violence, and Nonviolence,” St. Bonaventure University, April 7, 2005.

St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY,  “Philosophers and Peace,” United Nations Philosophy Day, November 18, 2004.

Willamette University (Oregon), “The Relevance of Gandhian Nonviolence Today,” October 18, 2004.

Washington University, “Pacifism, Just War, and Humanitarian Intervention,” Political Science Department, September 10, 2004.

Arizona State University School of Law, “Pacifism and Humanitarian Intervention,” Conference On Law, War, and Morality.  February 27, 2004.

Emory and Henry College, “Pacifism, Just War, and Humanitarian Intervention,” January 22, 2004.

Colorado State University, (Willard Eddy Lecture), “The Relevance of Gandhi Today,” October 7, 2003.

Kent State University, “The Misguided War on Terrorism” (Matchette lecture), September 25, 2003.

Panelist, forum “Nonviolent Regime Change: An Alternative to War?”, University of Rochester, December 5, 2002.

Public lecture, “Pacifism and the War Against Terrorism,” and faculty seminar presentation on “Terrorism, Violence and Nonviolence,” at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, October 29, 2002.

Panelist, forum on crisis in Afghanistan, Newman Club, University of Rochester, October 8, 2002.

Panelist on Middle East at Rochester Institute of Technology conference, "Cultural Conflicts, Terrorism, and Global Security," April 18, 2002.

Talk at founding meeting of Rochester chapter of Fellowship of Reconciliation, United Methodist Church, April 17, 2002.

Keynote Address, “Terrorism and Foreign Policy,” New York State Libertarian Convention, Rochester, April 13, 2002.

Lecture, “The Nature of Evil,” Walsh University, 27th Annual Philosophy & Theology Symposium:  Evil in the 21st Century.  March 23, 2002.

"Christian Responses to Violence," Adult Forum, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rochester, March 3, 2002.

Presentation on International law and the war in Afghanistan, conference on Global Conflicts/Local Responsibilities, University of Rochester, March 2, 2002.

Moderator and discussant, Forum on Death Penalty, Sponsored by the Criminal Justice Department, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) February 6, 2002. 

"On Terrorism," Plenary Session, Concerned Philosophers for Peace Annual Meeting, St. Bonaventure University, October 26, 2001.

Keynote Address,  “Gandhi and His Relevance for Today,” The Yash P. and Saroj Kapur Endowment Program, Gandhi: His Influence on World Leaders, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University,  October 6, 2001.

Lecture on Terrorism (superseding scheduled lecture, "Gandhian Truth, and Moral, Physical, and Spiritual Health"), East Carolina University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Humanities, September 24th, 2001. 

Lecture on Terrorism, East Carolina University Philosophy Department, September 24th 2001.

Lecture on Terrorism, Union College, September 14, 2001.

Public lecture on “The Ethics of Nonviolence,” University of the Holy Cross, March 12, 2001.

Speaker at student organized forum, Mobilization for Death Penalty Moratorium, University of Rochester chapel, February 19, 2001.

“The Targeting of Civilians in Wartime,” SUNY Fredonia, November 29, 2000.

Talks to classes on nonviolence and morality and war, St. Bonaventure University, November 13, 2000.

“Why Capital Punishment is Wrong,” Rochester Institute of Technology series sponsored by the New York State Council on the Humanities. October 18, 2000.

Panelist, Symposium on Globalization and Sweatshops, University of Rochester, October 2, 2000.

Panelist, National Gandhi Day of Service, University of Rochester.  September 29, 2000.

Talk on Gandhian Nonviolence at University of Rochester Peace Conference, September 16, 2000.

“NATO Intervention in Kosovo,” lecture by e-mail for a course, Law, Morality, and War, offered long distance (e-mail & WEB) by the University of Maryland University College, European Division, to U.S. troops in Europe.  May 2, 2000.

Interview on student activism, past and present, Channel 10 TV, Rochester NY, April 14, 2000.

Speaker at University of Rochester teach-in on Globalization and Sweat-Shops, April 12, 2000.

“Gandhi and Political Violence,” conference on Gandhi’s Truth, Haverford College, February 26, 2000.

“Cross-Cultural Ideals and Values,” Seminar on Egoism and Altruism, Max Mueller Institute, Calcutta (Kolkata), India, November 12, 1999.

Second day’s Keynote address, 4th International Conference on Peace and Nonviolence “The Foundations of Gandhian Nonviolence,” organized by Anuvrat Global Organization (Anuvibha) (Jain organization), New Delhi, India, November 11th, 1999.  Brief presentations at opening ceremonies on November 10th and closing ceremonies on November 14th as well, in capacity as Academic Consultant to the conference.

“Gandhian Satyagraha,” Conference on Satyagraha in Gandhi and the Dalai Lama, sponsored by supporters of Tibetan independence, Jawaharlal Nehru University, November 6, 1999.

“The Gulf War in Light of Just War Theory and Western Imperialism,” Seminar for Forum for Independent Scholars, India International Center, New Delhi, India, November 3, 1999.

“Race and Gender: Conceptual and Ethical Issues,” School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, October, 1999.

“Nuclear Deterrence: Has it Worked in the Past, Will it Work in the Future?”, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, October, 1999.

“Marxist and Capitalist Conceptions of Distributive Justice,” University of Pune, Pune, India, October 30, 1999

Lectures on Gandhian Nonviolence, two on each of four days, one for 9th and 10th, the second for 11th and 12th, grades at high schools of the Delhi Tamil Educational Association (D.T.E.A.) in New Delhi, India, September through early November, 1999.

“Marxist and Capitalist Conceptions of Distributive Justice,” School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, October, 1999.

Talk on Kosovo for Rochester (NY) Friends Meeting, June 27, 1999.

Talk on Kosovo for Pax Christi of the Corpus Christi Church, Rochester, NY June 13, 1999.

Talk-show guest on issue of Kosovo, WXXI (1370 AM), Rochester, NY, June 1, 1999.

Commentator on James Sterba’s Justice for Here and Now, meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, in conjunction with Central Division, APA, New Orleans, May 6, 1999.

“The Kosovo Crisis: Moral and Legal Implications,” the Morland J. McMurray Lecture in Philosophy, Monroe Community College, Rochester, April 30, 1999.

Panelist, Teach-In on Kosovo, University of Rochester, April 29, 1999.

“Nonviolence in Theory and Practice,” talk at conference on nonviolence, SUNY Oswego, April 10, 1999.

“Pacifism for Nonpacifists,” Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, Missouri, April 8, 1999.

The Pandit K. Santanam Memorial Lecture, “Jallianwala Bagh and the Boston Tea-party: Nonviolent Roots of Indo-American Anti-Imperialism,” 1999, New Delhi, India.

Santanam was Secretary to the Congress Punjab Inquiry, 1919-1920, (which included Mahatma Gandhi), a two Volume report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of unarmed Indians at the command of British General Dyer in Amritsar, Punjab, April 13th, 1919. The occasion was Gandhi’s Rowlatt Satyagraha, which the Preface to Volume I states: “”.. was the first occasion on which the people of India – Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs, the rich and the poor – joined hands in a truly countrywide struggle against British rule. It was also the first occasion on which Gandhi’s distinctive style of politics, resting upon the generation of power through non-violence was tried on a subcontinental scale.” Santanam’s daughter, Maduri Sonti, is a philosopher and writer.

Seminar on nonviolence, India Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, March 10, 1999.

“Pacifism for Nonpacifists,” Colloquium, Philosophy Department, Buffalo State College, February 19, 1999.

Guest on WXXI (1370 AM) talk-show hosted by Paul Baker, June 1, 1999.

“Future of Nonviolence in the 21st Century,” Inaugural Address of Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Peace and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, November 14th, 1998.

“Profits and Morality,” talk before the Confederation of Indian Industry (organization of Indian CEO’s), New Delhi, India, November 11, 1998.

Paideia, Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy,”A Western Perspective on the Problem of Violence,” Boston, August 13, 1998.

“Consequentialism and its Consequences,” Conference on Kant in honor of Lewis White Beck, The University of the Holy Cross, May, 1998.

Presentation on implications of the nuclear weapons tests by India and Pakistan for a course, “Law, War, and Morality” offered for the first time long distance (e-mail & WEB) by University of Maryland to U.S. troops in Europe (the University of Maryland has been the primary contact for US troops in Europe and Asia for the past 50 years).  First time the course presented in Europe.  The presentation consisted of a lecture by e-mail. (date uncertain).

“Philosophical Implications of Issues of War and Peace,” Fritz Marti Memorial Lecture, funded by the Matchette Foundation, University of Southern Illinois, April 16, 1998.

“Are There Morally Relevant Dissimilarities Among Suicide, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia?”, Meeting of the Society for Health and Human Values, University of East Carolina Medical School, March 14, 1998.

Speaker at Forum on the Gulf Crisis, University of Rochester Chapel, March 3, 1998.

“Gandhian Truth and Nonviolence,” lecture at Clarion University, Paennysvania, Honors Week, January 29, 1998.

Talk on the death penalty for Human Rights Week, University of Rochester, November 21, 1997.

Lecture on morality and war at Hamilton College (same course as below, 1996), November 14, 1997.

“Consequentialism and its Consequences,” Presented at Kant’s Legacy: A Symposium in Honor of Lewis White Beck, Holy Cross, May 1, 2, 1997.

Participant, debate on affirmative action, sponsored by Student Association of the University of Rochester, April 1, 1997.

“Consequentialism and its Consequences,” at The William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Conference on Kantian Themes in Ethics, Florida State University, March 7-8, 1997.

Lecture on morality and war to students in an interdisciplinary course, “Hiroshima and After,” at Hamilton College, November 8, 1996.

“Consequentialism and its Consequences,” colloquium, University of Virginia, November 1, 1996; also at philosophy colloquium, Iowa State University, April 23, 1996.  A public lecture, “Bosnia: The Failure of Military Solutions,” given as part of same visit to Iowa State as well as  at a meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace on April 25th in Chicago in conjunction with the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association.

Commentary on “Proposed Changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” by Virginia Mauer and Robert E. Thomas, Conference on Technological Assaults on Privacy, April 18th and 19th, 1996. Rochester Institute of Technology.

Talk on the death penalty at meeting of the University of Rochester chapter of Amnesty International, March 18, 1996.

“Sexual Harassment and the University,” colloquium, SUNY Geneseo, February 28, l996.

Lecture on Egypt and its role in the Modern World at Spencerport NY High School to prospective student participants in Model UN Conference at the University of Rochester, February 2, 1996.

“Reconceptualizing the Teaching of Ethics,” at conference, “Teaching Ethics: Texts and Practices,” Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking, Bard College, November 3, 1995.

Keynote address, Mock UN Conference for high school students, University of Rochester (date uncertain).

Talk at Forum, “Community and Diversity in Bosnia,” the 8th annual conference of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, University of Dayton, October 19-22, 1995.

Talk on “The Challenge of Nonviolence in the New World Order,” Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester, Adult Forum, part of international series honoring the UN’s 50th anniversary.  October 8th, 1995.

Conference “From Nonviolent Liberation to Tolerance: the Development of Civil Society in Eastern and Central Europe,” sponsored by the Baltic Institute and the Lithuanian Institute of Philosophy and Sociology.  Invited paper, “The Challenge of Nonviolence in Eastern Europe,” May 25-27, 1995, Vilnius, Lithuania,

Co-director (with Dorothy Cotton, former Martin Luther King associate) of 3-day seminar, “The Philosophy and Ethics of Nonviolence,” Fellowship of Reconciliation headquarters, Nyack, New York, June 26-29, 1995.

Talk on death-penalty for University of Rochester Chapter of Amnesty International, April, 1995.

Commentator on “The Instability of Moral Skepticism,” by Stephen Maitzen, Creighton Club (upstate New York Philosophical Association), Skaneateles, NY, April 7, 1995.

Panelist, University of Rochester Undergraduate History Council film and discussion on extremism in America, March 23, 1995.

Hour-long interview on the death-penalty on WRUR (University of Rochester student-run radio station), March 21, 1995.

Commentator on “The Ethics of Nonviolence,” presented by James Campbell in a Faculty Forum Series, Rochester Institute of Technology, March 21, 1995.

Talk at community-sponsored open hearing on the death penalty, St. Mary’s Church, Rochester, February 4th, 1995.

Respondent to “Intentions and Wrongdoing” by Jorge Garcia, 41st Annual Wheaton College Philosophy Conference: Topic: Moral Psychology, October 20-22, 1994.

Panelist, session on “Pleasure without Conscience,” at conference, “Nonviolence or Nonexistence,” (125th birth anniversary of Gandhi), Wellesley College, October 1, 1994.

16th International Conference on Data Protection, The Hague, Netherlands, September 6-8 1994, address: “Privacy: Philosophical Foundations and Moral Dilemmas.”

Lecture, “St. Augustine and the Just War Theory,” St. John’s Seminary, Boston, March 21st, 1994.

Led workshop at conference, “Ethics Committees: How Should they Work? Whom do they Serve?” sponsored by Department of Social Medicine and Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, April 11, 1994.

“Violence and War as Health Care Issues,” University of East Carolina Medical School, part of Medical Humanities Perspectives series, February 14, 1994.

“The Yogi and the Commissar: Which Way to Peace?”, talk for Meliora Club (alumni) series, Cutler Union, Eastman School of Music, November 17, 1993.

“Justice and Rights: Conflicting Israeli and Palestinian Claims,”  Conference on “Education for Democracy in A Multicultural Society,” Sponsored by Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1993. 

“St. Augustine and the Just War Theory,” colloquium, College of the Holy Cross, April 22, 1993.

“The Gulf War, Western Imperialism, and Just War Theory,” conference: “Ethnic Conflict and International intervention,” SUNY Buffalo, April 16, 1993.

“Consequentialism and its Consequences,” colloquium, University of South Carolina, April 9, 1993.

Panelist, Symposium on the Middle East, St. Bonaventure University, March 28, 1993.

Talk on Bosnian Crisis, Rochester (NY) Friends Meeting, January 17, 1993.

“When Should the U.S. Intervene?” Temple Emmanuel, Irondequoit, NY December 12, 1992.

Talk on Bosnian crisis, West Webster Methodist Church, Webster, NY, October 25, 1992.

Presidential Address, “The Challenge of Nonviolence in the New World Order,”  national meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Charlotte, NC, October 1992.

Talk on Bosnian crisis, Greece Baptist Church, Greece, NY, September 20th, 1992.

Talk at Interfaith Seminar on Human Rights Violations in the Balkans, B’rith Kodesh Synagogue, Rochester, August 19, 1992.

Talk on Hiroshima, Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, sponsored by Rochester Peace & Justice Education Center, August 6, 1992.

Commentator, paper by Stephen Darwall, at University of Rochester Philosophy Department’s 10th annual conference; topic “Consequentialism,” May 2nd and 3rd, 1992.

Panelist on “Religious Perspectives on the Use of Force Following the Gulf War,” a Symposium, US Institute of Peace, Washington, DC, April 1992.

“The Just War Theory,” Institute of Philosophy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 1992.

“Just War Theory and the Persian Gulf War,” Meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, New York City, in conjunction with the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, December 28, 1991.

“The Challenge of Pacifism in the New World Order,” McDowell Conference on Philosophy and Social Policy, American University, November, 1991.

“Consequentialism and its Consequences,” Colloquium, Philosophy Department, University of Notre Dame, November, 1991.

“Nonviolence and the Intifada,” National Meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, University of Tennessee, October 1991; also panelist on symposium on the Soviet Union, same meeting.

Lecture on Nonviolence, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, October, 1991.

Public debate on Morality and War, with William V. O’Brien (author of numerous books on Just War Theory and related topics), Ithaca College, October 1991.

“The Persian Gulf War in Light of Just War Theory and Western Imperialism,” public lecture, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace, University of Notre Dame, September 24, 1991.

“Tolstoy and Lenin: Nonviolence and Social Engineering in Russia and the Soviet Union,” introductory lecture, 4-day workshop on nonviolence for police, teachers and psychologists, Moscow, Summer, 1991.  Same lecture at workshop on nonviolence for the Lithuanian volunteers (in opposition to Soviet rule) and at the Lithuanian Police Academy, Summer 1991.

Speaker at panel discussion, “War and Peace Issues in the Middle East,” meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Chicago, in conjunction with Central Division, American Philosophical Association, April 25, 1991.

University of Chicago, Department of Philosophy, “Violence and Nonviolence, Spring 1991.

Gulf War Discussion. Mountain Rise United Church of Christ. Fairport, N.Y., January 20, 1991.

“The Morality of Nonviolence,” University of Missouri, Department of Philosophy, October 29, 1990.

“Nonviolence and the Intifada,” conference, “The Ethical Dimensions of the Changing Use of Force in International Affairs: Tensions Among Politics, Military Operations and Ethics.” University of Notre Dame, sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, October 24-26, 1990.

“Nonviolence as a Moral Principle,” 3rd annual conference, Concerned Philosophers for Peace, University of Notre Dame, September 21-23, 1990.

Respondent to commentators at a special session on my book, On War and Morality, at meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-Sept. 2, 1990.

“The Just War Theory,” opening address, day-long Teach-in on war, Rochester Institute of Technology, May 8, 1990.

Commentary on Darwall, “Autonomist Internalism and the Justification of Morals’,” Symposium:  Foundation of Morality, American Philosophical Association, Central Division, New Orleans, April 27th, 1990.

“The Increasing Irrelevance of Just War Theory to International Violence,” conference, “The Ethical Dimensions of the Changing Use of Force,” Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, April 4-6, 1990.

Symposium on my On War and Morality, with papers responding to the book by Jeffrie G. Murphy (“War, Self-Defense, and Defense of Others”) and James Sterba (“Pacifism and Just War Theory”) and a reply by me to these papers.  Group meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the APA, Atlanta, December 28, 1989. 

“Nonviolence as a Moral Principle,” presented at conference on the Ethics of Nonviolence, Moscow, USSR, November 1989.  Believed to be the first and only conference on nonviolence ever held in the USSR.

“War and Morality: A Pacifist Perspective,” sponsored by Interfaith Chapel, the Newman    Community, and the Protestant Chaplain’s Office, University of Rochester, November 8, 1989.

“Toward Better Understanding Among Peoples of Communist and Capitalist Societies,” Institute of Philosophy, Moscow, USSR, summer 1988.

“Terrorism and Other Forms of Violence: A Moral Perspective,” 1st national conference, Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Bergamo Center, Dayton, Ohio, October 17, 1987.

“Political Realism in International Affairs,” University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, July, 1987.

Conference on Methodologies for Survival, Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 18-20, 1987.  Paper:  "Toward Better Understanding Among Peoples of  Communist  and Capitalist Countries."

“Terrorism and Other Forms of Violence: A Moral Perspective,” The Gandhi-King Society for the Study of Nonviolence, Chicago, May 1987.

“The Moral Irrelevance of the Distinction Between Conventional and Nuclear War,” read at SUNY Oswego conference in honor of Warren Steinkraus. (date uncertain)

Talk at symposium, “Never Again! Preventing a Holocaust in America”, Temple Sinai, Rochester, Nov. 5, 1986.  Same talk presented at the University of Rochester, April 22, 1987.

“The Moral Irrelevance of the Distinction Between Conventional and Nuclear War,” meeting of International Philosophers for the Prevention of Nuclear Omnicide, St. Louis, May 4, 1986.

“Terrorism and Other Forms of Violence: A Moral Perspective,” symposium on Terrorism, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, March 18-20, 1986.

Conference on Issues in Nuclear Deterrence, Inter-University Center of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 1-4, 1985.  Paper:  "Nuclear Deterrence: The Illusion of Security."

Conference on Philosophy and Nuclear Arms, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conrad Grebel College, Ontario, Canada, September 28-30, 1984. Paper: "The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters."

“Nuclear Deterrence:  Does it Work?” meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, Los Angeles, April 6-9, 1984.

“Some Moral Issues in the Sickle-Cell Anemia Controversy,” Lecture in course on Dilemmas in Healing, University of Rochester Medical School, Fall 1982.

Talk on nuclear deterrence, University of Rochester, (part of Ground Zero Week), May 1982.

Lecture in course on Value Decisions in Nursing, University of Rochester Nursing School, Spring 1982

Talk on morality and war at Alpha Delta Phi series on War and the Modern World, University of Rochester, March 28, 1982.

Talk on morality and war, Welles Brown Room, University of Rochester, February 1982.                  

Commentator on Andrew Altman’s, “John Dewey and Contemporary Normative Ethics,” Western Division, American Philosophical Association, Detroit, April 26, 1980.

“Political Realism: Two Strands in American Thought,” Truax Lecture, Hamilton College, January, 1980.

“The Philosophy of Political Realism in International Affairs: Two Currents in Twentieth Century American Thought,” Conference on “Morality and International Relations,” Colorado State University, October 18-21, 1979.

University of Illinois, “Violence and Nonviolence, Department of Philosophy, January, 1971

University of Cincinnati, talk on ethics, Department of Philosophy, January,1971

Talks at the following representing the National Humanities Institute, exact data unavailable:

University of New Haven, Spring 1977

Colby College, Waterville, ME, Spring 1977

Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, Spring 1977

Southern Connecticut State College, Political Science

Science course on “Contemporary Warfare,” March 1, 1977.

Commentator on David Lyons’ “The Incoherence of Ethical Relativism,” meeting of the Creighton Club (upstate New York Philosophical Association), November 3, 1973.

Commentator on Chin-Tai Kim’s, “Kant’s Transcendental Principle of Morality,” American Philosophical Association, Western Division, December 29, 1968.

Ontario County Republican Women’s luncheon, “Violence,” Spring 1968 (approximate).

“Creativity in John Dewey’s Social Ethics,” Society for Philosophy of Creativity, Symposium on Creativity in John Dewey’s Social Philosophy, in conjunction with Western Division, American Philosophical Association, May 2, 1968.

Talk at Vietnam Teach-In, Utica College, January 6, 1968.

Participant in Foreign Policy Debate on the Vietnam War, University of Rochester, November 19, 1967.

“Morality and Social Good,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 29, 1966. 

Talk at Vietnam Teach-In, University of Rochester, May 7, 1965.

“Cognitivism, Supervenience, and Universalizability,” American Philosophical Association, Western Division, May 1, 1965.

“Some Conceptions of Analysis in Recent Ethical Philosophy,”  Creighton Club (upstate New York Philosophical Society), SUNY Geneseo, Spring 1965 (date approximate).

“Dissent and Moral Commitment,” National Council of Jewish Women, Rochester Chapter, Fall 1962.

“Humanist Ethics,” Hillel Society, University of Texas, Spring 1962.

“Good Reasons in Ethics,” Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society, University of Houston, December 1961.

“The Case Against Ethical Naturalism,” Philosophy Department Interview, University of Rochester, December 1961.