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THE Fourth YOKO CIVILIZATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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YOKO CIVILIZATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Host : Yoko Civilization Research Institute

Acting President : OKADA, Koya
Administrative Director : HIRATUKA, Rinji

Executive Committee

Chairman: NAGAMI, Isamu President, Nagoya Ryujo College
Committee Members: SHIMAZONO, Susumu Professor, Tokyo University Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
  YUASA, Yasuo Professor Emeritus, Obirin University
  SUEZAWA, Masashi Visiting Professor, Center of Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University
  WATANABE, Manabu Permanent Fellow, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University

Secretariat

Secretary General : DOI, Hisashi

List of Conference Participants

UTSUNOMIYA, Teruo Professor, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters
VIETEN, Cassandre Research Psychologist, Institute of Noetic Sciences Associate Scientist, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
OKANO, Haruko President, Seisen University
KAWADE, Yoshimi Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
SIEP, Ludwig Professor, Münster University
SHIMAZONO, Susumu Professor, Tokyo University Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
STEINECK, Chri Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Japanese Studies, Bonn University
JOHNSON, Don Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies
SHIRAI, Yasuko Former Section Chief of Sociocultural Studies, Sociocultural Environmental Research, National Center of Mental Health
SUEZAWA, Masashi Visiting Professor, Center of Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University
SNELLMAN, Håkan Professor, Head of the Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology
SWANSON, Paul Director, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
ZOLOTH, Laurie Professor, Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Nothwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
TUCKER, Mary Evelyn Vice-President, Yale University Institution for Social and Policy Studies Research Associate, Harvard Yenchig Institute and the Reischauer Institute, Harvard University
TERADA, Nobuyuki Professor, Department of Robotics, School of Engineering, Toyo University
DOI, Hisashi Director, Yoko Civilization Research Institute
TOKUNAGA, Fumio Professor, Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
NAGAMI, Isamu President, Nagoya Ryujo College
HURLBUT, William B Professor of Human Biology, Stanford University
FENWICK, Peter Consultant, Neurology
BRAVO, Elizabeth Acción Ecológica Acción Ecológica
MILES, Jack Senior Advisor, Research Institute, the Getty Center
MACHIDA, Soho Professor, Graduate School of Intergrated Arts and Sciences,Hiroshima University
McKENNY, Gerald Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Theology / Director, Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values, University of Notre Dame
MATSUDA, Jun Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Shizuoka University
MURATA, Haruo Professor, Aomori Public College
MONDEIL, Marie Genetic Consultant
YUASA, Yasuo Professor Emeritus, Obirin University
LaFLEUR, William E.Dale Saunders Professor in Japanese Studies, University of Pennsylvania
RUBIK, Beverly President and Founder, Institute of Frontier Science / Professor, Union
ROY, Rustum Founding Director, Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
WATANABE, Manabu Permanent Fellow, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University

PROGRAM

Sunday, 18 September

PM Welcome Address
Let Us Establish a Culture of Moderation, a Civilization that Observes Rules and Limits
Okada, Koya
Keynote Lecture
Lecture 1
Science and Religion in the Age of Crisis: TheValue of Life and Cultural Differences
Shimazono, Susumu
Lecture 2
The Blind See, the Lame Walk: Science and Religion in a Time of Peril
Miles, Jack
Session 1
Selecyion of Life
Lecture 1
Selection of life: Reconsidering It from the Viewpoint of Feminist Theology
Lecture 2
The Future of “Selecting Life”:What the Technological Imperative Has Invited
Comment
Ethics and Social Policy Concerning the Selection of Life

 

Monday, 19 September

AM Session 2
Manipulating Humans
Lecture 1
Stem Cells, Embryos, and the Meaning of Embodiment
Lecture 2
Enhancement and the Value of Human Weakness
Comment
Ethical and Other Concerns in Human Manipulation Research and Development
PM Session 3
Manipulating Nature
Lecture 1
Manipulating Nature
Lecture 2
Religion and Ecology: A Growing Alliance
Comment
On Remodeling Nature-Reflections on Science and Biology
Mid-Conference Symposium
Finitude of Life and Life Science
Lecture 1
Many Paths, One Mountain: An Integral Approach to the Science of Transformation
Lecture 2
The Finiteness of Life and Life Sciences

 

Tuesday, 20 September

AM Session 4
Science and Spirituality
Lecture 1
There Is the World, and There Is the Map of the World: The Ethics of Basic Research
Lecture 2
Science and Social Values
Comment
The Transformation of Values and the Scientific Project
Session 5
Crisis in Religion
Lecture 1
The Crisis of Religions: Public Awareness of Religions After the Aum Shinrikyo and 9/11 Incidents
Lecture 2
Refusing Utopia’s Bait: Research, Rationalizations, and Hans Jonas
Comment
Sprit-Bridging the Gap Between Science and Religion
PM Session 6
Seeking an Expanded Framework
Lecture 1
Biomedical Enhancement Technologies: Beyond Humanism and Posthumanism
Lecture 2
In Search of a Public Framework: An Examination into the Approaches Science and Religion Take Toward Life
Comment
Seeking an Expanded Framework: Some Fundamental Reflections


Wednesday, 21 September

AM Closing Session
Lecture 1
Commentary on Various Themes in the International Conference Entitled “Science and Religion in the Age of Crisis”
Lecture 2
Cultivation(Shugyō), Ethics, and Science: Creating Shared Values in a Diverse Culture
Lecture 3
Expanding the Framework: Taking Back Religion from Technology and Theology from Science
Discussion
Closing Ceremony
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