Events
Upcoming Events:
Ethics Institute Speaker, Amod Lele
Time: 12 -1:30pm
Location: Renaissance Park 4th floor common room
Title: What’s wrong with anger: a modern defence of a Buddhist position
Abstract: Classical Buddhists like Śāntideva viewed anger as something harmful to be avoided. Today, many defend anger as a helpful or appropriate response to political injustice. This talk argues that the classical Buddhist critique of anger retains its power against anger’s contemporary defenders, even in contexts of racial or gender injustice. Alongside Buddhist arguments it draws on Martin Luther King Jr., Martha Nussbaum, Seneca’s Stoicism and contemporary psychological evidence.
About the Speaker: Amod Lele is the Associate Director of the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University.
PPE Speaker Series, Alexander Livingston and Eraldo Souza dos Santos
Time: 11:50am – 1:10pm
Location: Cabral Center
Title: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Lessons for our Times
Abstract: A roundtable discussion with Alexander Livingston and Eraldo Souza dos Santos from Cornell University.
About the Speakers:
Alexander Livingston is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Interim Director of the Society for the Humanities. His primary areas of research are democratic theory, social movements, religion and politics, and the history of twentieth-century political thought.
Eraldo Souza dos Santos is a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University. His current research explores how political concepts have come to shape political discourse and political practice, and how political actors have come to contest the meaning of these concepts in turn.
Ethics Institute Speaker, Daniel Barbarrusa
Time: 12 -1:30pm
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About the Speaker: Daniel Barbarrusa is a Fulbright Scholar visiting from University of Seville, Spain.
Ethics Institute Speaker, David Owen
Time: 4pm – 5:30pm
Location: Renaissance Park 4th floor common room
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About the Speaker:David Owen is a Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Southampton.
Ethics Institute Speaker, Kevin Dorst
Time: 12 -1:30pm
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About the Speaker: Kevin Dorst is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT.
Ethics Institute Speaker, Giovanni Duca
Time: 12 -1:30pm
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About the Speaker: Giovanni Duca is a PhD student visiting from University of Milan, Italy.
Ethics Institute Speaker, Amy Flowerree
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About the Speaker: Amy Flowerree is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Texas Tech University.
Ethics Institute Speaker, Alice Helliwell
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About the Speaker: Alice Helliwell is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London