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SUMMARY:Migrant Lives: Whose Responsibility?
DESCRIPTION:This event brings together several authors and editors of Forced Migration and Health Justice\, recently published with Oxford University Press\, to discuss the possible responsibilities of people engaged in different professional domains that impact the lives of migrants forced to flee their homes. The discussion will focus on\, among other things\, questions of what might be the responsibilities of clinical care professionals\, immigration officials in detention settings\, designers of humanitarian accommodations\, and policy makers and members of civil society in destination countries more generally. We welcome this opportunity to engage with the audience.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/migrant-lives-whose-responsibility/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Self-Knowledge Practices: The Sheila and Wilbur Liebson Ethics Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, viewing Buddhism from a self-knowledge standpoint\, Professor of Philosophy Christopher W. Gowans (Fordham University) will examine a variety of Buddhist practices—ethical\, philosophical\, and meditative—as these practices have been understood in the traditional “path” approaches (Buddhist practice as a path from suffering to an enlightened life of tranquility and compassion) and the rather different “exploration” approach that emerges in Chan and Zen Buddhism (Buddhist practice as expressing and exploring what it means not to be a self). Among Gowan’s publications is Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India\, Greece\, and China (Oxford University Press\, 2021).
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/buddhist-self-knowledge-practices-the-sheila-and-wilbur-liebson-ethics-colloquium/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy
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SUMMARY:Lottocracy: Democracy Without Election
DESCRIPTION:Alex Guerrero\, Rutgers University\, presents the Department of Philosophy’s Annual Sprague & Taylor Guest Lecture. \nDemocracy is in trouble. What is going wrong? What should we do? In this talk\, Alex Guerrero argues that\, perhaps surprisingly\, the problem is with the heart of modern democracy: the election. Elections are failing as accountability mechanisms. Elections provide powerful short-term incentives\, leading elected politicians to downplay long-term catastrophic concerns. Elections create division where none need exist. The most powerful among us take advantage of this to control who is elected\, what policies are enacted\, and which problems are ignored. What should we do? Guerrero suggests that we should move past the fatalist\, Churchillian shrug (“the worst system\, except for all the others that have been tried”) and try a new form of democracy: lottocracy. Lottocratic systems include many new elements\, but the most striking is the shift from using elected representatives to using representatives selected through lottery. The talk presents and defends lottocracy as an alternative political system worth taking seriously.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/lottocracy-democracy-without-election/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Philosophy,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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SUMMARY:The U.S. Declaration of Independence at 250 Years: Critical Perspectives From American Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:As the U.S. Declaration of Independence marks 250 years\, American society is in political and intellectual turmoil over its guiding ideals: life\, liberty\, and the pursuit of happiness. There are related conflicts over issues such as democracy\, justice\, race\, immigration\, gender identities\, women’s rights\, and the environment. Do American philosophical traditions afford ways to interpret these ideals? Can they help us understand\, diagnose\, and resolve these conflicts? \nSpeakers include: \n\nKim Díaz\, assistant professor of philosophy\, El Paso Community College. From 2015 to 2025\,  Díaz served as director of the Shadows to Light project for the Philosophic Systems Institute\, where she taught philosophy and mindfulness to returning citizens for the United States Department of Justice. She is the managing editor for the Inter-American Journal of Philosophy\, coeditor of the Philosophy of the Americas Reader: From the Popol Vuh to the Present (2021)\, and coeditor of the forthcoming book Building Bridges Between Latin American and Indian Philosophies.\nJose-Antonio Orosco\, professor of philosophy\, Oregon State University. Orosco specializes in social and political philosophy\, particularly democratic theory\, multiculturalism\, social movements\, and global justice. He teaches classes in American philosophy\, Latino/a and Latin American thought\, and peace and justice studies. He is author of Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence (2008)\, Toppling the Melting Pot: Immigration and Multiculturalism in American Pragmatism (2016)\, and Star Trek’s Philosophy of Peace and Justice (2022).\n\nModerated by Professor Daniel Campos\, Philosophy. The event is sponsored by the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities\, the Jay Newman Chair Fund\, and the Department of Philosophy at Brooklyn College. \nRSVP Today
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/the-u-s-declaration-of-independence-at-250-years-critical-perspectives-from-american-philosophy/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: "The Pursuit of Success: A Philosophical Examination of Happiness\, Well-Being\, and Meaning in Life"
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate Professor Christine Vitrano’s The Pursuit of Success: A Philosophical Examination of Happiness\, Well-Being\, and Meaning in Life. \nThe book addresses our misguided assumptions about success\, which have led us to relentlessly pursue external goods and achievements at the expense of our own happiness. Vitrano defends the view that the key to living successfully is to find happiness\, arguing that everything else we typically associate with success is important only insofar as it contributes to happiness. She proposes that just as it is a mistake to associate success with external goods like wealth and material possessions\, it is also a mistake to place restrictions on how one finds happiness in life. \nChristine Vitrano is professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Brooklyn College\, CUNY. She is author of numerous articles and books\, including The Nature and Value of Happiness\, and Happiness and Goodness: Philosophical Reflections on Living Well\, which was co-written with Steven M. Cahn. Her latest book\, The Pursuit of Success: Philosophical Reflections on Happiness\, Well-being and Meaning in Life\, examines what it means to live a successful life.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-the-pursuit-of-success-a-philosophical-examination-of-happiness-well-being-and-meaning-in-life/
LOCATION:Room 411 Brooklyn College Library
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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