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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:Sheila '46 and Wilbur Liebson Ethics Colloquium: Understanding Your True Self
DESCRIPTION:Join Yale University’s experimental philosopher Joshua Knobe for a mind-bending discussion on how people decide who they really are deep down. This talk dives into the psychology and philosophy of identity\, emotion\, and moral judgment. This event is being cosponsored by the Wolfe Institute.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/sheila-46-and-wilbur-liebson-ethics-colloquium-understanding-your-true-self/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy
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SUMMARY:Annual Sprague and Taylor Lecture\, Department of Philosophy: “Understanding Privacy”
DESCRIPTION:S. Matthew Liao\, Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics and director of the Center for Bioethics at New York University\, will deliver this year’s annual Sprague and Taylor Lecture. Professor Liao’s lecture\, “Understanding Privacy\,” will be of great interest to everyone who is concerned about the erosion of privacy in this digital age. In an era defined by unprecedented technological connectivity\, we face mounting challenges to personal privacy. Our smartphones track our movements and behaviors\, workplace surveillance monitors everything from keystrokes to facial expressions\, and public spaces are increasingly subject to constant surveillance through CCTV and facial recognition systems. These technological advances raise fundamental questions about the nature and protection of privacy and its protection. Liao will offer a fresh perspective on privacy\, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding what privacy is\, why it matters\, and how it should be protected.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/annual-sprague-and-taylor-lecture-department-of-philosophy-understanding-privacy/
LOCATION:Student Center\, Room 400\, Jefferson-Williams Room
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