Winning Words is an after school program, under the Civic Knowledge Project of the University of Chicago, that aims to engage local youth in philosophy.
Winning Words is an after school program, under the Civic Knowledge Project of the University of Chicago, which aims to engage and inspire local youth through an education in philosophy, reasoning and the verbal arts of dialogue and rhetoric; building self confidence and exposing its students to a wide range of fun and exciting material. Winning Words coaches work with students in elementary, midd
09/12/2024
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On Thin Ice: Disproportionate Responses to Climate Change Protesters in Democratic Countries New report highlights escalating human rights abuses against climate protestors worldwide. Activism isn't a crime—it's a call for change. "
With the Rev Jesse Jackson Sr--still at the protests, still on the right side of history
Civic Knowledge Project: Winning Words Winning Words is an after school program, under the Civic Knowledge Project of the University of Chicago, that aims to engage local youth in philosophy.
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Announcing "THE BUDDHIST AND THE ETHICIST" – a dialogue with Venerable Shih Chao-Hwei. US publication date: December 12. We tackle pressing ethical issues, comparing Buddhist insights with utilitarian thinking.
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09/08/2023
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Presentations | Humanities Day What was it like to go to school in Babylonia more than 3,500 years ago? Who went to school? How did they learn to read and write cuneiform? These and other questions concerning the topics and aims of ancient education will be addressed in this presentation and illustrated with examples currently on...
ISUS Conference 2024
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Henry Sidgwick’s The Methods of Ethics
Call for papers
The 17th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies will take place on 18–20 June 2024 at University College London’s Faculty of Laws. The Conference is generously supported by the Faculty’s Bentham House Conference Fund.
Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900) is recognized as the third in the trinity of major classical utilitarian thinkers, following Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806–73). We will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Henry Sidgwick’s The Methods of Ethics, a work described by John Rawls as ‘the most philosophically profound of the strictly classical works’ in the utilitarian tradition.
We welcome paper and panel proposals which address issues raised by Sidgwick’s The Methods of Ethics and his other works, as well as papers and panel proposals related to the study of utilitarianism more generally. Please send your abstract of around 300 words to [email protected] by 30 November 2023.
Panels will have a duration of ninety minutes, and usually consist of three papers.
We aim to make decisions on the acceptance of papers by mid-December 2023, and will shortly thereafter open registration for a period for accepted speakers only, before then fully opening registration. Further details about the Conference will be announced through the ISUS mailing list and the forthcoming website. For all other queries about the Conference, please contact [email protected].
Invited speakers
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek (Lodz)
Bart Schultz (Chicago)
Peter Singer (Princeton)
John Skorupski (St Andrews)
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05/09/2023
Timuel Black essays bring hope In the wood-paneled sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn Ave., four Chicago high school students were honored last week as the winners of the first annual Timuel
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Peter Singer on Tour!
An Evening With Peter Singer Join us for an exclusive and enlightening series of live shows featuring one of the most influential philosophers of our time, Peter Singer, who is launching Animal Liberation Now.This tour is your chance to see in person the man who wrote Animal Liberation, the 1975 classic credited with triggering...