[Online] Your emotions are under your control
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*Note: this is our first online meetup, we can't promise all the logistics will work out. Please message on Meetup if you have trouble joining the ecall.
Lexicon:
https://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/emotions.html
Questions:
- What is the relationship between bodily sensations (such as pain) and emotions?
- How are sensations and emotions related to things that we value? Are all emotions related to those things?
- Does the way in which a particular emotion manifests itself to us change over time? What is the cause of such a change?
- How should we approach the control we have over our emotions (or their cause)? Is a philosophy like Stoicism the solution?
- Does "society" take an active part in shaping our emotions?
Come discuss this topic and whether you agree with Ayn Rand or not in a roundtable format with other interested people! We use Rand's writings as a starting point for the discussion but this group is for discussing philosophical issues more generally! Feel free to come present your or your favourite philosopher's ideas on the subject.
Location: Online, on Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/xcg-zdyn-hzt
Format: Roundtable discussion, moderated to ensure everyone gets a shot at intervening on each point and to keep the discussion on topic.