What we’re about
This group is for people with some background in philosophy who want to explore new ideas about human existence that focus on the concepts of consciousness and value as key to resolving the enigma of life. Yet everyone is welcome, interested inquirers, avid readers, outliers, undergraduates and professors of philosophy alike.
Upcoming events
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•OnlineDoes ethics face insurmountable problems that call for its reinterpretation?
OnlineWorkshop # 2, Series 11, Problems of Ethics
This event begins 7.30 pm S'pore & WA time, 11.30 am UK, 6.30 am NY.
You will need to view the relevant podcast below on YouTube before joining the meeting in order to participate in the discussion.
https://youtu.be/O9pqHP-M3uA
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Join this group at meetup.com/philosophy-of-value-workshops
The workshops include of a prior presentation of the topic by myself on YouTube that you need to watch. The meeting itself consists of a brief review of the topic followed by questions and discussion. The weekly topic is posted a week before the event, together with a suggested reading from my work The Pursuit of Value, available through Amazon Books or myself. Transcripts of the Youtube presentation are available by email.
THIS WEEK: Ethical theory and morality have been thought to be one of, if not, mankind’s most unequivocal aspiration. But Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, and then postmodernism, have challenged the very idea of morality. Social and psychological theory have weakened the notion of moral responsibility, and the major theories of ethics are in conflict and without secure justification. Is the idea of morality in danger of collapse, or can it be shored up or even replaced by other systems such as psychology, meaning, purpose or value? Reading: The Pursuit of Value, Ch. 4, Scn. i.6 attendees
Past events
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