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Himpathy for the Nice Guy – Kate Mann (Cornell) 7:30 pm
Himpathy for the Nice Guy – Kate Mann (Cornell) @ Brooklyn Public Library
May 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
It’s the last Brooklyn Public Philosophers talk of the season! Tomorrow, Thursday May 10th, Kate Manne (Cornell) is coming to the Brooklyn Public Library to discuss her work on misogyny, sexism, the difference between the two, and the weird amount of sympathy that society grants to perpetrators of sexual violence. If you’re interested in #MeToo, excuses, and how to manage one another’s feelings about assaults on patriarchy, this is for you. In her recent book,[...]
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A Lawyer, A Poet, and A Philosopher walk into a bar to talk about American Misery 6:00 pm
A Lawyer, A Poet, and A Philosopher walk into a bar to talk about American Misery @ Cornelia Street Cafe
May 15 @ 6:00 pm
Are you miserable? If you are, you certainly have company. Misery has been on the rise in our society for some time, and the suffering is widespread: we, the people, feel lonely, neglected, forgotten, increasingly poor in health, in habit, and in purchasing power. A sense of helplessness shrouds the land. The manifestations of this are grim. Some take the agony of their despair and direct it outward, destroying the lives of concert attendees, night[...]
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Working Papers in Ethics and Moral Psychology 5:30 pm
Working Papers in Ethics and Moral Psychology @ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Anneberg 12-15
May 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Working Papers in Ethics and Moral Psychology is a speaker series conducted under the auspices of the Icahn School of Medicine Bioethics Program. It is a working group where speakers are invited to present well-developed, as yet unpublished work. The focus of the group is interdisciplinary, with an emphasis on topics in ethics, bioethics, neuroethics, and moral psychology. The meetings begin with a brief presentation by the invited speaker and the remaining time is devoted[...]
A Lawyer, A Poet, and A Philosopher walk into a bar to talk about American Misery 8:00 pm
A Lawyer, A Poet, and A Philosopher walk into a bar to talk about American Misery @ Las Tapas Bar and Restaurant
May 24 @ 8:00 pm
Are you miserable? If you are, you certainly have company. Misery has been on the rise in our society for some time, and the suffering is widespread: we, the people, feel lonely, neglected, forgotten, increasingly poor in health, in habit, and in purchasing power. A sense of helplessness shrouds the land. The manifestations of this are grim. Some take the agony of their despair and direct it outward, destroying the lives of concert attendees, night[...]
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