Events
Philosophy @ the Movies: “Poverty, Inc.”
Poverty, Inc. (2014) dir. Michael Matheson Miller
Parr Center Lecture: Erin Kelly
Hyde Hall, University Room“The Failure of Retributive Justice” The belief that people convicted of crimes deserve punishment is commonplace. Yet the punitive conception of individual responsibility commonly associated with retributive justice exaggerates the moral meaning of criminal guilt, normalizes excessive punishment, and distracts … Read more
Philosophy @ the Movies: “The Battle of Algiers”
Caldwell 105 ,The Battle of Algiers (1966) dir. Gillo Pontecorvo
Practice Job Talk: Francesco Nappo
Caldwell 213Philosophy @ the Movies: “Fail-Safe”
Caldwell 105 ,Fail-Safe (1964) dir. Sidney Lumet
Ethics Around the Table: Yolonda Wilson
Toy Lounge, Dey HallRace, Pain Management, and Epistemic Credibility Yolonda Wilson (Howard University) is a 2019-2020 fellow at the National Humanities Center and a 2019-2020 Encore Public Voices Fellow. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Read more
Speaker Series: Rebecca Kukla (Georgetown)
Caldwell 213"Moral Ecologies and the Harms of Sexual Violation"
Teaching Workshop on Grading
Caldwell 213This teaching workshop will be focused on approaches, tips, and tricks to grading with our very own Mariska Leunissen and Geoffrey Sayre-McCord.
Philosophy @ the Movies: “Ikiru”
Caldwell 105 ,Ikiru (1952) dir. Akira Kurosawa