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Liberty and Power in a New Global Order | Nov. 24th
Monday Nov. 24th 12:00-13:15 WDR 2201 Lunch will be provided! Global governance is tightening and foreshadows that world state formation will become a live political issue in this century. Should this prospect be seen as a mere scaling-up of familiar ideas about statehood, to deal with global urgency around everything from climate change to public […]
Is There Buddhist Meritocracy?
Date & Time: NOV 10TH 16:00-17:15 Location: WDR 3002 Speaker: Oren Hanner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Classical Buddhist thinkers had a lot to say about the nature of reality and human psychology, but unlike Western philosophers, they largely remained silent about sociopolitical issues. Can the Buddhist tradition offer us any useful resources for thinking […]
