On Human Dignity: Talks by Jeremy Waldron

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Parishioner Jeremy Waldron is offering a series of three talks on human dignity, on Mondays, January 25 through February 8. In each session Professor Waldron will give a talk of about 30 minutes, with another 30 minutes or so available for discussion.

The topics are (Jan 25) Pico, Pope and Pinker (extracts from Pico della Mirandola, from John Paul II’s “Evangelium Vitae,” and from Stephen Pinker’s skeptical piece) — (Feb 1) “Kant on an Airplane” (extracts from Immanuel Kant on dignity, along with the German airliner case) — (Feb 8) Dignity, Dwarves, and Degradation (the French “dwarf-tossing” case as an example; other examples where ideals of dignity are used to prevent degradation including self-degradation)

For a packet of suggested readings, see Father Austin.

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