Philosophy Coffees

Each semester a series of philosophy coffees is held, with informal discussions among students and faculty, centering on a different question or issue each time. Topics for philosophy coffees are selected by a student committee, which takes responsibility for these events.

Spring 2012:

Is Income Inequality a Moral Dilemma?

Should Someone Be Held Morally Culpable for Inaction?

Fall 2011:

What is Feminism?

What is the Self? Sponsored in part by Neuroscience, Education, and Research at Denison (N.E.R.D.)

Spring 2011:

Ethical Relativism: "Are Moral Judgments Always Relative?"

"When is revolution a justifiable action?"

Evolution & Creationism: "Can a school board justify not teaching evolutionary theory?"

Fall 2010:

Does Technology Help or Hinder Community?

Technology in Research, Medicine, and the Common Good

Sustainability

Spring 2010:

Can we be wrong about our own emotional experiences?

Advertising and Ethics

What does it mean to be a social group?

Fall 2009:

Is Healthcare a Human Right?

Spring 2009:

Personal Identity

Sexual Morality

Racism and Racial Profiling

Fall 2008:

The Paradox of Fiction

Philosophy and Religion

Democracy in America

2007-2008:

Duties of Education

Rationalism, Empiricism, and Our World

The Ethics of Eating

The Value of Education