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Monday, March 27, 2023

Lyceum Friday

 FRIDAY March 31 AT 5 PM

Philosophy Lyceum: Freedom, Democracy, and Its Institutions

MTSU College of Education, Room 164.

 

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studes is happy to welcome Professor John Stuhr (Emory University) for a Spring Philosophy Lyceum.

In his presentation, he will consider the following questions:

• What is freedom? In practical terms, what does it mean to choose freely, act freely, or live in a free society?
• What freedoms are central to democratic societies? And are there some kinds of freedom that are at odds with democracy?
• What kinds of social and political institutions create and sustain democratic freedoms? How do these institutions depend on love and solidarity, and how can they foster this love and solidarity?

Professor Stuhr (Ph.D. Vanderbilt) is the author or editor of many books and articles, including the recent No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us: William James's Pragmatism, Radical Empiricism, and Pluralism  (Oxford University Press, 2022). He is Director of the American Philosophies Forum, as well as editor of The Journal of Speculative Philosophy.

The Wikipedia entry for Professor Stuhr can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Stuhr

 

The event is free and open to the public. An informal reception will follow the presentation.

1 comment:

  1. I believe freedom simply means to be able to think and do as you please as long as you are not harming or hurting others in doing so. You are free to believe whatever you want to believe about yourself, others, and the world. It is essantial that we maintain this as a country because it allows for better inventions and a more creative society if we can think freely.

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