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Topics for future discussion
Australian Indigenous Spirituality
Big Data
Close reading
Controversies over Race - Part 2
Eastern spirituality and quantum mechanics
Stoicism
The pleasures and sorrows of work - Alain de Botton
Childrens' books
Potential Discussion Topics
ZY. Past Topics 2 - June 2018 -
A discussion of the issues raised in the book 'Sapiens'
Alain de Botton on Work
Appreciation of (Visual) Art
Helen Steward on Free Will
Living to your potential
Machiavelli
Michel Foucault
On Being Wrong
Philosophy of language - a very biased Cook's tour
Probability
The dilemma of gender identity
The Hero's Journey
Treatment of refugees
Retirement
ZZ. Past Topics 1 - Nov 2011 - May 2018
Aesthetics
Andy Warhol and the question of What is Art
Atheism
Bernard Delfendahl
Buddhism
Compromise in Politics
Controversies over Race - Part 1
Crime and Punishment
Death
Distributive Justice
Free Speech
Free Will
Friendship
Guilt
Happiness (October 2014)
Hypotheticals and Counterfactuals
Inequality and incentives
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Lying
Martha Nussbaum on Anger
Medical Ethics
Meta-ethics
Mind reading (November 2014)
Moral Relativism
Nagarjuna's Emptiness
Neuroscience
Parenting
Philanthropy, neoliberalism and self-determination
Philosophical Implications of Behavioural Economics (July 2014)
Philosophy and Suicide
Plato's Republic
Privacy
Romantic Love
Schopenhauer on writing, originality and genius (13/2/15)
Science and philosophy
Social Capital
Social Media
Spirituality and Mythology
The devil
The End of the World
The ethics of having children
The Ethics of War (August 2014)
The Meaning of Life
Truth to Yourself
Eastside-Thinkers
Plato's Republic
To be presented by Tom on Friday 16/6/17
See attached pdf below for discussion notes and links.
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