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Wrath: Moral Grandstanding and Self-Righteous Anger

Dr. Justin Tosi – Faculty Fellow, Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, Georgetown University

7pm, April 26, 2018
O’Regan Hall
Halifax Central Library

In this talk we ask why everyone seems so angry. Dr. Justin Tosi will help us understand the rise of intolerance, the disappearance of the middle ground in social and political dialogue, moral grandstanding and the emergence of the outrage industry on-line and in the media.

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Upcoming & Recent Presentations

Sloth: Too Tired to Care (May 30)

Sloth: Too Tired to Care (May 30)
Wrath: Moral Grandstanding (Apr 26)

Wrath: Moral Grandstanding (Apr 26)
What Does Ethical Banking and Financing Look Like? (April 10)

What Does Ethical Banking and Financing Look Like? (April 10)
Killer Robots: A Debate (Mar 21)

Killer Robots: A Debate (Mar 21)
Nowhere to Go (Mar 8)

Nowhere to Go (Mar 8)
Who Can Read My Body? (Mar 7)

Who Can Read My Body? (Mar 7)
Envy (Feb 28)

Envy (Feb 28)
GLUTTONY: Food For Through

GLUTTONY: Food For Through
Sheri Fink: The Ethics of Evacuation

Sheri Fink: The Ethics of Evacuation
Media Coverage of Terrorism

Media Coverage of Terrorism
Greed: If Greed is Good, How Much is Too Much?

Greed: If Greed is Good, How Much is Too Much?
Disentangling Burma’s Rohingya Tragedy

Disentangling Burma’s Rohingya Tragedy
Ethics in the Evening – Immigration

Ethics in the Evening – Immigration
Marshall Lecture: What Can Psychologists Tell Us About Morality?

Marshall Lecture: What Can Psychologists Tell Us About Morality?
LUST: Pornography: What’s Right, What’s Wrong?

LUST: Pornography: What’s Right, What’s Wrong?

An arena for critical thinking, public discussion and research into current ethical challenges in society.

Our Last Seven Deadly Sins Event:

POISON ENVY: HOW DO SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WELLNESS INDUSTRY CONVINCE US WE ARE SICK?

Dr. Stan Kutcher Professor, Psychiatry Dalhousie University

We’re bombarded online with idealized images of the #BlessedLife, from the perfect vacation to the perfect self. This presentation asks how social media and the wellness industry pathologize our negative emotions to sell us the cure.

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2017-18 Series: Seven Deadly Sins

Event Calender

Sept 27, 2017 Seven Deadly Sins – Lust: Pornography: What’s Right, What’s Wrong?

October 12, 2017 The Marshall Lecture – Can Psychologists Tell us Anything About Morality?

October 25, 2017 Ethics in the Evening – Immigration: What’s Shoved under the Welcome Mat?

November 2, 2017 Disentangling Burma’s Rohingya Tragedy

November 16, 2017 Seven Deadly Sins – If ‘Greed is Good,’ How Much is Too Much?

November 22, 2017 Ethics in the Evening – Media Coverage of Terrorism

November 27, 2017 Sheri Fink – The Ethics of Evacuation

January 24, 2018 Seven Deadly Sins – Gluttony: Food for Thought

February 28, 2018 Seven Deadly Sins: Poison Envy – Are Social Media and Wellness Making us Think we’re Sick?

March 7, 2018 Dr. Anita Ho: Who Can Read My Body: Trading off Privacy and Control for Access to Genetic and Health Data

March 8, 2018 Nowhere to Go: A Public Dialogue on Youth & Sexual Exploitation

March 21, 2018: War in the Age of Intelligent Machines: A Debate on Autonomous Weapons

March 22, 2018 PRIDE: NEW DATE – JUNE

April 10, 2018 Ethics in the Evening: What Do Ethical Banking and Financing Look Like?

NEXT

April 26, 2018 Seven Deadly Sins – Wrath: Moral Grandstanding

May 30, 2018 Seven Deadly Sins – Sloth: Too Tired to Care

 

June 14, 2018 Seven Deadly Sins – Blinded by the Pride: National Pride and the State of Indigenous Communities