2008-9 Humanities Seminar
Seminar Theme: Ethical Life in a Global Society
In 2008-9, the Humanities Institute Faculty Seminar will meet weekly to explore the topic: “Ethical Life in a Global Society." Specific focal points for the Seminar will be determined by the interests and research projects of its members, who will collectively produce the schedule of readings, discussions, and presentations. The Seminar's general objective, however, is to facilitate a broad and comparative inquiry into the ways in which historical systems of ethics and ideas of ethical life are both constructed and challenged in the contemporary world. Some of the issues that fall within the topic's purview and that the Seminar might explore include: the (uneven) globalization of capital, labor, technology, law, natural resources, environmental impacts, cultural influences, medical services and communications systems in the 21st century.