Author: Huenemann

We are putting together our team for the Ethics Bowl tournament this November. Ethics Bowl is like a debate tournament that has the aim not of winning arguments, but providing the best overall perspective on difficult moral cases. Our first meeting will be next Wednesday, September 14th, 4 – 5 p.m., in Main 203. It is possible to receive 1 credit for involvement; interested students should come to the meeting for details.

Mr. Deity tries to work through the Euthyphro problem, with the assistance of Christopher DiCarlo. Watch for “Tommy Aquifino”.

To mark the beginning of the academic year, our college (the College of Humanities and Social Sciences) is hosting a short & sweet “Light on the Hill” ceremony on the first evening of classes, Monday, August 29th. All students and faculty are welcome. The ceremony will be in the amphitheater on Old Main Hill, 7:30-8:30. Light refreshments provided.

Don’t. But if you do anyway, there is a useful discussion here about what to send in as your writing sample.

(h/t to Shaun Miller) I’m not sure about the reference to “a Creator”, but apart from that, I defy anyone to provide a better YouTube introduction to Plato’s theory of the forms: