Ethics Bowl meeting next Wednesday!

You might be interested in Ethics Bowl. It is like debate, but with less attention on scoring points, and more attention on good, constructive dialogue about interesting and difficult moral situations. In previous years, Utah State has fielded some really terrific teams, and has participated regionally and nationally. It is a lot of work – almost as much as another class – but really fun and interesting, and helpful in building skills in research, presenting arguments, and fielding objections.

If you are interested, please come to Main 002K (Professor Holberg’s office) next Wednesday (9/5) at 11:30 a.m. If you can’t make that time, please send a note to Professor Holberg at erica.holberg@usu.edu.

The Partially Examined Life podcast

Here is an interesting essay about the “Partially Examined Life” podcast, which can be found here. Relevant excerpt:

Who is our audience? There is a growing group of “philosophy fans” out there: people who took a philosophy class (or dozens of them) but then had to get a “real job,” students who want to learn more than what their particular courses are focusing on, and a great mass of people who never had the opportunity to study philosophy formally but are hungry for it–hungry to understand the world, open to the idea that this might just not be a matter of absorbing scientific facts about it, and wanting to live intelligent, well-directed lives without believing that some particular religion has all the answers already.

Welcome back to campus!

Return to Pigeon Point Lighthouse - 138th Anniversary

Welcome back, philosophers! If you are looking for a way to connect with your fellow students, and kick off the year ceremoniously, please come to our college’s annual Light on the Hill event. It is this Tuesday, 8/28, 7 p.m., on Old Main Hill. There will be food trucks there (and I hear the food is free, though a minimal donation (for scholarships) is encouraged), and a table for Philosophy Club – with free books! Everyone is welcome.