Department of Philosophy

Upcoming Events

Shelly KaganShelly Kagan (Yale)
"Why is Death Bad for You?"

Friday March 01, 2013
Umphrey Lee RM 241
3:00PM - 5:00PM


A Maguire Ethics Center Lecture

Abstract: Drawing on arguments from Epicurus and Lucretius, this lecture explores the deprivation account of the badness of death.

 


The Philosophy of Well-Being

Saturday March 02,2013
Hughes-Trigg Forum




The SMU Philosophy Club & The Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility workshop

Schedule:
9:30am - 11:30am    Jennifer Hawkins (Duke)
                                "A new Theory of Well-Being (built on a Theory
                                 of Ill-Being)"

1:30pm - 3:30pm     Steve Campbell (Coe College)
                                "The Goods & Evils of Death"

4:00pm - 6:00pm     Shelly Kagan (Yale)
                                 "Ill-Being"

 

For more information: sverdlik@smu.ed