Fall 2024

A Yearning Desire to Rise: The Ethics of Ambition

Monday 8/26 | Elm Library

A pre-term seminar on the ethics of ambition, featuring readings from Aristotle, Cicero, Alexis de Tocqueville, and a range of modern authors, including Joan Didion and Paul Graham. More info…

The Philosophy of Everyday Life

Thursdays | 6.00-7.30pm | Elm Library

A series of discussions about the deep questions that underlie everyday human experiences and activities, from sharing meals and playing games, to making friendships and pursuing professional and personal success. More info…

Classics of Medical Ethics

Mondays | 5.00-6.30pm | Anlyan Center

A new series dedicated to discussing essays in medical ethics that have established themselves as classics in the field. More info…

Political Philosophy and the Christian Tradition

Thursdays | 3.45-5.00pm | Elm Library

A reading group examining political philosophy of major Christian thinkers from the high medieval period to the Reformation. More info…

Thomistic Philosophy

Fridays | 12.00-1.15pm | Elm Library

A reading group on philosophical themes in the work of Thomas Aquinas. More info…

What Should an Educated Person Know?

Wednesdays | 12.00-1.15pm | Elm Library

A reading group about how, in a world that offers unprecedented abundance of opportunities to learn, we should decide what we need to know. More info…

Friday Speaker Series

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Three Games of Politics
9/20 Kevin Elliott (Yale University)

The Ethics of Academic Authorship
9/27 Peter Wicks (Elm Institute)

Evolution, Human Nature, and the Meaning of Existence
10/4 Samuel Wilkinson (Yale School of Medicine)

Is Suffering Ever Evil?
10/11 Charlotte Duffee (Harvard University)

Is Privacy Possible in a Digital World?
10/25 Luise Papcke (Yale University)

Religion, Robots, and Rocketry
11/1 Benjamin Doolittle (Yale School of Medicine)

Theosophy and the Science of Religion
11/8 Chris Coome (Yale Divinity School)

Are You Meritorious?
11/15 Darel Paul (Williams College)