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Event:
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Philosopher Discusses Evolution, Ethics as Albion College PBK Visiting Scholar
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Date:
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Thursday, April 6th, 2017
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Time:
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7:00 PM
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Organization:
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Albion College |
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Location:
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Bobbitt Visual Arts Center
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Cost:
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Free
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Description:
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A surprising link between
human history and behavior
is revealed as visiting Phi
Beta Kappa lecturer Phillip
Kitcher presents "Evolution
and the Ethical Life" in a
public presentation
Thursday, April 6. This
event takes place at 7 p.m.
in the College's Bobbitt
Visual Arts Center.
"Hot-button issues like
climate change, reproductive
rights, resource
distribution, death and
dying—are irreducibly
ethical," says Albion
College philosophy professor
Jeremy Kirby. "Some
philosophers and biologists
believe that an evolutionary
advantage was conferred upon
those with the disposition
to live cooperatively.
Phillip Kitcher considers
the extent to which this
idea makes sense, while
offering his own take on the
relationship between
evolution and the ethical
life.
A philosopher with special
interests in mathematics,
philosophy of science,
Kitcher has taught at Vassar
College, the University of
Vermont, the University of
Minnesota, the University of
California at San Diego,
and, most recently at
Columbia University. He is
currently interested in the
ethical and political
constraints on scientific
research, the evolution of
altruism and morality, and
the apparent conflict
between science and
religion.
Kitcher's Albion appearance
is sponsored by the national
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting
Scholars program. For more
information, contact Albion
College philosophy professor
Jeremy0020
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Categories:
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College, Events
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