June 2019 Philosophy Think & Drink (Missoula)
June’s Think & Drink sparked great conversation about justice, resistance, civil disobedience, violence & oppression. Access resources here!
Tag: violence
Can Philosophy Help Us Get Beyond Anger?
Anger is an emotion that has (sadly) seemed to imbue our politics and culture. Thankfully, claims Martha Nussbaum — Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago — philosophy can help guide us out of this “dark vortex.” In this timely article, Nussbaum considers…
Separating Violence from Masculinity
More than twenty years after the war in the Balkans, generations of young men & women are still thick in struggle. Desperation, anger & frustration have led to increased violence by many young men and ideas about what masculinity entails have fueled the fire. According to Aleksandar Slijepsveic, youth coordinator…