
The Point of View of the Universe: A Philosophical Conversation with Peter Singer
Peter Singer
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 7 p.m. Virtual Event
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Peter Singer
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 7 p.m. Virtual Event
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John McWhorter
Monday, March 14, 2022 at 7 p.m. Virtual Event
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Leslie M. Harris and Phillip W. Magness
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 7 p.m. Virtual Event
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Gary Saul Morson
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 7 p.m. Virtual Event
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Led by Morrison Family Director of the Institute for Freedom and Community, The Weber Seminar is designed to acquaint students with moral, political and social ideas that challenge comfortable partisan opinions or reigning orthodoxies in the academy.
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-David Brooks, New York Times columnist, Patriotism, Nationalism, and the Idea of America
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