Ethics

In this presentation for the Aurora Philosophy Institute (API), Shishir Lakhani poses a striking existential question: What if peace breaks out?

To explore this question, Shishir examines war from multiple perspectives—economic, social, psychological, moral, and philosophical—tracing the deep and often overlapping forces that give rise to human conflict. Rather than focusing on war as a series of historical events, the talk investigates the underlying impulses, narratives, and structures that have allowed war to remain such a persistent feature of the human condition.

Georgism: The Remedy to Economic Inequality — Part I (Presentation)

Georgism: The Remedy to Economic Inequality — Part II (Discussion)

Samuel Yigzaw shares his thoughts on Georgism and its potential to reshape our understanding of wealth and property. The presentation is followed by a Q&A session where he engages with Aurora Philosophy Institute members in a discussion of the ideas and principles presented.

In this video Torrey Byles spoke to the Aurora Philosophy Institute about the possibility of Communitarianism.

Professor David Barrows discusses the psychology and moral and social consequences of hate and its corollary Anti-Semitism.

This talk and discussion took place on February 27, 2024. Shishir Lakhani discusses the ideas of Machiavelli and his relevance to daily life.

Henry Chausovsky: The Philosophy of Stoicism (Discussion)

In this video John and Ronen discuss some contemporary moral theories which have gained prominence and which have limited the interest in Virtue Ethics.

In this video John Smithin and Ronen Grunberg discuss using Virtue Ethics as a way of making moral decisions.