Individualism

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

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

What do Plato, the Existentialists, and St. Thomas Aquinas have in common—if anything?

Plato believed that true knowledge comes from understanding eternal, unchanging Forms—and largely dismissed the world of experience. The Existentialists turned this on its head, arguing that experience is everything and that identity is something we create, not something given. And then there's Aquinas, who found a middle path: affirming the role of Forms (in God) while embracing experience as a vital path to truth.

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

In this video John Smithin and Ronen Grunberg discuss the philosophical relationship between Social Ontology and Laissez Faire economics.

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

This is the Aurora Philosophy Institute member discussion based on the topic of Virtue Ethics.