Events

EHST will hold its annual meeting of members.  This is a business meeting where the members will (re-)elect board members, and pass a budget for 2024.  We will also seek suggestions from members for our priorities for the year.  Visitors and friends are welcome to attend, but they will not be eligible to vote.  Members […]

In this talk,  Will Kanwischer, Graduate Assistant, National High School Ethics Bowl at the UNC Parr Center for Ethics, will argue that we have duties to the dead, and that when we fail to perform them, we wrong the dead. If he is right, a person’s death does not mark the end of their importance […]

We will watch this Ted Talk by Michael Pollan,  the author of "The Omnivore’s Dilemma."  Here is what the Ted Talk website says about this presentation: "What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael […]

Hugh Giblin will give a presentation about the ethical philosophy of Peter Singer regarding giving. We will discuss one of his YouTube presentations as well as the "Effective Altruism" movement. Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.   Mr. Giblin is a longtime EHST […]

We will discuss the prior Sunday's program regarding effective altruism.   How can we be most effective in giving to help others?  How do we divide up our giving between local, national, and international needs? We will not be Zooming this meeting.