Public Ethics
UF Intersections Ethics Cafe: Climate Change
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAre you interested in learning more about controversial public issues? Would you like to talk with other students about the issues that you care about? Do you want to wrestle with hard questions in a friendly, civil setting? No previous training is necessary – bring an open mind, willingness to listen and share, and a …
UF Intersections Ethics Cafe: Free College
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAre you interested in learning more about controversial public issues? Would you like to talk with other students about the issues that you care about? Do you want to wrestle with hard questions in a friendly, civil setting? No previous training is necessary – bring an open mind, willingness to listen and share, and a …
UF Intersections Ethics Café: Free Speech and Hate Speech
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAre you interested in learning more about free speech and hate speech on campus? Would you like to talk with other students about freedom of expression and the extent to which it should or can be limited? This Ethics Café will provide a forum for wrestling with this difficult issue in a friendly, civil setting. …
UF Intersections Public Ethics Panel: Sex Trafficking and Toxic Masculinity
Dauer 219Join UF experts and community activists in a discussion of sex trafficking and its existence in the local community. After hearing from each speaker, participants will have the opportunity to engage the panelists and each other in a civil discussion. The event is free and open to the public. Panelists: Sedona Huffy, Created Gainesville Alison …
UF Intersections Public Ethics Panel: Immigration Reform
The Historic Thomas Center 302 NE 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThis community panel features local experts who will address immigration reform through religious, policy, and community efforts. After hearing from each speaker, participants will have the opportunity to engage the panelists and each other in a civil discussion about how Gainesville can respond to the immigration crisis, and specifically whether Gainesville should become a sanctuary …
Virtual Ethics Café on Consent
Let's talk about consent. Ethics Cafés provide an organized forum for wrestling with difficult issues in a friendly, civil setting. Bring an open mind, a willingness to listen and share, and a desire to learn with and from the members of your community. The café is free and open to UF students only. Zoom registration …
Virtual Roundtable on Education and COVID
How has COVID-19 affected all education levels? Hear perspectives from educators, parents, administrators, students, and community advocates who will discuss hardships, losses, successes, and everything in between! We welcome students of all ages, parents, educators, and community members to join us. There will be short presentations by the panelists, followed by a moderated discussion. Participants …
Ethics on Tap: Community Conversation on Gentrification
Come join us at Cypress and Grove Brewery for a night of socially distanced discussion on the ethical issues raised by gentrification in the Gainesville community. This event is free and open to members of the UF and Gainesville communities. Location:Â Cypress and Grove Brewery 1001 Northwest 4th Street Gainesville, FL 32601 Register here More information …
Intersections Symposium Ft. Will Robots Feel Pain? The Politics of Race, the Governance of Technology, and the Future of Humanity – Sylvester Johnson
From Aristotle’s ancient conception of the soul, to Ibn Rushd’s 12th-century analytics of the intellect, to the information theory underlying neural networks, scholars have queried the agency of things and the relationship between matter and its other (spirit?). Does agency inhere in material things? Can an assemblage of machine parts be a person? What distinguishes …