Flourishing: A Philosophy Seminar

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What is it to flourish or to live a flourishing life?

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter

Monday 20 November 2023, 1pm - 5pmSeminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building Please register here for a free ticket What is it to flourish or to live a flourishing life? Is it only human beings who can live flourishing lives, or can non-human animals? Perhaps even eco-systems can flourish? This seminar will bring together three outstanding philosophers to shed light on these important and timely questions. Schedule: 1 pm: Sandwich lunch for all participants. 1.30 pm: Professor Robin Attfield: 'Flourishing and Essential Capacities'. 2.45 pm: Professor Workineh Kelbessa: ‘Human Flourishing and the Environment in African Environmental Philosophy’. 3.45 pm: Tea break. 4 pm: Dr Joseph Moore: ‘Flourishing of the Mind and Beyond: A Cross-Disciplinary Review’. 5 pm: Close. Speaker biographies: Robin Attfield is a British philosopher known for his work on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_philosophy" title="Environmental philosophy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">environmental philosophy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ethics</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_philosophy" title="History of philosophy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">history of philosophy</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_religion" title="Philosophy of religion" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">philosophy of religion</a>. He is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeritus_Professor" title="Emeritus Professor" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Emeritus Professor</a> of Philosophy at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_University" title="Cardiff University" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cardiff University</a>. He has published many articles and books, including Environmental Thought: A Short History, 2021. <a href="https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/people/workineh-kelbessa" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Workineh Kelbessa</a> is Professor of Philosophy in the Dept. of Philosophy, University of Addis Ababa, and TORCH Humanities and Identities Visiting Professor, 2023 – 24. He is currently hosted by the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and All Souls College. He has published books and articles on a wide range of topics, including African philosophy, indigenous knowledge, environmental philosophy, environmental ethics, development ethics, climate ethics, water ethics, globalization, and the philosophy of love and sex. Joseph Moore is a Senior Research Fellow in the University of Oxford's Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He specializes in ethical theory, political theory, and the history of philosophy, especially ancient Greek philosophy. Recent publications include ‘Human Flourishing and Education’ in Anders Schinkel (ed.), Wonder, Education, and Human Flourishing (2020), pp. 60-80. <a href="https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41804" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41804</a>.)

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