Civil Discourse Mit Generously funded by the arthur vining davis foundations, the project has two core components: a speaker series open to the mit community, and seminars in concourse where students discuss freedom of expression and develop skills for successfully engaging in civil discourse. September 25, 7 8.30, 2 190: “should monogamous marriage be the social ideal?”, with diana fleischman (u. new mexico) and brad wilcox (u. virginia). these events are free and unticketed, and are followed by a reception. all welcome!.
Civil Discourse Mit The project as a whole aims to reinvigorate the open exchange of ideas at mit with high profile speaker events where an invited speaker debates an mit faculty member on important and controversial issues of the day. The premise behind the civil discourse project is that first year students who practice talking and listening to each other even when they disagree will become more thoughtful and open minded citizens, during their time at mit and beyond. A new project on civil discourse aims to promote open and civil discussion of difficult topics on the mit campus. the project, which will launch this fall, includes a speaker series and curricular activities in mit’s concourse program for first year students. October 24, 7 8.30, “climate change: ‘existential threat’ or ‘bump in the road’?” with steven koonin, former caltech provost and author of unsettled, and mit’s kerry emanuel (eaps).
Civil Discourse Mit A new project on civil discourse aims to promote open and civil discussion of difficult topics on the mit campus. the project, which will launch this fall, includes a speaker series and curricular activities in mit’s concourse program for first year students. October 24, 7 8.30, “climate change: ‘existential threat’ or ‘bump in the road’?” with steven koonin, former caltech provost and author of unsettled, and mit’s kerry emanuel (eaps). A new project on civil discourse aims to promote open and civil discussion of difficult topics on the mit campus. the project, which will launch this fall, includes a speaker series and curricular activities in mit’s concourse program for first year students. In one, the students read excerpts from john stuart mill’s on liberty, the mit statement on free expression and academic freedom, and information about the dorian abbot episode at mit. they then discussed the abbot affair in light of arguments that mill gives for free speech. The civil discourse initiative includes two components: the speaker series open to the mit community, and seminars where students can discuss freedom of expression and develop skills for successfully engaging in civil discourse. A new project on civil discourse aims to promote open and civil discussion of difficult topics on the mit campus. the project, which will launch this fall, includes a speaker series and curricular activities in mit’s concourse program for first year students.
Civil Discourse Mit A new project on civil discourse aims to promote open and civil discussion of difficult topics on the mit campus. the project, which will launch this fall, includes a speaker series and curricular activities in mit’s concourse program for first year students. In one, the students read excerpts from john stuart mill’s on liberty, the mit statement on free expression and academic freedom, and information about the dorian abbot episode at mit. they then discussed the abbot affair in light of arguments that mill gives for free speech. The civil discourse initiative includes two components: the speaker series open to the mit community, and seminars where students can discuss freedom of expression and develop skills for successfully engaging in civil discourse. A new project on civil discourse aims to promote open and civil discussion of difficult topics on the mit campus. the project, which will launch this fall, includes a speaker series and curricular activities in mit’s concourse program for first year students.
Civil Discourse Mit The civil discourse initiative includes two components: the speaker series open to the mit community, and seminars where students can discuss freedom of expression and develop skills for successfully engaging in civil discourse. A new project on civil discourse aims to promote open and civil discussion of difficult topics on the mit campus. the project, which will launch this fall, includes a speaker series and curricular activities in mit’s concourse program for first year students.
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