This Month’s Session

• This month’s reading: Daniel Kelly’s and Evan Westra’s essay “Why Does Moral Progress Feel Preachy and Annoying?”
• For links to online versions of the texts, reading guides, and other resources, please view the shared Google site

Kelly and Westra think it is very natural for us to react with eye rolling, annoyance, and downright hostility when others make moral demands on us in the name of social progress. And we might think that these reactions reveal that the demands being made deserve to be dismissed. But, they argue, we’d be wrong to think this. Our guts aren’t as tuned into morality as we might hope

Join us for a discussion of their essay! We’ll explore possible disconnect between moral progress and gut reactions and how we can best navigate such disconnect.

(Event limited to 24 participants) You will receive the Zoom information for the meeting after registration. Please email the facilitator if you can’t find the Zoom info; they’ll get back to you right away.

About the Deep Thoughts Philosophy Reading Group

• Meets every fourth Monday of each month, from 7-8:30 pm, via Zoom
• Open to adults and older teens aged 16+.
  

This group meets monthly to discuss a classic short work of philosophy or an excerpt from a longer work.

Participants read the work prior to our meeting, and together we explore the meaning of the text and the value it offers us. All participants are welcome, including those who are unable to read the entire selection before the meeting.

Sessions are facilitated by Dawn Jacobs and other graduate students of the Philosophy Outreach Program of Colorado at CU Boulder (POPCO). Facilitators will focus on encouraging and guiding a group discussion/learning event rather than on teaching.

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