Nonviolence gets invoked constantly. Sometimes as moral high ground, other times as strategy, as identity, even as an accusation. Philosofarian's Seth Tichenor brings the question to Fort George: what does nonviolence actually mean, what does it demand, and does the concept hold up under scrutiny?

What is Public Philosophy?

Wit and Wisdom Talk Series

Why do we Need Meaningful Work?

We all have to work to make a living, but why do we care whether or not that work is meaningful? What, exactly, is work & what makes it meaningful? Who gets to decide what counts as meaningful work & how might they do it? And, of course, what difference does it make whether our work is meaningful or not? 

Wit & Wisdom Talk Series

We can ask machines to do tasks for us that might’ve taken weeks and it’s done in seconds. What does it mean to say a machine is thinking or thinking for us? Do we lose anything when a machine does work that we used to do for ourselves?

Doors open at 6pm, talk starts at 7pm, Questions at 7:45pm. Food and drink available. All ages welcome and it’s free!