U3a Philosophy

Choose from the Philosophy Menu Bar ▼ HOME INDEX Justice 6.v.25 The Good Life 20.v.25 Hume & Testimony 3.vi.25 1H25 Reflections 17.vi.25 Nietzsche 1 24.ii.25 Nietzsche 2 11.iii.25 Universal Basic Income 25.iii.25 Hegel 22.iv.25 2024 Wrap-Up 10.x.24 Democracy 14.i.25 Civilisation? 28.i.25 Compulsory Voting? 11.ii.25 Berlin and Freedom 15.x.24 Nussbaum, Sen and Capability 29.x.24 Slavery Reparations 12.xi.24 Rawls 26.xi.24 Assisted Suicide 11.vi.24 Popper and Evolution 20.viii.24 Popper continued 17.ix.24 Berlin and Romanticism 1.x.24 Marx 19.iii.24 Kant and Knowledge 16.iv.24 Kant and Morality 30.iv.24 Education and Religion 14.v.24 Hobbes & Security 23.i.24 From Locke to Mill 6.ii.24 Rousseau: Social Contract 20.ii.24 Rousseau and Education 5.iii.24 AI and Ethics 31.x.23 Aristotle and AI 14.xi.23 Autumn 2023 Review 28.xi.23 Democracy 9.i.24 Private Education 5.ix.23 The Very Elderly 19.ix.23 Justifiable Law-breaking 3.x.23 Moral Authority 17.x.23

Lent Term 2025

• Compulsory Voting?
• Our View of the Future
• Democracy

Michaelmas Term 2024

• End-of-Year Wrap-Up
• John Rawls
• Slavery Reparations
• Nussbaum, Sen and the Capabilities Approach
• Berlin and Freedom
• Berlin and Romanticism
• Popper continued
• Popper, Darwin and Natural Selection

Summer Term 2024

• Assisted Suicide
• Education and Religion

Hilary Term 2024

• Kant and Morality
• Kant and Knowledge
• The Political Philosophy of Karl Marx
• Rousseau and Education
• Rousseau and the Social Contract
• Mill and the Enlightenment
• Hobbes and Security
• The Future of Democracy

Michaelmas Term 2023

• Review of Michaelmas Term
• Aristotle and AI
• Should Artificial Intelligence be encouraged?
• Where do we get our moral authority from in a modern society?
• When Can We Break the Law?
• Philosophy for the Very Elderly
• The Ethics of Private Education for Children