Events for February 25, 2025 - February 25, 2025

Hannah Lawman Philadelphia Department of Public Health Over 10,000 West Africans lost their lives during the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic, the largest in history. This talk will focus on ethical considerations of Western Intervention brought into sharper view by the Ebola epidemic. It will consider the economics of drug and diagnostics development and the role of [...]

Hugh Taft-Morales Leader, Philadelphia Ethical Society So much of our lives are lived in distraction. We are constantly reacting to the world around us. We get sucked into regrets of the past or anxiety about the future. We forget where we are in time and space. What if we accept some simple profound advice: be…here…now. [...]

Jerome Shabazz Executive Director, Overbrook Environmental Educational Center The Overbrook Environmental Education Center (OEEC) works to demonstrate strategies that promote healthier, more resilient communities in Philadelphia’s vulnerable neighborhoods with the use of sustainable practices. The OEEC has trained thousands of students on the Clean Water Act and Toxic Substances Control Act, and other topics that [...]

Facilitator: Robert Edwin (Steinfort) Professional musician and PES member Many of us know that famous line delivered by Mama Rose to her young daughter Louise in the Broadway musical, Gypsy. “Sing out, Louise!” will be the mantra for the June 2 summer platform as Robert Edwin (Steinfort), Director of The PES Pop-Up Chorus, will show [...]

Facilitator: Javad Mohsenian, MD PES member Dr. Javad Mohsenian, an Iranian-American author/psychiatrist will look at Omar Khayyam’s life and Edward Fitzgerald’s translation of his poetry. He will examine the poet’s complicated life and his psyche through the window of his poetry. Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough. A flask of wine, a [...]

Christian Hayden Leader in Training What's your ethical framework--is it Kantian, utilitarian or relativist? What can we learn from feminist ethics? How are values different than principles? Part teach-in, part share-out, learn about various approaches to Ethics and leave with a better understanding of your values and your own guiding principles.

Facilitator: Betsy Lightbourn, PES member Ethical issues are often creatively explored through fiction. Literary fiction especially can illuminate ethical issues and enhance an understanding of the lives of others. This summer, our reviewers will briefly review books which have led them to a better understanding of those who are not like them, e.g. race, gender, [...]