The Sum of Human Happiness
This session uses a short story about a teacher to explore the claim that right and wrong are a matter of weighing up the results of an action and seeing if it leads to the greatest happiness overall.
This session uses a short story about a teacher to explore the claim that right and wrong are a matter of weighing up the results of an action and seeing if it leads to the greatest happiness overall.
This session considers what humans would be like if we were more similar to our distant cousin, the naked mole rat.
This session uses the central premise of the TV show, ‘The Good Place’ to stimulate a reflective enquiry that takes place over the course of a week.
This session is on one of philosophy’s most famous thought experiments - Plato’s cave. It’s a very provocative thought experiment which can entertain endless discussion on themes as diverse as knowledge acquisition, the truth of our values, perceptions and political systems.
An investigation into different aspects of eating and how free we are to do them.
An exploration of why being scared is enjoyable, and various other questions surrounding the concept of fear.