(This is a free event. Seating policy is first come first serve.)
Food-for-thought: Prof. Sanderson (not on panel), "The Science of Happiness." https://youtu.be/zSHFa3PdivA
https://youtu.be/zSHFa3PdivA
Happiness may be understood in prosaic and philosophic senses: as referring to a moment of experience or the entirety of a life; as referring to a psychological state of mind, relating to pleasurable emotions, as well as referring to a life regarded as going well, flourishing, for the individual leading it, and as such, a prudential value judgement of ultimate goods. Is ones contentedness with ones life the sole measure of a life going well? Is the pleasure one gets good or is ones getting it the thing that makes it good (in other words, is it good for oneself because it seems good to oneself)? How does ones happiness comport with the welfare of others? Are some pleasures more valuable than others? Is happiness necessary for a good life?
The above questions are a mere sampling of the many ways our roundtable will explore the meaning of happiness and the profound epistemological questions of ethics it evokes, as well as consider the role of positive psychology in raising awareness and provoking controversies regarding the ways we define and measure happiness and thence shape socioeconomic theories and policies.
Participants:
Alberto Bisin
Professor of Economics, New York University
Alberto Bisin is Professor of Economics at New York University. He is an Elected Fellow of the Econometric Society. He is also a fellow of the NBER, the Center for Experimental Social Sciences at NYU, IGIER at Bocconi University, CIREQ at the University of Montreal, IZA at the University of Bonn. He is also a read more
Wendy Suzuki
Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, New York University
Wendy Suzuki, Ph.D. is a Professor of Neural Science and psychology at New York University. She received her undergraduate degree from U.C. Berkeley and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from U.C. San Diego. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health before starting her faculty position in the Center for Neural Science at read more
Christine Vitrano
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Christine Vitrano is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is the author of The Nature and Value of Happiness. She is coauthor, with Steven M. Cahn, of Happiness and Goodness: Philosophical Reflections on Living Well and they also coedited Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy.
Saturday, September 24
2:30-4:30 pm
http://www.helixcenter.org/roundtables/happiness/
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A. Listen to understand. Suspend judgment. (You do
n't have to agree with what is being said.)
B. Make one point at a time and allow others to respond. Speak from personal experience.
C. Identify the underlying assumptions and values. Look for new insights.
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