Philosophy Club Hosts Healthcare Discussion Wednesday

On Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 pm, The Philosophy Club is hosting the annual “Disputed Question: Is Health Care a Human Right?” in the Pere Marquette Gallery in DuBourg. The club explains below:

The Disputed Question is a public debate given by eight students. It is a tradition which has its roots in medieval Jesuit Universities. We are expecting a great turnout; there is quite a ‘buzz’ going around about this year’s topic. After the debate, Griffin Trotter Ph.D, M.D. of SLU’s Center for Health Care Ethics will be giving the “magisterial response.”

We also meet every Wednesday at 4:30 at Laclede’s Bar and Grill. You are always welcome. We have a weekly turnout of 20-25 students and around 40-50 who come over the course of a month. During our meetings we host lively discussion about philosophical topics. The club is open to “all majors, minors, and lovers of wisdom.” In addition to discussion, we invite popular professors to come and give presentations about a topic of their choosing.

We are a very active club with a real dynamism not found in most people’s experience of Philosophy. In the past we have discussed issues such as: “Is Race a Biological Reality, a Social Construction or a Myth?”, “Must Sex Involve Commitment?”, “Do Limits Exist of Logical Reasoning?”, and “What Constitutes a Person?” We also aren’t above the lighter and more active side of Philosophy. In the spring we plan on going to Merrimac Caverns for the spectacular event “The Cave in a Cave,” where we will read Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in a real live cave [Editor's note: or at least what we perceive to be a real live cave].

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