Secrets and Falsehood in Jane Austen

Kocsi Ildikó (class of 2008) will give a talk on

Secrets and Falsehood in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

on 21 October at 12.00 in the Resource Centre (A/6 Room 5).

All welcome.

The Ethics of Garrett Hardin

For those interested, here's Gábor's handout to his talk about Garrett Hardin which he delivered on 19 March:

1. Biography:
Garrett James Hardin (1915-2003)
BS – Zoology (1936)
PhD – Microbiology (1941)
Professor of Human Ecology
About 350 articles and 27 books

2. The Tragedy of the Commons (1968)
Population problem
Pasture – each herdsman tries to keep as many cattle as possible > tragedy
The breeding of mankind should be controlled
Finite world < > infinite population growth
Morality depends on the context

3. Lifeboat Ethics (1974)
Lifeboat metaphor instead of spaceship ethics
Uncontrolled immigration and foreign aid
Overpopulation and hunger
Overloading the environment

4. Questions, Discussion
Today?
Problems?
Contradictions?
Solution?

Reading:
Hardin, Garrett: ”The Tragedy of the Commons”, Science. 162. 1968.
Hardin, Garrett: ”Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor”, Psychology Today. 8. 1974.
http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/

Magyarul:
Hardin, Garrett: „A közlegelők tragédiája” in Lányi András (szerk.): Természet és szabadság. Budapest, Osiris, 2000. 219-231.
Hardin, Garrett: „A mentőcsónak erkölcstana” in Lányi András – Jávor Benedek (szerk.): Környezet és etika. Budapest, L’Harmattan, 2005. 115-128.
Hardin, Garrett: „A gazdátlan közlegelők tragédiája” in Lányi András (szerk.): Természet és szabadság. Budapest, Osiris, 2000. 232-234.
Tóth I. János: Fejezetek a környezetfilozófiából. Szeged, JATEPress, 2005. 68-82.

Garrett Hardin

As part of our Research Forum series, Varga Gábor is going to give a talk on "The Ethics of Garrett Hardin" on Wednesday, 19 March at 13.00 in the BC Resource Centre (A/6) Room 5.

All welcome!

Gerry Miller

On 13 February (Wednesday) Mr Gerry Miller pays his annual visit our department again. He is going to give talks on Irish History and Literature during the day at various venues, and will visit classes. He will be happy to meet students and colleagues informally. Gerry is a founding member of the Northern Ireland Council of Christians and Jews, and a member of the executive of The Peace People, a Northern Irish peace organization. He is a member of the Irish Writers' Union and writer of a collectiion of poems The Awakening. This will he his fourth visit to Miskolc University. Come back later for more details, or check the advertisement boards at the English Department.