Online Seminar Series: Espionage & the Common Good
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Date & Time
Sun, Aug 22 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Address (map)
1129 Maricopa Highway #156
Online Seminar Series
Espionage and the Common Good
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Looking at a variety of sources spanning the globe and the ages, this series will consider the role of covert theory and practice in securing the common good. Readings will include classics such as Sun Tzu’s Art of War, Machiavelli’s Prince, and Discourses. As a principal text, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying, will provide historical and philosophical insight as well as a series of real-life scenarios that test permissible actions, questioning the extent to which “the end justifies the means.”
Schedule:
12:00-2:00PM PDT
August 22 Reading:
The Art of War by Sun Tzu – Chapters I-VI, XIII (click icon to download), and
Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying by James M. Olson
“Philosophical and Historical Arguments,” pp. 15-31
Tutor:
Karl Haigler
Location:
Online. Register to receive the link.