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Dowling College Presentation Contemplates the Ethics of Labor
OAKDALE, NY – In recognition of Dowling College's Annual Theme of Diversity, the lecture series continues with a presentation that discusses competitiveness and ethics. Our esteemed presenter, Konstantine Boudouris, will compare and contrast the form of economic activity in Hesiod's time versus the form we have today. This thought-provoking lecture will take place on Tuesday, April 7th at 2:30 p.m. in the Fortunoff Hall Hunt Room. This event is free and open to the public.
This presentation will discuss Hesiod's (8th century B.C.) ethical ideas about labor, competitiveness (rivalry) and economic activity in connection with the state of affairs in contemporary world. The presenter will raise issues of the socio-political and enterprising framework of Hesiod's era within which human creativity has been expressed through labor. The purpose of labor and why labor as such is the one of the main constitutive principles of political society will also be discussed.
What becomes clear through analysis and relating comments of Hesiod's thought is the value of poets' and socio-political philosophers' ideas even today, within the free and competitive society in which we live, regardless of reasonable changes that could be noticed. Taking this as our starting and main point, reference to the ancient Greek thought and philosophy is of the utmost importance for elucidation of problems of individual and public ethics, which are the subject of this presentation.
Konstantine Boudouris, is a Professor of Philosophy of the University of Athens. He is the President of the International Association for Greek Philosophy and repeatedly elected as the President and General Secretary of Greek Philosophical Society. Mr. Boudouris is a member of the CD of FISP and the Editor of the Philosophical Journal "Greek Philosophical Review," the scientific publication of the Greek Philosophical Society. He is author of a great number of scientific articles and books, which investigate not only Greek Philosophy but also other fields of philosophy, and has organized more than fifty Panhellenic and International Philosophical Seminars and Conferences. Mr. Boudouris has visited and lectured at many Universities in Europe, United States, Canada, Africa and Asia and generally promotes Greek philosophical thought and Greek culture on the international scene.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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