The 11th Salon of General Education

You are cordially invited to the 11th speech of "Salon of General Education", delivered by Dr. Christopher Kluz and Dr. Lucas Scripter on Thursday, October 20, from 19:00 to 21:00.

Topic: Can the Immoral Life Be Happy?

Speaker: Dr. Christopher Kluz [ HSS, CUHK(SZ) ]

              Dr. Lucas Scripter [ HSS, CUHK(SZ) ]

Moderator: Dr. Tom Carroll [ HSS, CUHK(SZ) ]

Venue: Rm 102, Chengdao Building

Date: October 20, Thursday

Time: 19:00-21:00

Language: English

Abstract:         

Why should one live a moral life? One traditional answer claims that a moral life is necessary for leading a happy life. One can even go so far, as some philosophers have, to claim that morality constitutes happiness. Yet, it seems that some people who engage in wrong-doing are no less happy for it. This Salon will take up the question concerning the relationship between happiness and virtue in the form of a debate with the affirmative speaker arguing that an immoral life can be happy and the opposite speaker claiming that morality is indeed necessary for living a happy life.