Virtual Learning
Originally aired: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 11AM
Webinar: Classics Revisited – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
panelists + moderator
Prof. Michael Sugrue
Professor of History at Ave Maria University, BA in History from the University of Chicago, M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University
Kristy Goebel
Bibliotheca
Attendee Responses + Information
Are people better off with happiness than with truth? What if individual happiness were defined as the ability to satisfy personal needs and success as a society equated with economic growth and prosperity? Enter a dystopian future created by Aldous Huxely centered around the Utilitarian philosophy in Brave New World. Professor Michael Sugrue, Ph.D. will break apart this classic and dive into a discussion of what a society looks like when it is pleasure based and if that leads to a meaningful life. A live Q&A with the professor will follow the lecture of this great novel!
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