Pre-Term Seminar

Duty in One’s Calling:
The Ethics of Work

Monday, August 31 | 1.00–7.30 | Elm Library

A half-day seminar exploring fundamental questions about the nature and the ethics of work: Is work a burden or a blessing? Under what conditions do we experience work as meaningful and fulfilling? What does it mean to treat work as a calling? What distinguishes the professions (law, medicine, ministry, engineering, etc.) from other forms of work, and what are the obligations involved in professional life? Readings include selections from Hesiod, Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Hannah Arendt.

The seminar will be led by Peter Wicks.

This seminar is currently full. If you would like to be added to the wait list, contact Peter Wicks.

Schedule
1.00-1.30 LUNCH
1.30-2.45 Session 1: A Brief History of the Protestant Work Ethic
2.45-3.00 BREAK
3.00-4.15 Session 2: What is Good Work?
4.15-4.30 BREAK
4.30-5.45 Session 3: Ethics in the Professions
6.00-7.30 DINNER @ MORY’S