Spring 2021 Events

Philosophy Social Hour: What are Low Level Gist Experiences and Why are They Important?

A Social Hour by Professor Dena Shottenkirk Ph.D.

April 22nd 2021 at 12:30 PM on ZOOM ID: 852 9884 3930 Passcode: 085268

Philosophy Department Student Expo at Brooklyn College

April 27th 12:30 - 2:00 PM, If you're interested in joining this event on ZOOM please pre-register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tzcrdOitpigrHdw9AoeLsWqc2OOnR7c3MYa

Philosophy Social Hour : From Climate Catastrophe to Energy Democracy? The Case for Public Power

A Social Hour by Professor Michael Menser Ph.D.

April 15th 2021 at 12:30 PM on ZOOM Meeting ID: 845 9502 1494 Passcode: 871256

Philosophy Social Hour: Becoming Visible: Digital Identities and Justice

A Social Hour by Professor Anna Gotlib Ph.D.

March 23rd 2021 at 12:30 PM on ZOOM Meeting ID: 861 3436 4305 Passcode: 518606

The United Nations (and other organizations) are committed to deliver, in about a decade, the ability for everyone to prove who they are in the form of digital identity. As useful and as necessary as this might sound, there have been a number of worries about the purposes and implications of digital identities, ranging from concerns about deceptive governmental practices , to the loss of privacy, to the opportunity for hackers and other intruders to destroy our sense of security.

Moreover, given that the movement toward digital identities has the greatest potential impact on 'invisible' disenfranchised populations, it seems to be especially important that the focus remains on more than just granting access to national administrative and bureaucratic systems. Indeed, digital identities must also focus on providing access to justice - to basic human rights related to identity, such as the right to control one's identity, the right to have access to social, economic, and political opportunity, and the right to make ownership ( and other) claims against others. During this Social Hour, Brooklyn College Philosophy Department's Professor Anna Gotlib will open a discussion of how, and if, this might be possible.