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Description
Please note that this course has had to be rescheduled, please check again by Thursday 3rd July, when we should have rescheduled this course for later in the year. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Price Options:
Standard rate: £139
Supporter rate: £149
Theme:
Buddhist and existential thinkers (Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Arendt, Sartre and Beauvoir) start from the fundamental question of what it means 'to be' in this world.
Both are highly critical of traditional and overly rationalistic approaches to ethics, and attempt to provide better accounts of what it means to be human. They do so by articulating ethical perspectives that respect the individual, yet, are fundamentally concerned with the Other - both human and non-human - and the ethical value of an authentic, or an 'awakened' way of life.
Although Buddhism and existentialism are highly ethical in their orientation neither espouse ethical theories, but attempt to demonstrate ways in which we can respond to the varied and changing nature of the ethical situations that we find ourselves inhabiting. Some of the important questions that we will address are:
· How can we behave ethically in an ever-changing world?
· What does it mean to have ethics without a fixed 'self'?
· How can we live with ethical uncertainty?
· What is ethical responsibility?
· How does a sense of wonder contribute to our ethical approaches?
· What are the contemporary 'dangers' to living ethically?
Throughout the course, we will keep in view the practical nature of such questions; and how ethics constitute the heart of Buddhist and existential ways of being in this world.
Event Details
Schedule:
6 consecutive Tuesday evenings from 6-8pm UK time on July 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th and August 5th 2025 from 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM BST
Recordings:
Recordings will be shared after each session.
Suitability:
Open to all - new and experienced practitioners alike.
Cost:
- The price includes a fee for the teachers, no additional dana will be requested.
- Possibility to pay a supporter rate by selecting the option available on the registration form. (If you would like to pay this rate, please tick the 'yes' box under the supporter rate heading on the first page of the registration form.)
- If you are unable to afford the our standard course rate, please contact us here. We will make sure that no one is turned away because of lack of funds.
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