May 19: Steve Monfort, Executive Director of UC Nature
Moral Reflections on Biodiversity and Conservation
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May 5: Bianca Hand, Department of Art History
Discussing Differences in Imperial Visions
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April 21: Layne Little, Department of Religion, Culture, and Society
A Philosophical Discussion of Buddhist Ethics
Additional Resources:
Buddha, Socrates and Us — Stephen Batchelor
What the Buddha Taught — Walpola Rahula
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha — Thích Nhất Hạnh
Dhammapada
April 7: Amy Motlagh, Comparative Literature
Examining Iranian Struggle for Navigating Morality and Dignity in Restrictive Cultural and Social Systems
Additional Resources:
Professor Motlagh’s Podcast: The Story of Iran
Savushun by Simin Daneshvar
The First Day by Goli Taraghi
The Space Between Us by Zoya Pirzad
The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran by Beeta Baghoolizadeh
Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery: Iran’s Cinematic Archive by Parisa Vaziri
This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States by Manijeh Moradian
Crimson Gold by Abbas Kiarostami & Jafar Panahi
A Separation by Asghar Farhadi
Office Hour: Ethics for a Post-Ethical World 