Oregon Humanities

Happy-Hour Discussion Examines Morality and Self Deception

Writer Ursula K. Le Guin and OSU professor Lani Roberts are the next Think & Drink guests.

19 May 2009 | Permalink

Join writer Ursula K. Le Guin and Oregon State University philosophy professor Lani Roberts for an interactive discussion exploring morality and self-deception—including our ideals of morality, how we deceive ourselves individually and collectively, and the concept of moral evolution—at the next Think & Drink, a happy-hour series that sparks provocative conversations about big ideas.
Think & Drink will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at 6:30 at rontoms, 600 E. Burnside, Portland. The bimonthly series is sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH).
Ursula K. Le Guin writes fiction, science fiction, fantasy, books for young children and young adults, screenplays, essays, and verbal texts for musicians. Many of her major titles have remained in print for more than forty years, and her writing has been translated into sixteen languages. Le Guin has been a finalist for the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and has won a National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and a Pushcart Prize, among others.
Lani Roberts is an associate professor of philosophy at Oregon State University. Among her research interests is the role of individual moral complicity in the maintenance of social injustices. Roberts is an author and the co-editor of The Journal of Philosophy in the Contemporary World. Her many honors include two Martin Luther King Jr. Exemplary Service Awards.
Think & Drink, which invites the public to think and talk together, reflects OCH’s emphasis on infusing public conversations with critical thinking and fresh ideas.