Thomasius Club: Sebastian Rödl – Gut und Böse

In the organizer's words:

We all use words like: This is good, bad, or even evil. But what exactly do we mean by that? Is lying something bad, or just something bad? Sebastian Rödl, a philosopher from Leipzig, has written a book about this in which he says: "If we want to understand good, we need to understand the difference between evil and bad. This takes us out of the context of the natural and into the context of specifically human life. We ask the author what this means and what it means for our idea of the good.

Sebastian Rödl studied philosophy, musicology, German studies and history in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main. He has been a professor of philosophy since 2005, first in Basel and since 2012 in Leipzig. The subject of his systematic work is the nature of human thought and action.

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The discussion will be led by Annika Schadewaldt and Christian Lamp. Free admission.

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The Thomasius Club is an open discussion group that invites academics to discuss current topics of their research. The Thomasius Club's program is carefully selected and decided by a small group of active members and is named in memory of the Leipzig philosopher and legal scholar Christian Thomasius, who began publishing his Monatsgespräche in 1688. The Thomasius Club follows on from the idea of this journal to convey scientific content in German. The approximately one-hour discussions are made available as podcasts for anyone interested(http://www.thomasius-club.de).

Supported by L.I.S.A. - Das Wissenschaftsportal der Gerda Henkel Stiftung, the Leipzig University Library and the Institute for Cultural Studies Leipzig.