Upcoming

19th Annual CRC-CPPE Fall Ethics Symposium

The Ethics of Hope and Change

October 28, 2024

University Union @Sac State, Hinde Auditorium

Many Americans, including and perhaps especially younger ones, are pessimistic about their future prospects. Recent polls suggest that most are doubtful that today’s young people will be better off than their parents. The public’s trust in our political, economic, and social institutions is at or near historic lows. To what extent is such pessimism warranted? Speakers this year will help make sense of the data, identify bright spots that should fuel some optimism, focus on some problems that remain, and suggest how we can solve them.

Schedule:

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Opening and Introductory Remarks

9:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Julie Sze, American Studies, UC Davis. "Climate Justice as Non-Naïve Radical Hope: Bending the Curve”

11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Gale Pooley, Economics, Utah Tech. "Superabundance"

Break for lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Kyla Scanlon, Independent Financial Commentator. "In This Economy?"

3:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. Harry Blain, Political Science, Sac State. "Politics and the Supreme Court: The Search for Informed Pessimism"

4:20 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks