How We Moralize and Why It Matters
Moralizing gets a bad rap, but I’ll try to convince you that it (sort of) shouldn’t. I’ll walk through a handful of unusual forms that moralizing can take, like ironically thanking someone or pretending to reprimand someone who isn’t there. I’ll try to show that paying closer attention to these forms of moralizing should change your mind about the function of morality, sanctimoniousness, and whether morality is more a matter of reason or emotion.
Speaker: Ian Olasov
Ian Olasov is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Lethbridge Philosophy Department and the Critical Thinking and Civic Engagement Lab. He is the author of Ask a Philosopher: Answers to Your Most Important and Most Unexpected Questions (St. Martin’s: 2020) and a co-editor of A Companion to Public Philosophy (Wiley: 2022). He is also the President of the Public Philosophy Network.
Date/Time: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. The presentation begins at noon & concludes at 1 p.m.
Cost is free, donations however, are gratefully accepted.
Location: SACPA sessions are held at Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO), Atrium Dining Room, 500 - 11 Street South, Lethbridge
Lunch and Refreshments: If you like, please arrive early to patronize the LSCO cafeteria and enjoy their excellent variety of good-value food/drink options in the Atrium Dining Room ahead of the session
Contact:
caroline.zentner | caroline.zentner@uleth.ca