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On 28th July ten members of the philosophy group met at Enterprise House to consider the work of Herbert Marcuse. The session heard that Marcuse was a twentieth century philosopher who developed the work of Hegel, Marx, Freud and Nietzsche to reach his unified theory regarding domination, desire and identify the possibility of a non-repressive civilisation. … Read more

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it” (Karl Marx, 1845) In our June meeting we looked at Marxism, followed by a quick peep at the work of Marcuse. We explored some of the core ideas proposed by Karl Marx and his friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels.… Read more

Our topic this month was to analyse how we judge something to be ‘good’, and on what basis we make decisions that are ‘right’. There are three main aspects, with the second (Normative ethics) giving us guiding principles for our behaviour. Virtue ethics is a moral philosophy that prioritizes virtues and character over rules or consequences.… Read more

April’s topic was ‘ABSURDISM’, a philosophy largely attributed to ALBERT CAMUS (1913-1960), a French Algerian writer and his book ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’ (1942) (Group link) When Sisyphus, King of Corinth died, because he had angered and incurred the wrath of Zeus, he was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill only for it to roll… Read more