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Category Archives: Philosophy
Results: the passing of time
Tweet On Jan 26 we paused for thought to consider our relationship with time. We were joined by Old Father Time who posed some challenging questions. Quotes below got majority support from the group. Those in bold were top 10 statements. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, consider, new year, ponder, reflect
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Modern Rituals. 22 Dec 2011
TweetIn the December 2011 Thinking Tank we considered rituals and their role in modern society. Some of the discussion focused on Christmas preparations but we also considered marriage, funerals and other rituals. There was some dissent over what was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, eid, hanukkah, ritual, winter solstice
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Results: why we are not as ethical as we think
Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It. We examine our own ethical standards Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Society, result
Tagged ethical, ethics, Jonathan Wolff, morality, RSA
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Next Thinking Tank 19.05.2011 “We’re not as ethical as we think”
Posted in Debates, Philosophy, Society
Tagged bazerman, ethics, harvard, RSA, tenbrunsel, usa
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Thinking Tank 21.03.2011 Global or local?
TweetThe subject for this week’s Thinking Tank discussion Is Local or Global? Where would you start to make the world a better place? When I worked in multinationals and international development, I was all for global solutions. The more time … Continue reading
Posted in Debates, Economics, Philosophy, Society, Sustainability
Tagged #tanklocal, debate, global, local, twitter
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Next Thinking Tank 17.03.2011 4pm OR 8pm GMT
TweetIn our next discussion we will consider Enlightenment 2.0. What does it mean to you? Does it matter? Does it help? Both discussions will follow a similar format, though the journey can be quite different depending on who is there. … Continue reading
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And who is the most worthy?
TweetYears ago, following a tragic aeroplane accident in Manchester, all employees where I worked, who went on business trips, were issued smoke hoods at work. The plastic pouch containing the smoke hood explained how to remove it from the pouch … Continue reading
Peace Thinking Tank 16.12.2010
A far from peaceful debate, though with slightly more convergence around barriers to peace than we saw regarding desirability or actions for peace. Continue reading
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Tagged action, conflict, debate, individuals, nations, peace, polarity
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Christmas Thinking Tank Results 07.12.2008
TweetKids want happy families not presents, yet adults feel the pressure to spend!??? In December for the first time we ran two Thinking Tanks. One for under 16s and then one for adults. Children talked a lot about families, the … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Christmas, commercialisation, debate, family, global, racism, recycle, shopping
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