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SUMMARY:Making Society a Better Place: On Accountability & Responsibility
DESCRIPTION:*** AS OF AUGUST 30TH\, WE ARE OFFICIALLY AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY. WE HAVE NO MORE SEATS AVAILABLE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR CANCELLATION LIST\, PLEASE E-MAIL MARISA AT MARISA@MERLINCCC.ORG. *** \n\n\n\nWhat We’ll Explore\nFrom pedophile church scandals and Wall Street Fraud\, to improper sports betting by athletes and addiction-related tragedies…how might we make society a better place?  \n\nIn this evening’s program led by Hon. Mark C. Dillon\, we’ll examine this question through the lens of philosophy and ask: \n\nWhat kinds of personal responsibilities do we have to others?\nDoes our society have a tolerance level? If so\, where are we at? What kinds of things contribute to our tolerances (or lack thereof)?  \nDo we have fewer guardrails now than we did in the past? Are the guardrails we have sometimes ineffective?\nHow can we hold ourselves and institutions accountable?\n\n\nAfter\, we’ll apply some of our thinking to a local (and nationwide) issue — data centers and AI. \nWHEN & WHEREWednesday\, September 2nd6pm-8pm (MST)Stonehouse @ Reeder's Alley (Located at the top of the walkway/across from the pavilion)COSTFree (Donations appreciated)BYOB & light snacks provided\n\n\n\nAbout Our Discussion Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Justice of the New York State Appellate Division\, Second Judicial Department\, and senior associate justice of the court\, Mark C. Dillon has over 19 years of experience on the bench. An adjunct professor of Practice at Fordham Law School and celebrated author (Montana Vigilantes 1863-1870: Gold\, Guns & Gallows and The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Struggle of a New Nation)\, he earned his B.A. from Colgate University\, M.A. from NYU\, and J.D. from Fordham Law School. Through Fordham\, Mark has volunteered time over three summers teaching mediation techniques to tribal chiefs\, priests\, and imams in remote regions of western Africa.  A lifetime long distance runner\, he has four children are grown\, and he resides with his wife in Dutchess County\, NY. \n\n\n\n\n\nRead more about Hon. Mark C. Dillon…\nJustice Dillon was elected to the state’s Supreme Court in the Ninth Judicial District in 1999 and re-elected in 2013.  Prior\, he served as a Judge of the Westchester County Court in 1997 and as a Town Justice of the Town of Yorktown from 1988 to 1997.  His career also includes three years as a Westchester County Assistant District Attorney\, and a total of twelve years as a trial attorney at the law firms of Cerussi & Spring P.C. and Dillon & Sarcone\, LLP. in White Plains\, NY. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nA contributing author of McKinney’s CPLR Practice Commentaries beginning with the 2019 supplements\, and has written six new hard cover volumes that have replaced those earlier authored by the late Professor David Siegel. He has published seven law review articles during the past decade through the Albany\, Pace\, NYU\, Cardozo\, and Hofstra Law Schools. \n\n\n\nJustice Dillon also published a 449-page hard cover book of legal history entitled Montana Vigilantes 1863-1870: Gold\, Guns & Gallows (Univ. of Colorado Press\, 2013)\, one of five books nominated for A History Book of the Year by the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association.  More recently\, he authored a book of legal history entitled The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Struggle of a New Nation (SUNY Press\, 2022)\, which focuses on Jay’s career and cases while the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.  The Jay book was one of ten books nominated nationally for History Book of the Year by the Foreward Independent Booksellers’ Association. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFill out my LGL Form!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake a Donation Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to Our Community Partners
URL:https://merlinccc.org/calendar-event/society-accountability-responsibility-law-justice/
LOCATION:Reeder’s Alley (Stonehouse Grotto)\, 101 Reeder's Alley\, Helena\, MT\, 59601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Philosophy Shorts
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ORGANIZER;CN="Marisa Diaz-Waian":MAILTO:marisa@merlinccc.org
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SUMMARY:Film & Philosophy: Kafka's "The Trial"
DESCRIPTION:What We’ll Be Doing\nWe’re excited to be resurrecting our film & philosophy events this year. We’ll be kicking off our first in the series with a matinee viewing of The Trial — a 1962 film based on Franz Kafka’s posthumously published novel of the same name. \nDescribed in Orson Welles’ opening narrative as a film with “the logic of a dream…of a nightmare\,” The Trial explores the nature of justice (both its beauty and its arbitrariness)\, law\, authority\, alienation\, bureaucracy\, oppression\, and (more generally) questions about freedom\, choice\, meaning\, and human condition. \nAfter the film\, we’ll have a community conversation led by Student Scholar Fellow Gavin Payne based on questions inspired by the film.  \nWHENSunday\, March 22nd2pm-5pm (MST)WHEREIn the Stonehouse Grotto @ Reeder's AlleyCOSTFree ($5 suggested donation)OTHERBYOB & SnacksFilm Run Time: 1 Hr. 47 MinutesShort break & community conversation to follow\n\n\n\nAbout Our Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\nGavin Payne is a senior at Helena High School\, a regular participant at Merlin activities\, and our first ever high school student scholar fellow. The founder of the Helena High School Moral Science Club\, he aims to go on to the University of Montana to study philosophy and classics. In his free time Gavin loves to read\, analyze poetry\, and write. Gavin will be leading the Merlin film viewing & discussion nights later this spring and is kicking off with a film adaptation of one of his favorite books\, Franz Kafka’s The Trial. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFill out my LGL Form!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake a Donation Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to Our Community Partners
URL:https://merlinccc.org/calendar-event/philosophy-shorts-film-philosophy-kafka-trial/
LOCATION:Reeder’s Alley (Stonehouse Grotto)\, 101 Reeder's Alley\, Helena\, MT\, 59601\, United States
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