Online Seminar Series: Espionage & the Common Good

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Date & Time

Sun, Sep 19 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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1129 Maricopa Highway #156

Online Seminar Series

Espionage and the Common Good

Sunday, September 19, 2021

​Looking at a variety of sources spanning the globe and the ages, this series will consider the role of covert theory and practice in securing the common good. Readings will include classics such as Sun Tzu’s Art of War, Machiavelli’s Prince, and Discourses. As a principal text, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying, will provide historical and philosophical insight as well as a series of real-life scenarios that test permissible actions, questioning the extent to which “the end justifies the means.”

​Schedule:

12:00-2:00PM PDT

​September 19 Reading:

The Prince (selections) by Machiavelli – Discourses III.6  – On Conspiracies

Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying by James M. Olson
Selected Case Studies

Tutor:

Karl Haigler

​Location:

Online. Register to receive the link.

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