The Dialectic: ASU Philosophy Summer Camp 2025
2025 Topic: Everyday Ethics and 'The Good'
Everyday we have to make choices. What to eat for breakfast, whether to be grateful for our parents and teachers, and how rebellious we should be. How many of those choices concern what is good or moral? How many things that we encounter during the day – from moods to movies – matter outside of the pleasure they bring us?
Some guiding questions that we will be engaging:
For one week, you are a college student, working with ASU’s graduate students, to investigate these questions – coming to campus in the morning and leaving in the evening. You will get to meet a handful of ASU professors as they come in to give guest lectures. We will be drawing from Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, and Philosophy of Wellbeing. In the meantime, you’re hanging out with your peers that want to look at life a little more carefully. You are part of an intellectual community. You’re running around campus, eating in dining halls, peeking into the life of a college student.
**Deadline to register is May 1, 2025**
Camp is $400 each. Payment in full is due upon registration.
For students with financial need, we award a very small number of scholarships. Scholarships are awarded based on need and on a first-come-first-served basis. Scholarships given can be for a reduced tuition or full coverage. If you accept a scholarship, you are making a commitment to arrive on time for all of the sessions and to participate fully in the class.
To apply for a scholarship, please reach out to the Camp Coordinator Angela Barnes at asbarne6@asu.edu.
You will be contacted regarding our ability to provide the requested scholarship. All decisions are made at the discretion of the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies.
