<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Reminder:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Dear colleagues,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">This year <span class="gmail_default"></span>o<span class="gmail_default">ur Annual Sophia Lecture will be given</span> by Dr. Caroline West (University of Sydney). Everyone is warmly welcome to attend.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000" size="4"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">What is this thing called happiness?</span></i></b> </font></p><p style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US">Thursday, </span>October 9, 3:30pm - 5:00pm </font></p><p style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US">Building 20, Room </span>3<span class="gmail_default"> (University of Wollongong, Keiraville campus)</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US">Followed by light refreshments at Hemingways at 5pm.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US"> </span> </font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Abstract</b><br>Happiness is widely thought to be an — if not the — important good; something that we have reason to pursue for its own sake and try to bring to others. But what is the nature of this supposed good? Philosophers have offered two different sorts of answers to this question, identifying happiness either with a subjective state of mind (a feeling, emotion, or set of judgements) or alternatively with living a good life by some more objective standard. Each answer captures an important, but different, aspect of our concept of happiness. The trouble is that they are in tension with each other. I explore some of the dangers inherent in this tension and how we can move forward.</font></p><p style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Bio</b><br>Dr Caroline West is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sydney. She has taught and published widely on a range of topics in ethics, metaphysics and political philosophy, including personal identity and free speech. She is currently writing a book on the Philosophy of Happiness.</font></p><p style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">If you would like to attend, please RSVP using <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mq4RC81V0PTPO61J8HnfPuyhTLL?domain=docs.google.com" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgkX4-EoNK9HjfarKm2B5EhUE1xs2ZxUA5XUYoyefGO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