FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2, 2012
CONTACT: Robyn Truslow
410-535-0291
Rights & Responsibilities Discussion at Calvert Library
There is a lot of rhetoric around rights and responsibilities and many opinions about what should be classified a basic human right and what should not. Calvert Library Prince Frederick invites thoughtful, interested participants to talk about this on Thursday, May 17 at 7pm. This event is the next conversation planned by the Civil Discourse Committee made up of engaged members of the community including such partners as the Community Mediation Center, All Saints Episcopal Church, Trinity United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southern Maryland, and other active engaged citizens. The committee has been planning and moderating a series of conversations over the last several years on a host of controversial topics, often of particular local interest. The series’ mission is to encourage folks with conflicting viewpoints founded on diverse experiences to talk together with the goal of understanding one another better and thereby build a stronger community.
For May’s conversation, Dr. Richard Bilsker, Professor of Philosophy and the Social Sciences at the College of Southern Maryland, has been invited to provide a common reading that is expected to contain a glossary of terms and a summary of the major theories across the wide philosophical spectrum of this issue. This handout should provide a common starting ground from which the conversation can begin. Participants will explore their understanding of rights, liberties and responsibilities. What do we really mean when we say we believe something should be a “basic human right”? Or that it shouldn’t be considered a right? What personal life experience or perspective brings us to that conclusion? How do others come to their own diverse perspectives? Calvert Library invites you to join the conversation! For more information, call Robyn Truslow at 410-535-0291.
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Robyn Truslow
Public Relations Coordinator
Calvert Library
850 Costley Way
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
phone: 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862
fax: 410-535-3022
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