ŽMOGAUS TEISĖS IR ŽMOGAUS IEŠKA. Human Rights and the Human Quest

Public lecture Human Rights and the Human Quest


09.11.11



Vieša paskaita anglų kalba „Žmogaus teisės ir ieškojimai“, vedama etikos mokslų daktaro Thomas K. Johnson iš Tarptautinio religinės laisvės instituto, įvyko 2011 m. lapkričio 15 d., 18 val., Valakupių g. 5, 302 kab.

,,Humanitarinių mokslų tikslas yra plėtoti žmogui reikalingas galias – gilų mąstymą, aiškų bendravimą ir gerą gyvenimą. Mokslo disciplinos gražiam žmogaus gyvenimui turi ugdyti ne tik protines, bet ir moralines vertybes.

Ką reiškia rasti gyvenimo tikslą, gyventi harmonijoje su kitais, siekti gero gyvenimo, ir kaip kalbėjimas apie Dievą gali padėti šito siekti?

Viešoje paskaitoje bus siekiama rasti atsakymus į šiuos klausimus šiandieniniame mūsų pasaulyje, kuris riboja daugelio mūsų egzistenciją.“ - sakoma Lietuvos edukologijos universiteto tinklaraštyje.




European Humanities University invites to an open lecture series hosted by the EHU in cooperation with the European Institute for Theology and Society.



Lecture 2: Human Rights and the Human Quest

by Professor Dr. Thomas K. Johnson

(International Institute for Religious Freedom, Bonn, Germany)

Tuesday, November 15, 18.00

EHU Academic building

Valakupių St. 5, room 302



Short Bio:



Dr. Thomas K. Johnson received his PhD in ethics from the University of Iowa (1987) after being a research scholar at Eberhard Karls Universität (Tübingen). From 1994-1996, he served as a visiting professor at the European Humanities University in Minsk, Belarus. Since 1996, he and his wife have lived in Prague, Czech Republic, where he has taught philosophy at Anglo-American University (4 years) and at Charles University (8½ years). He also serves on the Academic Board of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (www.iirf.eu). Dr. Johnson felt led to become a moral philosopher by means of a shocking confrontation with evil while visiting a concentration camp as a teenager. This lecture, “Human Rights and the Human Quest, is based, in large part, on his book, Human Rights: A Christian Primer, which reflects his mature thought on the claim that a biblical worldview provides significant wisdom and guidance for understanding human rights and their protection.



About the open lecture series:

The purpose of the humanities is to develop the capacities necessary for human beings to think deeply, communicate clearly and live well. Academic disciplines in the humanities should cultivate not only intellectual virtues but also moral virtues for human flourishing. For the humanities to reach these goals, certain presumptions are made about the nature of reality, knowledge, ethics, human beings and God. What does it mean then to find purpose in life, to live in harmony with others, to pursue “the good life,” and how might discourse on God affect these pursuits?



This public lecture series seeks to explore these questions in light of today’s globalized world that has pushed many to “the limits of their human existence” as people struggle with forms of alienation, meaninglessness, despair and injustice. Each lecture approaches these issues and questions from a different disciplinary angle, seeking to promote a conversation on how discourse on God might be of value to achieving the objectives of a humanities education.



The lectures will be delivered in English.

We look forward to your active participation!



Coming lectures:



Lecture 3: A Public Theology?:


Why Discourse Concerning God Matters for the Public Square

by Dr. Stephen M. Garrett (Lithuania University of Education, Lithuania)

Tuesday, December 13, 18.00

EHU Academic building

Valakupių St. 5, room 213



Lecture 4: God and Western Literature


by Dr. Susan Robbins (Klaipeda University, Lithuania)

Tuesday, January 17, 18.00

EHU Academic building

Valakupių St. 5, room 213