Survival, humanity discussed in philosophy group
SUN PHOTO BY TOM CHANG
Tammie Diehl (middle left) and Joann Reed (middle right) moderated the first meeting of Café Athena on Wednesday at the Elsie Quirk Library conference room. Also seated (from left) were James Lane, Denise McLaughlin, and Betty Kopp. The event was filled to capacity at 15. The next meeting will be on Jan. 16.
ENGLEWOOD — If you were in a lifeboat with 50 people and 100 others were swimming toward it, who else would you let on board and why?
Joann Reed and Tammy Diehl led an inaugural discussion of the new philosophy group, Café Athena, Wednesday at the Elsie Quirk Library. The topic was Adrift in a Moral Sea, a passage from “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor” by Garrett Hardin.
