BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Democracy and Disagreement: Kidney Markets X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T014118Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_45898994156661 DTSTART:20240409T220000Z DTEND:20240409T235000Z DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 9 with Al Roth and Debra Satz\n\nDeep disagreem ent pervades our democracy\, from arguments over immigration\, gun control \, abortion\, and the Middle East crisis\, to the function of elite higher education and the value of free speech itself. Loud voices drown out disc ussion. Open-mindedness and humility seem in short supply among politician s and citizens alike. Yet constructive disagreement is an essential featur e of a democratic society. This class explores and models respectful\, civ ic disagreement. Each week features scholars who disagree - sometimes quit e strongly - about major policy issues. Each class will be focused on a di fferent topic and have guest speakers. Students will have the opportunity to probe those disagreements\, understand why they persist even in the lig ht of shared evidence\, and to improve their own understanding of the fact s and values that underlie them.\n\nThis course is offered in the spirit o f the observation by Hanna Holborn Gray\, former president of the Universi ty of Chicago\, that “education should not be intended to make people co mfortable\, it is meant to make them think. Universities should be expecte d to provide the conditions within which hard thought\, and therefore stro ng disagreement\, independent judgment\, and the questioning of stubborn a ssumptions\, can flourish in an environment of the greatest freedom.”\n\ nDemocracy & Disagreement is open to students\, faculty and staff to atten d and will also be recorded. Enrolled students who take this as a 1-unit c ourse are expected to attend the weekly sessions and do the suggested read ings before each event. We will also use devices such as clickers to see w hether exposure to different arguments changes minds.\n\nThe speakers in t his course are the guests of the faculty and students alike\, and should b e treated as such. They are aware that their views will be subject to crit icism in a manner consistent with our commitment to respectful critical di scourse. We will provide as much room for students’ questions and commen ts as is possible for a class of several hundred. For anyone who feels mot ivated to engage in a protest against particular speakers\, there are spac es outside the classroom for doing so.\n\nWhen/Where?: Tuesdays 3:00-4:50P M in Cemex Auditorium\n\nWho?: This class will be open to students\, facul ty and staff to attend and will also be recorded.\n\n4/2 Legacy Admissions : https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-legacy-admi ssions-or-sat\n\n4/16 Institutional Neutrality: https://events.stanford.ed u/event/democracy-and-disagreement-institutional-neutrality\n\n4/23 Gun Re gulations: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-gu n-regulation\n\n4/30 Israel/Palestine: https://events.stanford.edu/event/d emocracy-and-disagreement-israel-palestine\n\n5/7 Meritocracy: https://eve nts.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-meritocracy\n\n5/21 Prot ecting Children on Social Media: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democra cy-and-disagreement-protecting-children\n\n5/28 Immigration: https://event s.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-immigration GEO:37.428584;-122.162763 LOCATION:GSB Knight - Arbuckle / Cemex\, Cemex Auditorium SUMMARY:Democracy and Disagreement: Kidney Markets URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement- kidney-markets CATEGORIES:Class/Seminar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR