THURSDAY, 11 April

From 3:30 p.m. Arrival of participants and registration

Venue: Gut Klostermühle, Mühlenstraße 11, 15518 Briesen (Mark), Alt Madlitz

In between Time for leisure

Gut Klostermühle is located right on the rim of a small lake in the middle of the woods. You can use this time to discover the landscape or enjoy the hotel’s spa and fitness facilities.

7:00 p.m. Welcome dinner (Klostermühle)

FRIDAY, 12 April

7:00 a.m. Morning stretch at the lake (optional)

From 7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Finckenlounge)

9:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. SESSION I: HUMAN NATURE

We begin with different ideas of what it means to be human and the effect of those ideas on society and government.

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book I and X (selections)

Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, Chs. 8, 15, 17, 18

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, Chs. 13-15, 17 (selection)

Immanuel Kant, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Ch.2 (selections)

Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Trolley Problem (selection)

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch (Klosterscheune)

1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Walk around the lake

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. SESSION II: INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY

Our assessment of human nature bears directly on the way in which we structure our personal lives and our communities.

Ursula Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

How I Lead – Voicing My Values
Small-group exercise

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Free time – spa or other

8:00 p.m. Dinner (Klostermühle)

SATURDAY, 13 April

7:00 a.m. Morning stretch at the lake (optional)

From 7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Finckenlounge)

9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. SESSION III: POSSIBILITIES OF ORDER

Over the centuries, we have evoked various political and moral principles for creating order and the good society.

Plato, The Republic, Book VII (selection)
Nel Noddings, Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy, Intro.
Friedrich von Hayek, The Road to Serfdom, Chs. 3, 5, 8 (selections) Hernando de Soto, The Mystery of Capital, Ch. 7

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lunch (Klosterscheune)

2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. SESSION IV: LIMITS OF RULE

Over two millennia, no work of art has captured more succinctly the ethics and limits of power than Sophocles´ play Antigone.

Sophocles, Antigone

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Free time – spa or other

8:00 p.m. Dinner (Klostermühle)

SUNDAY, 14 April

From 7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Finckenlounge)

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. SESSION V: LEADERSHIP

We end with versions of leadership, combining seminal texts with personal reflection on our own challenges as leaders.

Confucius, Analects, (selections)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham City Jai
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story” (video and transcript)
  www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

REFLECTIONS FOR NOW AND THE FUTURE
Seminar check-out

12:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Farewell lunch (Klosterscheune)