2nd Condorcet Day

March 16, 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Polytech, Room 001 and Peytavin Lecture Hall
This second Condorcet Day takes place against a rich electoral backdrop and, despite everything, one of growing uncertainty questioning the place of democracy and democratic debate. The theme chosen, in line with current events, will this year examine issues of science, morality, and politics.
Condorcet wrote in his five memoirs on public education: "Education, if taken in its fullest sense, is not limited to positive instruction, to the teaching of factual truths and calculations, but encompasses all political, moral, and religious opinions. However, the freedom of these opinions would be nothing more than an illusion if society took control of the younger generations and dictated what they should believe. Those who enter society with opinions that have been instilled in them by their education are no longer free men; they are slaves to their masters, and their chains are all the more difficult to break because they themselves do not feel them and believe they are obeying their own reason, when in fact they are merely submitting to that of another."
Like the first Condorcet Day, this day is open to all University staff and, beyond that, to the various stakeholders in the academy.
It aims to be a place for discussion and debate on the various issues raised by the university's missions of transmitting knowledge, developing knowledge, and determining the place of this knowledge in the world.
This day will be a time for democratic expression and debate. Unfortunately, these opportunities for debate tend to disappear in various bodies driven by fast-paced rhythms.
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