{"id":56,"date":"2011-10-03T12:43:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T16:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:38:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T20:38:31","slug":"chronicles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/chronicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2022-2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Fall Semester 2022<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CCLVIII: 12\/8\/22 &#8212; Athena Bestows Her Gifts Most Abundantly Through Elite Institutions<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCLVII: 12\/1\/22 &#8212; To Do Good, First Make Money<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCLVI: 11\/17\/22 &#8212; Love is a Choice<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCLV: 11\/10\/22 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/Disputation-CCLV-Email.pdf\">Burn the West Gallery (of the National Gallery of Art)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCLIV: 11\/3\/22 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/Disputation-CCLIV.pdf\">Live Forever<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCLIII: 10\/20\/22 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/Disputation-CCLIII-Email.pdf\">Embrace Virtual Reality<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCLII: 10\/13\/22 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/Disputation-CCLII.pdf\">Some Things Ought Be Beyond Questioning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCLI: 9\/29\/22 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/Disputation-CCLI-Email.pdf\">American Culture Ought Be Unified Through Patriotism<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCL: 9\/22\/22 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/09\/Disputation-CCL.pdf\">Love Your Labor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXLIX: 9\/15\/22 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/09\/Disputation-CCXLIX-Email.pdf\">Our Lives Are Not Our Own<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXLVIII: 9\/8\/22 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/09\/Disputation-CCXLVIII-Email.pdf\">Belief in the Human Soul Enriches the Life of the Individual<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Academic Year 2021-2022<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Semester<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CCXLVII: 5\/5\/22 &#8212; The United States Ought Pay Reparations for Slavery<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXLVI: 4\/14\/22 &#8212; We Ought Seek Greatness In Our Lives<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXLV: 3\/31\/22 &#8212; Drop the &#8220;Standard&#8221; in Standard American English<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXLIV: 2\/24\/22 &#8212; Commit Yourself To A Place<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXLIII: 2\/16\/22 &#8212; We Ought Embrace Prenatal Genetic Modification<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXLII: 2\/9\/22 &#8212; Terraform Planet Earth<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXLI: 2\/2\/22 &#8212; Memes Degrade The Imagination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fall Semester 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CCXL: 12\/1\/21 &#8212; Technological Advancement Is The Key To Human Flourishing<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXXXVIX: 11\/17\/21 &#8212; The Art Basel Banana Is A Work Of Art<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXXXVIII: 11\/10\/21 &#8212; There Is A World Beyond Our Senses<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXXXVI: 10\/20\/21 &#8212; Forget The Children<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXXXV: 10\/7\/21 &#8212; The Novel Is Our Greatest Tool For Unifying Culture<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXXXIV: 9\/29\/21 &#8212; You Have A Moral Duty To Vote<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXXXIII: 9\/15\/21 &#8212; The Death Penalty Is Never Justified<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXXXII: 9\/9\/21 &#8212; Craft Your Beliefs Through Conflict<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>**disputations for Academic Year 2020-2021 are currently being archived, and will be made available on this page soon**<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2019-2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Spring Semester 2020<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quarantine Colloquium 4: 4\/23\/20 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Quarantine-Colloquium-4.pdf\">Consider States of Exception\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Quarantine Colloquium 3: 4\/9\/20 &#8212; Seek the Knowledge of Good and Evil<\/li>\n<li>Quarantine Colloquium 2: 4\/2\/20 &#8212; Humanity Needs World Government<\/li>\n<li>Quarantine Colloquium 1: 3\/26\/20 &#8212; Forum on Photography<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXV: 2\/27\/20 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCXV.pdf\">The Elgin Marbles Belong to Greece<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXIV: 2\/20\/20 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCXIV.pdf\">We No Longer Need Religion\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXIII: 2\/13\/20 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCXIII.pdf\">Pornography Harms Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXII: 2\/6\/20 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCXII.pdf\">Kill Our Heroes\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCXI: 1\/30\/20 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCXI.pdf\">Believe in Meritocracy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Fall Semester 2019<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CCX: 11\/21\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCX.pdf\">Transcend this Corporeal Rind<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCIX: 11\/14\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCIX.pdf\">Seek To Travel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Campus Event: 10\/29\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Is-Tolerance-a-Virtue.pdf\">Is Tolerance A Virtue?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCVIII: 10\/24\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCVIII.pdf\">Consider Transracialism\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCVII: 10\/10\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCVII.pdf\">The Constitution is a Living Document<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCVI: 10\/3\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCVI.pdf\">Automate Everything\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCV: 9\/26\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCV.pdf\">No Art is Off Limits<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCIV: 9\/19\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCIV.pdf\">We Flourish Best in Isolation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCIII: 9\/12\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCIII.pdf\">Colonize the Galaxy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2018-2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Spring Semester 2019<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CCII: 4\/18\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCII.pdf\">Society Needs Noble Lies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CCI: 4\/11\/19 &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CCI.pdf\"> Dissolve the Union\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CC: 3\/28\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CC.pdf\">Bowdoin College Needs the Peucinian Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXCIX: 3\/7\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CXCIX.pdf\">Colleges Should End Racial Preferences in Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXCVIII: 2\/28\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CXCVIII.pdf\">Marriage Damages Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXCVII: 2\/21\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CXCVII.pdf\">Artificial Intelligence Can Achieve Personhood\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXCVI: 2\/14\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CXCVI.pdf\">Never Mind the News<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXCV: 2\/7\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CXCV.pdf\">States Should Recognize a Human Right to Migration<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXCIV: 1\/29\/19 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/09\/Disputation-CXCIV.pdf\">Belief in a Human Soul Enriches People&#8217;s Lives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Fall Semester 2018<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CXCIII: 11\/29\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-11-29_-CXCIII_Rousseau.pdf\">We Should Dismantle Categories of Identity<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Campus Event: 11\/15\/18 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-11-15_-Human-Nature-Forum_Rousseau.pdf\">Human Nature Forum<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXCII: 11\/8\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-11-08_-CXCII_Rousseau.pdf\">I Would Want to Live in a World Without Suffering<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXCI: 10\/25\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-10-25_-CXCI_Rousseau.pdf\">Think of the Children!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXC: 10\/18\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-10-18_-CXC_Rousseau.pdf\">I&#8217;d Rather Be a Cog in Some Great Machine than a Snowflake<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXXIX: 10\/11\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-10-11_-CLXXXIX_Rousseau.pdf\">Social Protest Should Always Be Non-Violent<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXXVIII: 9\/27\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-09-27_-CLXXXVIII_Rousseau.pdf\">Artistic Expression Must be Central to a Liberal Arts Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXXVII: 9\/20\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-09-20_-CLXXXVII_Rousseau.pdf\">The Written Word is the Most Powerful Tool for Social Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CLXXXVI: 9\/13\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-09-13_-CLXXXVI_Rousseau.pdf\">The Well-Informed Should Have a Greater Voice in Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXXV: 9\/6\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-09-06_-CLXXXV_Rousseau.pdf\">Strive for a Life of Leisure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2017-2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Spring Semester 2018<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXXIV: 5\/3\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-05-03_-CLXXXIV_Rousseau.pdf\">Compulsory Military Service is Immoral<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXXIII: 4\/19\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-04-19_-CLXXXIII_Rousseau.pdf\">Nature is Ours for the Taking<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXXII: 3\/29\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-03-29_-CLXXXII_Rousseau.pdf\">Social Media Platforms are Undermining Democracy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXXI: 3\/1\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-03-01_-CLXXXI_Rousseau.pdf\">Conventions of Politeness Enrich Human Relationships<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXX: 2\/22\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-02-22_-CLXXX_Rousseau.pdf\">The Western Canon Should Be Fundamental to a Liberal Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXIX: 2\/15\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-02-15_-CLXXIX_Rousseau.pdf\">Consider Non-Monogamy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXIX: 2\/15\/18 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-02-15_-CLXXIX_Rousseau_notes.pdf\">CLXXIX Terms<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXVIII: 2\/8\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-02-08_-CLXXVIII_Rousseau.pdf\">We Have an Obligation to Raise Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXVII: 2\/1\/18 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2018-02-01_-CLXXVII_Rousseau.pdf\">We Ought Strive for Greatness in Our Lives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Fall Semester 2017<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXVI: 12\/6\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-12-06_CLXXVI_Rousseau.pdf\">Become a Vegetarian<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXV: 11\/30\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-11-30_CLXXV_Rousseau.pdf\">Repeal the Second Amendment<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXIV: 11\/16\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-11-16_CLXXIV_Diderot.pdf\">Capitalism is Unjust\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXIII: 11\/9\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-11-09_CLXXIII_Rousseau.pdf\">Whilst Shame Keeps Its Watch, Virtue is not Wholly Extinguished from the Heart<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXII: 11\/2\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-11-02_CLXXII_Rousseau.pdf\">A Liberal Arts Education Ought Prepare us for Service to Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXXI: 10\/19\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-10-19_CLXXI_Rousseau.pdf\">Embrace Domestic Surveillance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXX: 10\/12\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-10-12_CLXX_Rousseau.pdf\">Live Forever<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXIX: 9\/18\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-09-28_CLXIX_Rousseau.pdf\">Take Down the Confederate Monuments<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXVIII: 9\/21\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-09-21_CLXVIII_Rousseau.pdf\">Gender Roles Benefit Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXVII: 9\/14\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-09-14_CLXVII_Rousseau.pdf\">We Have the Right to Die<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXVI: 9\/7\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-09-07_CLXVI_Rousseau.pdf\">Disregard Physical Beauty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2016-2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Spring Semester 2017<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXV: 5\/4\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-05-04_CLXV_Rousseau.pdf\">Nations Should Expect Assimilation from their Immigrants<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXIV: 4\/20\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-04-20_CLXIV_Rousseau.pdf\">Work Hard, Play Hard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXIII: 3\/30\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-03-30_CLXIII_Meno.pdf\">The College Ought to Enforce a Strict Social Code<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLXII: 3\/2\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-03-02_CLXII_Meno.pdf\">We Should Liberate Ourselves From the City<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CLXI: \/2\/23\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-02-23_CLXI_Meno.pdf\">Psychology Ought to Supplant Philosophy in Our Lives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLX: 2\/16\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-02-16_CLX_Meno.pdf\">The Internet Has Tainted Our Sense of Wonder<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLIX: 2\/9\/17 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-02-09_CLIX_Meno.pdf\">Religion Strengthens Democracy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLVIII: 2\/2\/17 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2017-02-02_CLVIII_Meno.pdf\">Political Correctness Advances Social Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Fall Semester 2016<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLVII: 12\/1\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-12-01_CLVII_Carnegie.pdf\">We Can Live Without Tradition<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLVI: 11\/17\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-11-17_CLVI_Meno.pdf\">Humility is a Virtue<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLV: 11\/10\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-11-10_CLV_Meno.pdf\">America is Exceptional<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLIV (0.5): 11\/3\/16\u00a0 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-11-3_CLIV-0.5_Meno.pdf\">We Ought Genetically Engineer Our Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLIV: 10\/20\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-10-20_CLIV_Meno.pdf\">The Works of Art Offer Greater Inspiration than the Works of Nature<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLIII (0.5): 9\/29\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-09-29_CLIII-0.5_Meno.pdf\">The Hookup Culture is Good for Bowdoin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLIII: 9\/22\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-09-22_CLIII_Carnegie.pdf\">Democracy is Overrated<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLII: 9\/15\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-09-15_CLII_Meno.pdf\">Great Leaders Need Not Ground their Decisions in Morality<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CLI: 9\/8\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-09-08_CLI_Meno.pdf\">Reverence for the Law Ought be Our Political Religion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2015-2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Spring Semester 2016<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CL: 5\/5\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-05-05_CL_Ajax.pdf\">Voting is Sufficient For Good Citizenship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXLIX: 4\/21\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-04-21_CXLIX_Ajax.pdf\">Kill Our Heroes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLVIII: 4\/14\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-04-14_CXLVIII_Voltaire.pdf\">To Thine Own Self Be True<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLVII: 3\/10\/16 &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-03-10_CXLVII_Ajax.pdf\">We Ought to Strive for More than Earthly Pleasures<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLVI: 3\/3\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-03-03_CXLVI_Voltaire.pdf\">Humanity Needs Myths<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLV (0.5): 2\/25\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-02-25_CXLV-0.5_Ajax.pdf\">Quality Should Outweigh Quantity of Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLV: 2\/18\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-02-18_CXLV_Ajax.pdf\">Usage Ought Determine Meaning in the English Language<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLIV: 2\/4\/16 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2016-02-04_CXLIV_Ajax.pdf\">Elected Representatives Ought to Obey their Conscience over their Constituents<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Fall Semester 2015<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLIII: 12\/3\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-12-03_CXLIII_Ajax.pdf\">Society Needs Noble Lies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLII: 11\/19\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-11-19_CXLII_Ajax.pdf\">We Ought Defy Human Nature<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXLI: 11\/12\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-11-12_CXLI_Ajax.pdf\">The College Ought Restrict Identity Demeaning Speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXL: 11\/5\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-11-05_CXL_Ajax.pdf\">The State has a Responsibility to Accept Refugees<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXXXVIX: 10\/22\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-10-22_CXXXVIX_Ajax.pdf\">We Ought to Get Married<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXXVIII (0.5): 10\/8\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-10-08_CXXXVIII-0.5_Ajax.pdf\">The Earth Belongs to the Living<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXXXVIII: 10\/1\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-10-01_CXXXVIII_Ajax.pdf\">The Privileged Ought Quietly Listen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXXXVII: 9\/24\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-09-24_CXXXVII_Ajax.pdf\">Personal Technology Harms out Relationship with the World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation\u00a0CXXXVI: 9\/17\/15 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/2015-09-17_CXXXVI_Ajax.pdf\">Democracies Should Embrace State Paternalism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2014-2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Fall Semester 2014<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Round Table Discussion: 12\/11\/14 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Round-Table-on-the-Liberal-Arts.pdf\">A Liberal Arts Education Ought Prepare us for Service\u00a0to Society.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXX: 12\/4\/14 &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXX.pdf\">\u00a0Capital Punishment Is Justified in a<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXX.pdf\">Democratic Society<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXIX: 11\/20\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXIX.pdf\">Man Has a Duty to Nature<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXVIII: 11\/13\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXVIII.pdf\">Honor Thy\u00a0Mother and Thy Father<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXVII: 11\/6\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXVII.pdf\">We Cannot Be Ourselves in Isolation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXVI: 10\/16\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXVI.pdf\">I&#8217;d Rather Be a Cog in Some Great Machine than a Snowflake.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXV: 10\/2\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXV.pdf\">Shame is a Greater Motivator than Glory<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXIV: 9\/25\/14 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXIV.pdf\">Political Parties are Disadvantageous to<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXIV.pdf\">Society<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXIII: 9\/18\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXIII.pdf\">Art is For The Artist<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXXII: 9\/11\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2015\/01\/Disputation-CXXII.pdf\">All Is Fair In War<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2013-2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Semester 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CXXI: 3\/27\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXXI.pdf\">The pen is mightier than the sword<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXX: 2\/27\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXX.pdf\">Bowdoin&#8217;s academics are improved by identity studies.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXIX: 2\/20\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXIX.pdf\">Enter the academy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXVIII: 2\/13\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXVIII.pdf\">The great leader need not be morally good<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXVII: 2\/6\/14 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXVII.pdf\">We ought to transcend human nature.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXVI: 1\/30\/14 &#8212; &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXVI.pdf\">Tis better to laugh than to cry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fall Semester 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CXV: 12\/5\/13 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXV.pdf\">Hell is other people<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Peucinian Forum: 11\/21\/13 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/The-Life-of-Don-Juan-vs.-The-Life-of-Socrates.pdf\">The life of Don Juan is better than the life of Socrates<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXIV: 11\/7\/13 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXIV.pdf\">Fiction is more enlightening than non-fiction<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXIII: 10\/24\/13 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXIII.pdf\">Cultural diversity is good for our democracy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXII: 10\/17\/13 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXII.pdf\">Humility is a virtue<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CXI: 10\/3\/13 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CXI-.pdf\">It is better to live in the city than the country<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CX: 9\/26\/13 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CX.pdf\">Democracies ought to enforce justice beyond their borders<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CIX: 9\/19\/13 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Disputation-CIX.pdf\">Science disenchants nature of its beauty<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2012-2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Semester 2013:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CVII: 4\/4\/13 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2013\/09\/Disputation-CVII.pdf\">Humanism ought replace religion as a common source of morality<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CV: 2\/7\/13 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2013\/09\/Disputation-CV.pdf\">It is better to be a jack-of-all-trades than a master of one<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation CIV: 2\/7\/13 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2013\/09\/Disputation-CIV.pdf\">We should have the right to bear arms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Disputation CIII: 1\/31\/13 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2013\/09\/Disputation-CIII.pdf\">Whether our professors ought provide answers or pose questions only<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fall Semester 2012:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation CI: 11\/15\/12 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2013\/09\/Disputation-CI.pdf\">Martyrdom is Noble<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disputation C: 11\/8\/12 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2013\/09\/Disputation-C.pdf\">Bowdoin College Needs the Peucinian Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XCIX: 10\/25\/12 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2013\/09\/Disputation-XCIX.pdf\">The World Needs America<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XCVIII: 10\/18\/12 &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2013\/09\/Disputation-XCVIII.pdf\">Artists should be attentive to the political ramifications of their work<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XCVII: 10\/11\/12 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/10\/Disputation-XCVII-Invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Historical consciousness doth make cowards of us all<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 24px\">Disputation XCVI: 10\/4\/12 &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 24px\" href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/10\/Disputation-XCVI-Invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Work hard &#8211; play hard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 24px\">Disputation XCV: 9\/27\/12 &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 24px\" href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/10\/Disputation-XCV-Invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do unto others as you would have them do unto you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 24px\">Disputation XCIV: 9\/20\/12 &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 24px\" href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/10\/Disputation-XCIV-Invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resolved: The great books must be central to the American liberal arts education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 24px\">Disputation XCIII: 9\/13\/12 &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 24px\" href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/09\/Disputation-XCIII-Invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resolved: Voting is sufficient for good citizenship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2011-2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong style=\"text-align: left\">Spring Semester 2012:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation XCII: 4\/19\/12 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/09\/Disputation-XCII-Invitation-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resolved: &#8216;Tis better to give than to receive<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XCI: 4\/12\/12 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/09\/Disputation-XCI-Invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resolved: Contemplation of man must begin at the &#8220;State of Nature&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XC: 3\/28\/12 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/09\/Disputation-XC-Invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resolved: We must preserve the Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation LXXXIX: 2\/29\/12 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2012\/09\/Disputation-LXXXIX-Invitation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resolved: The Common Good is an integral facet of a liberal arts education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2009-2010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Spring Semester 2010:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation L: 02\/04\/10 &#8212; Resolved: The search for the Common Good is enriching liberal education at Bowdoin College<\/li>\n<li>Disputation LI: 02\/11\/10 &#8212; Resolved: The Green Movement is a threat to our liberty<\/li>\n<li>Disputation LII: 02\/18\/10 &#8212; Resolved: All atheism leads to the crisis of nihilism<\/li>\n<li>Disputation LIII: 02\/25\/10 &#8212; Resolved: National identity is an elevating force in society<\/li>\n<li>Disputation LVI: 04\/08\/10 &#8212; Resolved: Humans should strive for utopia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Fall Semester 2009:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation XL: 09\/24\/09 &#8212; Resolved: The &#8220;Psychopharmacological Revolution&#8221; is making us happier<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XLII: 10\/08\/09 &#8212; Resolved: There is no such thing as a noble lie<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XLIII: 10\/16\/09 &#8212; Resolved: Religious faith is an obstacle to intellectual freedom<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XLIV: 10\/22\/09 &#8212; Round Table Discussion<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XLVI: 11\/12\/09 &#8212; Resolved: Bowdoin should adopt gender-neutral living facilities<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XLVIII: 12\/10\/09 &#8212; Resolved: The rise of the internet has been to the detriment of artistic genius<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Academic Year 2008-2009<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Spring Semester 2009:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation XX: 01\/29\/09 &#8212; Resolved: Israel is a legitimate nation<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XXI: 02\/05\/09 &#8212; Resolved: Liberate humans from gender<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XXII: 02\/12\/09 &#8212; Resolved: Nation states should devolve more power to international bodies<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XXIII: 02\/19\/09 &#8212; Resolved: The works of art incite more curiosity than the works of nature<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XXIV: 03\/05\/09 &#8212; Resolved: It is possible for excessive laughter to yield cultural decline<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XXV: 04\/02\/09 &#8212; Resolved: Social democracy would strengthen America<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XXVI: 04\/09\/09 &#8212; Resolved: All consensual sex is moral<\/li>\n<li>Disputation XXVII: 04\/16\/09 &#8212; Resolved: Humanitarianism corrupts American liberals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Fall Semester 2008:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disputation XV: 09\/11\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-9-11-08.pdf\">Too many of us are choosing financial careers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XVI: 09\/18\/08 &#8212; Resolved:<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-9-18-08.pdf\"> The War in Iraq is a failure<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XVII: 10\/24\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-10-24-08.pdf\">Science impoverishes our souls<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XVIII: 11\/13\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"http:\/\/learn.bowdoin.edu\/apps\/peucinian\/drupal\/files\/Peucinian%20Society%20Chronicle%2011-13-08.pdf\">Popular Music Inspires Good<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Disputation XIX: 11\/20\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-11-20-08.pdf\">The quest to save the environment ought to replace religion as the goal to unify culture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Academic Year 2007-2008<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Spring Semester 2008<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Disputation VIII: 01\/31\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-1-31-08.pdf\">Man must be forced to be free<\/a><br \/>\nDisputation IX: 02\/14\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-2-14-08.pdf\">Violence is always evil<\/a><br \/>\nDisputation X: 02\/28\/08 &#8212; Resolved:<a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-2-28-08.pdf\"> Federalism has outlived its usefulness to America<\/a><br \/>\nDisputation XI: 03\/27\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-3-27-08.pdf\">Secularization is bad for America<\/a><br \/>\nDisputation XII: 04\/10\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-4-10-08.pdf\">The 1960s were a disaster<\/a><br \/>\nDisputation XIII: 04\/17\/08 &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-Treatises.pdf\">Treatises for Guardianship<\/a><br \/>\nDisputation XIV: 05\/01\/08 &#8212; Resolved: <a href=\"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/peucinian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2014\/04\/Peucinian-Society-Chronicle-5-1-08.pdf\">Men can be happy without government<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Fall Semester 2007<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Disputation I: 9\/13\/07 &#8212; 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