Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson
Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson discusses every working person's work in progress, namely, our quest to be fully human in a working world that all too often makes us feel like machines, in which we often don't even have time to think and that, in the words of Studs Terkel, too often feels like "a Monday through Friday sort of dying."
Work in Progress with Christopher Wong Michaelson
Moral Realism and Relativism in Higher Education: A discussion encircling a culture of encounter.
Is their one truth or is the truth relative? Are some moral values better than others? Are some cultural artifacts worth teaching and preserving more than others? Guided by perspectives in history, theology, and ethics from St. Thomas faculty (listed below) this conversation aims to foster understanding across differing values and religious beliefs as well as explore how shared values and a deeper understanding of moral differences can lead to a more inclusive higher education culture and stronger societal connections.
- Dr. Shaherzad Ahmadi, Associate Professor of History
- Dr. Laurel Potter, Assistant Professor of Theology
- Dr. Christopher Wong Michaelson, Barbara and David A. Koch (“coach”) Endowed Chair in Business Ethics & Academic Director of the Melrose & The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership
Co-sponsored by the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies of the University of St. Thomas as part of their 2025 Culture of Encounter Ideas Festival.
- Sponsored by The Melrose & The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership.
- Produced by Nicole Zwieg Daly, JD, EdD, CPPM.
- Engineered by Tom Forliti.