When you think about the ocean and it’s many fishes, what comes into your mind? Many people would say “delicious” or “seafood”, highlighting the most predominant relationship between man and sea. Hong Kong is one of the biggest per capita consumer of seafood in the world, and we have been importing our marine resources from over 130 countries/territories around the world each year. Do you think the ocean has limitless resources for our consumption, or are our oceans on the verge of collapse? From fearsome sharks to colourful groupers, let’s talk a bit about marine conservation – the fish’s vulnerability to overfishing, Hong Kong’s role in managing global seafood stocks, and what we can do to ensure healthy oceans and abundant sea life for our next generation.

改革開放以來，基督教在中國大陸迅速發展，但因著中共視它為境外滲透工具及對政權的潛在威脅，政教關係屢屢處於緊張狀態。國內有知識分子提出要為基督教「脫敏」，紓緩政教張力，卻遙遙無期。

情感（情緒）是政治的動能所在，給政治生活帶來無限活力；但是情感又被認為是非理性的衝動，往往帶來災難性的後果。政治需要情緒，但是情緒也需要規範的指引。 我們將參照 Martha C. Nussbaum 的相關著作，說明情緒其實含有複雜的認知內容，涉及了規範性的美好生活理念，也反映著美好人生的脆弱無常。情緒有對錯可言，可以批評、修正，也可以透過環境的改善與認知的調整，培育正向的情緒，減少負面情緒的禍害。 從這樣一種情緒觀出發，政治哲學作為一種規範性的政治思考，應該正視情緒，一方面積極處理情緒之中所反映的各種重要政治議題，另一方面也根據規範性的美好生活理念，對各類情緒進行評價與改善。

This talk explores the perceived tension between Science and Passion. At its core and by definition, science strives for reason free from emotion. Yet, many biologists express affinity for the organisms they study. They first developed an interest in birds or ants or turtles and then they pursued that interest as biologists and scientists. Rather than a contradiction, it is passion that drives long-term research and fuels efforts to protect species and engage conservation efforts. Moreover, such passion inspires the public and popular environmental activism. “Science and Passion” focuses on three prominent biologists and their subjects of study: Edward O. Wilson (Ants), Archie Carr (Turtles), and Rachel Carson (Birds and the Sea). Readings Archie F. Carr, Jr. So Excellent A Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1967 / 2011. Frederick Rowe Davis. The Man who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. E.O. Wilson. Naturalist. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2006.

近年教育界開始出現情感教育的說法，重視教育過程中的非認知技能的培養。本講先檢視不同社會對情感教育的相異理解，並由此帶出心理學進路、教育學進路與社會學進路對各式情感現象的迥異處理，最後以此三種進路為綱，討論當今香港學校內外的情感教育現況。

Brickman and Campbell (1971)的研究指出，人的快樂就像一架不斷運作的水車，在高峰時會不斷下降，在低谷時又會不斷上升，總是慢慢回復正常水平。在快樂水車下，我們對於快樂的追求變得徒勞無功，今天讓你再快樂的事，轉瞬間便不能再感動你。我們要問，有沒有一種快樂能克服快樂水車的限制，為我們帶來長久的幸福？審視慾望滿足與理性展現兩種快樂來源，能為我們回答以上問題帶來一點啟示。