5 events Coming up
12 Apr 2012
Free Will as Moral Competence
2012 Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture: Free Will as Moral Competence Do recent discoveries of neuroscience prove that we have no free will? Some neuroscientists claim that free will is an illusion. But according to Dennett, this cl...
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Free Public Lecture05 Jul 2012
Medical bionics: how far can we and should we go?
How far would you go to be better than you are? Medical bionics have improved dramatically over the last 60 years and will eventually be able outperform functional limbs and organs. This will give us an opportunity for physical and mental enhance...
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Free Public Lecture06 Sep 2012
The Downing Lecture 2012
Do bad ethics lead to bad economic outcomes? Bad ethics are defined hedonically as the infliction of pain for private advantage. The infliction of pain is often justified by "Just World Theories", which state that everyone gets what they deserve. ...
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Free Public Lecture26 Mar 2013
12:00–2:00PM
Gillian Whiteley Forum: The Sustainability Conundrum of the Prosumer Artist
Dr Gillian Whiteley, visiting UK artist, curator and author of ‘Junk: Art and politics of Trash’ (based at Loughborough University School of the Arts), will introduce a series of talks in conjunction with the Regimes of Value exhibition. In this ...
15 May 2013
6:30–8:00PM
Mary Luckhurst Public Lecture: Staging Biography: Actors Playing Real People
Increasingly, professional actors are required to enact real people on stage and on screen. Over the last ten years the major award ceremonies have reflected the public and industry obsession with performing real people and celebrated actors' skil...