Events 2015

Should we aim for the greatest happiness of the greatest number?

Thursday 26 November 2015

Part of the 'Doing the Right Thing' series.

The political theory of parenthood: public policy for prospective parents

Tuesday 17 November 2015

A political theory workshop.

Some reasons not to do the best you can

Thursday 12 November 2015

Part of the 'Doing the Right Thing' series.

'How do we know who killed Roger Ackroyd? Evidence for causation in the single case'

Thursday 5 November 2015

Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture.

Moral responsibility

Thursday 29 October 2015

Part of the 'Doing the Right Thing' series.

When are groups of graders wise?

Wednesday 21 October 2015

Seminar jointly hosted with the Department of Philosophy.

The need to forgive criminals

Tuesday 20 October 2015

The Morrell Memorial Address on Toleration.

Migration in Europe: Too much of a good thing?

Wednesday 20 May 2015

This event is jointly hosted with the Department of Economics and Related Studies.

Moral luck, morality and the will

Wednesday 13 May 2015

Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture.

Analysing the British general elections

Wednesday 13 May 2015

This round table event is part of the University's series of public lectures.

One child: Do we have a right to more?

Wednesday 6 May 2015

A joint PEP / Philosophy seminar.

Asymmetric devolution and accountability in the UK

Wednesday 22 April 2015

A Politics departmental seminar.

Back in the loop: Complex dynamics in international politics

Wednesday 11 March 2015

A Politics departmental seminar.

Thomas Reid on aesthetic, moral, and pathological perception

Wednesday 4 March 2015

Professor Rebecca Copenhaver.

Europe since 1989

Tuesday 24 February 2015

Professor William Outhwaite, Newcastle University.

Engendering democracy: Institutions, participation and representation

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Professor Georgina Waylen, University of Manchester.

On some impossibility theorems in population ethics

Wednesday 4 February 2015

This seminar is jointly hosted with the Department of Philosophy.

Interpreters, teachers, rule-followers or negotiations-as-usual? Learning modes in European Union fiscal monitoring and surveillance

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Professor Claudio Radaelli, University of Exeter.

Does armed international intervention stop mass atrocities?

Wednesday 14 January 2015

A Politics departmental seminar.