Scoop November 2009
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| - | ==Philosophy Public Lectures 2009, 'Matters of Life and Death', Thursdays, 7.00pm, UEA Lecture Theatre== | + | ==Philosophy Public Lectures 2009, 'Matters of Life and Death', Thursdays, 7.00pm, UEA Lecture Theatre 2== |
| - | The UEA Philosophy Public Lectures will this year be devoted to "Matters of Life and Death". | + | The UEA Philosophy Public Lectures will this year be devoted to "Matters of Life and Death". |
*Thursday 5 November 2009, Jerry Goodenough, Reasoning about abortion* | *Thursday 5 November 2009, Jerry Goodenough, Reasoning about abortion* | ||
*Thursday 19 November 2009, Jonathan Glover, Narratives that kill: the case of Israel and Palestine | *Thursday 19 November 2009, Jonathan Glover, Narratives that kill: the case of Israel and Palestine | ||
| + | Jonathan Glover, Professor of Philosophy at King's College, London, author of Causing Death and Saving Lives and Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century, shows how internecine strife is born out of the narratives which sustain the identities of Israel and Palestine. In the concluding lecture, | ||
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*Thursday 26 November 2009, Clive Stafford Smith, Torture and the Secret Prisons | *Thursday 26 November 2009, Clive Stafford Smith, Torture and the Secret Prisons | ||
| + | Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, renowned for his work on behalf of prisoners on Death Row in the U.S.A., will talk on "Torture and the Secret Prisons". | ||
Admission is free and all are welcome | Admission is free and all are welcome | ||
