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Aristotle

Plato’s most brilliant student and perhaps the most significant intellectual in world history, Aristotle built on Plato’s doctrines but also radically disagreed with them.

Countering Extremism and the Politics of ‘Engagement’

This lecture surveys the range of government responses to extremism...

Who hates globalisation?

The expanding third sector is trendy, but is its growth...

Enclosures of the Mind: Governing the Intellectual Commons

We are living in an age of remarkable intellectual property...

Commercial ethics: Process or Outcome?

There are inherent paradoxes in commercial ethics. Rigid tendering processes...

The Labour Party

The Labour Party was formed in 1900 as a coalition between trade unions and socialist intellectuals with the aim of securing representation for the working class in parliament.

Music and Conflict Resolution

Music takes many forms and for a majority of listeners...

Does Faith Make Sense of Things?

How can we find the best explanation of what we observe? Why do human beings enjoy pondering puzzles, such as the meaning of life? We can we learn much from Dorothy L. Sayers, whose detective novels and religious writings saw human beings as searching for 'patterns' in life.

What’s it Worth? Values, Choice and Commodification

In this lecture I shall look more directly at the...

Take my profits, please! Volatility reduction and ethics

With increasing emphasis on the social and ethical obligations of...

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