Thinking on Sunday: Wisdom and Cleverness
Speaker Ralph Blumenau contends that “Much contemporary philosophy is merely clever but does little to advance human welfare.” — Ralph Blumenau lectures at the University of the 3rd Age on the histories of Europe, of philosophy and of the Jews. — Doors 10.30am. Start 11am. Entry £3, £2 concessions (free to Conway Hall Ethical Society members, who are […]
Drawing the Last Breath: Portraits of my Father by Daniel Fooks (until 31 March)
In our society we have a tendency to look upon death and dying with a sideways glance. This exhibition – a series of powerful drawings by Daniel Fooks of his father on his death bed – tackles the issue head on. Fooks was very close to his father and had drawn and painted him since […]
Thinking on Sunday: Free Will and Moral Responsibility
This talk from Robert Lockie will address some classic issues in the determinism/free-will/moral responsibility debates. It concerns the relationship between free will, determinism-indeterminism and moral responsibility. We ask whether moral responsibility requires free will. We ask whether free will and/or moral responsibility is or are compatible with determinism. We ask whether free will and/or moral […]
Out-of-the-box Thinking: Education – Time For Action
Join GlobalNet21 and Conway Hall Ethical Society for an exhilarating meeting, the second on transforming education for the 21st Century, where we want to explore this most fundamental component of our democratic society and how to create traction for action and change. This follows two very successful events in our Out-of-the Box Thinking series concerning […]
Thinking on Sunday: The Patchiness of Progress
Vladimir Dirsh will illustrate (with examples from history) the thesis that continuous historical progress is an illusion, although certain advances are never lost for ever. — Vladimir Dirsh worked in microbiology and is also an artist, currently exhibiting with the New Constructivists at the Cavendish Conference Centre, W1.
The End of Policing
The Black Lives Matter movement has thrown a dramatic light on police tactics and brutality in America. But this is not merely an US phenomena – many of America¹s most repressive policing measures have been imported to Britain as mainstream policy. Yet, in Britain the debate on policing has almost entirely focused on accountability, diversity, […]
The Kindness Secret: How to transform your life today
Kindness has at last become a way of thinking, with celebrities promoting it as an antidote to some of the political and social problems of the world. In this workshop, you will learn about exciting new research that shows exactly how kindness impacts on your health, relationships and life: from the effect on your arteries, […]
Operation Chaos: The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers and Each Other
From a political cult to the heart of the Washington establishment – the bizarre and untold story of how the CIA tried to infiltrate a radical group of U.S. military deserters during the Cold War. Stockholm, 1968. A thousand American deserters and draft-resisters are arriving to escape the war in Vietnam. They’re young, they’re radical, […]
Conway Hall Book Club – February 2018
With two independent publishers – Istros Books and Peter Owen – and a wonderful library on our premises, we thought it a good time for a new literary initiative: a monthly book club for members and friends, where we discuss some of the titles produced by our resident publishers, as well as the occasional guest sessions hosted by […]