Lord Robert Skidelsky & Dr Edward Skidelsky: How Much is Enough? Money & the Good Life
The London Philosophy Club is very pleased to host Lord Robert Skidelsky and his son Dr Edward Skidelsky to talk about their recent bestsellerHow Much Is Enough: Money and the Good Life.; What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money? Why do we work such long hours merely to acquire greater […]
The Forgotten Adlerians: Great Contributors to the Movement of Individual Psychology
The Forgotten Adlerians: Great Contributors to the Movement of Individual Psychology’ presented by Harry Dowling; Admission £7 (concs £4) Doors 19.00; Lecture Starts at 19.30; All welcome. No need to book. CPD certificates are available.; Lecture enquiries: Gwyneth Evans-Patel email evans_patel@hotmail.co.uk
The Myth of Secularity: Nonreligious Culture in Contemporary Britain
One of the largest ‘religious’ groups in Britain today is of those who regard themselves as neither religious nor actively nonreligious. They don’t believe in God but they don’t like to describe themselves as ‘atheist’ either. They might make use of Humanist ceremonies but they don’t like to describe themselves as ‘humanist’. They think of […]
Public Debate – ‘Freedom of speech anti-abortion protestors and women: Rights and Limits’
British Pregnancy Advisory Service host a debate examining the challenges posed by the activities of anti-abortion protestors outside clinics for those with a commitment to freedom of speech; Chaired by David Allen Green and with a panel including Ann Furedi Chief Executive bpas (British Pregnancy Advisory Service) and Andrea Minichiello Williams Chief Executive Christian Concern […]
Sunday Lecture – 8 Principles for Successful Optimists
As the philosopher Mark Bedau says “Change will happen and we can either try to influence it in a constructive way or we can try to stop it from happening or we can ignore it. Trying to stop it from happening is I think futile. Ignoring it seems irresponsible.” Which means there is really only […]
Sunday Lecture: Invisible England: The use of Holding Therapy in the UK
Holding Therapy is a dangerous and unscientific treatment in which therapists deliberately provoke and then restrain children (in this case children in care) often for many hours at a time.; Author of Invisible England Anya Chaika will describe the search for survivors of the programme and the civil and criminal investigations that followed when one […]
The World’s Most Improbable Event with Marc Abrahams
Conway Hall & Little Atoms present…; The World’s Most Improbable Event; with the Father of the IgNobel Prizes Marc Abrahams; Expect a plethora of scientists researchers journalists and communicators explaining research on; why books on ethics are more likely to get stolen what time of month generates higher tips for Las Vegas lap dancers stories […]