On Wednesday, October 31st and at 7 pm:
Come join us for a talk by Professor of Philosophy AC Grayling for a talk on Humanist Principles and Humanist Ethics (how do the former influence the latter?) followed by an extensive Q&A on the principles and values of humanism, their place in our lives and what role they play in facilitating the good and ethical life.
The room that this will take place in is the Essex Business School, Lecture Theatre 2.1.
As per usual, the event will be followed by a social at Top Bar.
Biography:
A.C. Grayling CBE MA DPhil (Oxon) FRSA FRSL is the Master of the New College of the Humanities, London, and its Professor of Philosophy. He is also a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He is the author of over thirty books of philosophy, biography, history of ideas, and essays. He was for a number of years a columnist on the Guardian, the Times, and Prospect magazine. He has contributed to many leading newspapers in the UK, US and Australia, and to BBC radios 4, 3 and the World Service, for which he did the annual 'Exchanges at the Frontier' series; and he has often appeared on television. He has twice been a judge on the Booker Prize, in 2014 serving as the Chair of the judging panel. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Vice President of the British Humanist Association, Patron of the UK Armed Forces Humanist Association, Honorary Associate of the Secular Society, and a Patron of Dignity in Dying.