‘All that I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football’, observed Albert Camus. And it is football, above all other sports, that so many philosophers revere. So there’s everything to play for in this panel discussion exploring the relationship between football and philosophy. We give it 110% in our exploration of what makes for a ‘good game’ and whether philosophical principles can be put into play on the pitch.

Simon Critchley is Han Jonas Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research, NY.

Gerald Moore is Associate Professor of French, University of Durham.

Emily Ryall is a Reader in Applied Philosophy, University of Gloucestershire.

Shahidha Bari is a Fellow, the Forum; Senior Lecturer in Romanticism, Queen Mary University of London.

The Forum for European Philosophy (@ForumPhilosophy) is an educational charity that organises a full and varied programme of philosophy and interdisciplinary events in the UK. 

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