Date: Monday 27 April 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: New Theatre, East Building
Speakers: Dr Fabienne Peter, Professor Catherine Rowett, Dr Stephen de Wijze
Chair: Professor Geoffrey Hawthorn

Is politics the instrument of moral ideals and values? Is it something like ‘applied morality’? In recent years there has been a revival of approaches which give greater autonomy to distinctively political thought, which can be called ‘political realism’, in contrast to ‘political moralism’. The panel discussion will explore this contrast, and ask whether political legitimacy is ultimately a question of one’s moral conception.

Fabienne Peter is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick.

Catherine Rowett (@catherinerowett) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and Green Party parliamentary candidate for South Norfolk.

Stephen de Wijze is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Manchester.

Geoffrey Hawthorn is Emeritus Professor of International Politics and Emeritus Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

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