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EVENT

Annual Cottingham Lecture - Meaning and the Good Life

Date 24 October 2024

Time 18:00 - 19:30

Location Room 109, Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus

Register to attend

Event Information

The Annual Cottingham Lecture for 2024 will be on ‘Meaning and the Good Life’, delivered by Prof. Roger Crisp. Roger Crisp is Professor of Moral Philosophy, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne’s College Oxford. He is also Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.

Professor Crisp’s research is mainly on ethics, including its history (especially ancient ethics and British moral philosophy since Hobbes), ethical theory, metaethics, and practical ethics. There will be a lecture of one hour followed by half an hour for a question-and-answer session. Please register and join us!

Light refreshments will be available in the Palmer Building Foyer at 5.30pm.

Admission is free but booking is essential. 

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