The Bentham Lecture 2008

"Terrorism, Torture and Human Rights"
A lecture by Professor Jonathan Glover

The British Humanist Association is pleased to share with you to the 2008 Bentham Lecture, held jointly with the Humanist Philosophers' Group and University College London. 2008 was the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which gave us the theme for this year's Bentham Lecture - the fifth to be held.

Professor Jonathan Glover speaks on "Terrorism, Torture and Human Rights" at UCL Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Gordon Square, London WC1 on Thursday 27th November at 6.30pm.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• human rights
• terrorism
• torture
• ethics
• jeremy bentham
• jonathan glover

[cr38961]

A series of empirical claims that avoid confronting the issue. A philosopher who doesn't like thought experiments isn't a philosopher!

[TurboDally]

@JamesHenryEden

Islam will rule the world the same way Greeks, Romans, Christianity ruled the world. And then people will die, innocent people because religious baffoons sold their humanity to the magical sky daddy who promotes killing of non-believers Inshallah!

[JamesHenryEden]

@CreativeDissent

Islam will rule over this island, brother. Inshallah.

[CreativeDissent]

Degenerate globalist servile islander pussies featuring Jews as guest speakers...how quaint I must say! fawfawfawfawfaw

[metacosmos]

Do you remember that Jeremy Bentham exhorted the Bristish to return Gibraltar to us Spaniards as a piece of Spain in British hands was a provocation for us ?

[teaguetodd]

thank you for sharing this.