Influential London Met philosopher to give public talk

What are the proper limits of free speech? Can the common good be frustrated by too much tolerance as well as by too little?

These are among the provocative questions to be addressed by one of the world’s most controversial philosophers, London Met Professor Alasdair MacIntyre, at a public talk next month. At the lecture, titled, “Intolerance, Censorship and Other Requirements of Rationality”, Alasdair will develop his critique of liberalism and the idea of natural/ human rights.

Alasdair has made tremendous contributions to philosophy and is currently Senior Research Fellow at London Met’s Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP). His book, “After Virtue”, inspired the revival of Aristotelian virtue ethics and his many other important books include “Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry”, “Dependent Rational Animals” and “Whose Justice, Which Rationality?”

The lecture has been jointly organised by CASEP and the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute. For more information about this free event, click here. As Spaces are limited, please register your attendance by email.

Date: 28 October 2010
Time: 5.30-7.00pm
Venue: Room 2.18, Calcutta House, Castle St, London E1

1 October 2010