Posted by Stephen Law on May 5, 2011
This event was put on at the Sheldonian Theatre Oxford on 12th April 2011 by Centre for Inquiry UK in conjunction with Project Reason, The BHA, Richard Dawkins Foundation, and Oxford Atheists, Secularists and Humanists.
Posted by Stephen Law on March 31, 2011
Tuesday 12 April 2011, 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm)
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
WHO SAYS SCIENCE HAS NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT MORALITY?
with Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins
TICKETS ON SALE FROM 10 a.m. FRIDAY 1 APRIL at BHA website here.
In his new book ‘The Moral Landscape’, neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris challenges the commonly held view that science has nothing to say about moral issues and that religion is the best authority on meaning, values and a good life. For Sam, the goal of ‘The Moral Landscape’ is to begin a conversation about how moral truth can be understood in terms of science. Richard Dawkins is known for his persistence in demanding a rational and scientific approach to solving life’s most fundamental questions wherever and whenever it can be applied. So, can science help us to determine how we should live in the 21st century?
Join us as these two pinnacles of rationalist thought discuss how the science of morality might be formulated and applied to human well-being.
This, **the first ever appearance of Sam and Richard together in public**, will be followed by a book signing. You can buy copies of books by Sam and Richard at the Sheldonian after the event, or bring your favourites with you.
Tickets are £4. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 1st and can be purchased through the BHA website. Net proceeds from the event will be donated to Amnesty International and Non-Believers Giving Aid.
This talk is brought to you by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, UK, The British Humanist Association, The Centre for Inquiry, UK, Oxford Atheists, Humanists, and Secularists, and Project Reason.
Postscript, image from the event.
Posted by Stephen Law on March 14, 2011
CFI UK and the BHA
As of 2nd April 2011, CFI London will cease to exist. CFI UK will be a new organization that is both an affiliate of Centre for Inquiry, Inc. and a section of the British Humanist Association (BHA).
The website address and the kind of activities CFI UK engage in we be more or less the same, as will the mission statement.
The benefits to CFI UK of its relationship with the BHA include a wide advertising reach to all BHA members, some administrative help, and charitable status as part of the BHA. The benefits to the BHA include a new section putting on excellent talks and lectures (currently at both Conway Hall and at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival).
Suresh and I look forward to being a part of the BHA, and will be organizing a new series of events very shortly.
(Friends of CFI London will automatically have their friendship transferred to CFI UK.)
Stephen Law
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