The School of Philosophy Simone Weil Lectures on Human Value
About the Simone Weil Lectures on Human Value
First instituted in 2000, the Simone Weil Lectures on Human Value are held in Sydney and Melbourne each year, inviting a distinguished international scholar to give a lecture and seminar at ACU National.
Previous guest speakers include:
- 2000 Christine Korsgaard Human Action and the Kantian Imperatives
- 2001 Avishai Margalit A Moral Witness
- 2002 Ray Monk A Wonderful Life: Philosophy and Biography
- 2003 Simon Critchley "I Want to Die, I Hate My Life":Phaedra's Malaise
- 2004 Stephen Mulhall The Conversation of Mankind
- 2005 Susan Neiman Moral Clarity
- 2006 Susan Mendus Terrorism and Religion
- 2008 Jonathan Glover Uprootedness, Narratives and National Conflict
For further information contact 03 9953 3160 or email jasmin.chen@acu.edu.au
We are very pleased to announce that the Simone Weil speaker for 2009 will be Dr. Miranda Fricker.
