Battle of Ideas 2014
Festival weekend: Politics & Ideology
Saturday 18 October: 10.00-11.30
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Why are we afraid to judge?
Interrogating Megatrends Conservatory
Is demography destiny?
Austerity Dilemmas Garden Room
Hunger in the UK: the food banks phenomenon
Saturday 18 October: 12.00-13.15
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Hashtag feminism: radical or banal?
Saturday 18 October: 13.45-15.00
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
After Gaza: the return of anti-Semitism?
Saturday 18 October: 17.30-18.45
Defending Everyday Liberties Frobisher 1-3
Immigration: who should control our borders?
Contemporary Controversies Level 1 Balcony
Fighting for freedom – the next 10 years: a working seminar for activists to discuss what next
Sunday 19 October: 10.00-11.30
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Should we fear democracy?
Sunday 19 October: 12.00-13.15
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Our morals, their moralism?
Sunday 19 October: 12.00-13.00
Cinema 3
Why is Ayn Rand so popular today?
Sunday 19 October: 14.00-15.30
Contemporary Controversies Free Stage
Election 2015: what next?
Sunday 19 October: 16.00-17.15
Me, Me, Me Politics Cinema 2
Hell is other people? Modern misanthropy
Contemporary Controversies Cinema 3
Shopping and fretting: the ethics of buying the right thing
Contemporary Controversies Hammerson Room
Kindergarten culture: why does government treat us like children?
Sunday 19 October: 17.30-18.45
Festival Attractions Milton Court
The next 10 years: why philosophy matters now more than ever

Goodbye Mr Chips: can research tell teachers how to teach?

"Although 'battle' suggests destruction, these were some of the most constructive debates I've taken part in. This was civilised conflict in the best sense of both words."
Julian Baggini, author, Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind, and The Ego Trick

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