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

From bullet trains to driverless cars: where is transport going?

"Some of the freest speech I have enjoyed in years."
Baroness Ruth Deech QC, crossbench peer; chairman, Bar Standards Board

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