[P4B] The Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Debate - What's the Point of Diversity? | 21st November 2019
'What's the Point of Diversity?'
Part of the Being Human Festival
Date: 21 November 2019, 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Beveridge Hall, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Speakers:
Professor Tommy Curry
Baroness Onora O'Neill
Professor Kathleen Stock
Chair: Ritula Shah
Diversity has become a divisive issue in today's society. In this debate philosophers at the front line will be picking at its complexities and difficulties. What are the different forms of diversity? Why do they matter? Should we be promoting or managing diversity? Should we even be reducing it in the name of greater cohesion? And why are we riding it so hard to have these debates, with opposing sides refusing to engage with each other?
For this year's Royal institute of Philosophy debate we have abandoned the antagonistic for/against format and have invited our speakers to model a more collaborative discussion in which increased mutual understanding matters more than winning. In our increasingly polarised society, we need to bring people together more than ever. Confirmed speakers include Prof Tommy Curry, Baroness Onora O'Neill, and Prof Kathleen Stock with the BBC's Ritula Shah in the chair.
Doors: 6pm
Start: 6.30pm
Finish: 8pm
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Part of the Being Human Festival
Date: 21 November 2019, 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Beveridge Hall, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Speakers:
Professor Tommy Curry
Baroness Onora O'Neill
Professor Kathleen Stock
Chair: Ritula Shah
Diversity has become a divisive issue in today's society. In this debate philosophers at the front line will be picking at its complexities and difficulties. What are the different forms of diversity? Why do they matter? Should we be promoting or managing diversity? Should we even be reducing it in the name of greater cohesion? And why are we riding it so hard to have these debates, with opposing sides refusing to engage with each other?
For this year's Royal institute of Philosophy debate we have abandoned the antagonistic for/against format and have invited our speakers to model a more collaborative discussion in which increased mutual understanding matters more than winning. In our increasingly polarised society, we need to bring people together more than ever. Confirmed speakers include Prof Tommy Curry, Baroness Onora O'Neill, and Prof Kathleen Stock with the BBC's Ritula Shah in the chair.
Doors: 6pm
Start: 6.30pm
Finish: 8pm
Book Now
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