May, 2010
SUBJECT: Is Forgiveness Immoral?
CONVENER: McDonald Centre, Christ Church
CHAIR: Nigel Biggar, Oxford University
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Participants:
Philip Barnes, Theology, Kings College
Anthony Bash, Theology, Durham University
Nigel Biggar, Theology, Oxford University
Thomas Brudholm, Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
Geoffrey Scarre, Philosophy, Durham University
Stephen Williams, Theology, Union Theological College (Belfast)
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May, 2009
SUBJECT: Justice Rights and Wrongs
CONVENER: McDonald Centre, Christ Church
CHAIR: Nigel Biggar, Oxford University
LEAD SPEAKER: Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University
Participants:
Roger Crisp, Philosophy, Oxford University
Timothy Endicott, Law, Oxford University and University of Bristol
Onora O’Neill, President-British Academy, Philosophy Faculty, Oxford University
John Perry, McDonald Centre Fellow, Oxford University
Julian Rivers, Law, University of Bristol
Bernd Wannenwetsch, Theology, Oxford University
October, 2009
DEBATE THEME: Was Jesus a Pacifist?
Participants:
Nigel Biggar, Oxford University
Richard B. Hayes, Duke University
October, 2010
SUBJECT: Reason, Theology and the Genome
(A Conference on the Ethics of Human Enhancement)
CONVENER: McDonald Centre, Christ Church
CHAIR: Nigel Biggar, Oxford University
Participants:
Nigel Biggar, Oxford University, Moral and Pastoral Theology
Guy Brown, Cambridge University, Biochemistry
Stephan Clark, Liverpool University, Philosophy
Paul Griffiths, Universities of Sidney and Exeter, Philosophy
Michael Hauskeller, University of Exeter, Philosophy
Mattias Iser, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Philosophy
David Jones, Anscombe Bioethics Centre (Oxford), Bioethics
Guy Kahane, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Ethics
Anja Karnein, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Political Science
Robert Song, University of Durham, Theology
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
May, 2011
SUBJECT: Christian Ethics Engages Peter Singer: Utilitarians and Christians in Dialogue
CO-CONVENERS: McDonald Centre, Christ Church
British Academy
CHAIR: Nigel Biggar, Christ Church/University of Oxford
Participants:
Peter Singer, Princeton University/University of Melbourne, Bioethics
Brenda Almond, University of Hull, Philosophy
Nigel Biggar, Christ Church/Oxford University
Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College, Theology
Charles Camosy, Fordham University, Ethics
David Clough, University of Chester, Ethics
Eric Gregory, Princeton University, Religion
John Haldane, University of St. Andrews, Philosophy
John Hare, Yale Divinity School, Theology
Brad Hooker, University of Reading, Philosophy
Timothy Mulligan, University of St. Andrews, Philosophy
Toby Ord, University of Oxford
John Perry, Christ Church/University of Oxford
Esther Reed, University of Exeter, Theology
Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford, Ethics
May, 2010
SUBJECT: Trust, Responsibility and the Internet
CO-CONVENERS: McDonald Centre, Christ Church
Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House
SPEAKER: Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull
February, 2011
SUBJECT: Ethics and the National Interest
CO-CONVENERS: McDonald Centre, Christ Church
Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House
Participants:
Nigel Biggar, Christ Church/Oxford University
Sir Christopher Meyer, HM Ambassador to the United States (Ret.)
Jeremy Hill, HM Ambassador to Bulgaria (Ret.)
Major-General (Ret.) Timothy Cross CBE
Paul Cornish, Royal Institute of International Affairs
Gwyn Prins, London School of Economics and Political Science
Nick Rengger, University of St. Andrews
serving officials from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
serving officials from the British Ministry of Defence