Professor Jonathan Wolff, as part of the President of Ireland’s Ethics Initiative will deliver a public lecture on ‘Social Equality and Poverty’

The discipline of Philosophy is delighted to welcome Professor Jonathan Wolff to NUI, Galway, as part of the President of

Ireland’s Ethics Initiative. He will deliver a public lecture on ‘Social Equality and Poverty’, to which you are warmly invited.

Date: Friday 10th October, 2014.

Time: 4pm.

Venue: Aula Maxima Lower.

Title: ‘Social Equality and Poverty’.

A note about the Lecture:

A society of equals is a society that avoids a range of destructive asymmetrical social relations, including domination, exploitation, snobbery, servility and social exclusion. But how, in the highly unequal societies in which we live, can we begin to make progress on eliminating social inequality? This talk explores how thinking about relative poverty can help illuminate one highly important aspect of social inequality: social exclusion. At the same time reflecting on relative poverty, and the steps people take to overcome it, can help us to understand some of the considerable structural obstacles that stand in the way of achieving a society of equals.

A note about Professor Jonathan Wolff:

Jonathan Wolff is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Arts and Humanities at University College London. He is the author of several books on political philosophy, including Disadvantage (with Avner de-Shalit) 2007, Ethics and Public Policy 2011, and The Human Right to Health. He has been a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Gambling Review Body, and the Board of Science of the British Medical Association. He writes a regular column on higher education for the Guardian.

We look forward to seeing you there on Friday 10th

Ann O’Higgins

Philosophy,

School of Humanities,

Room 311, First Floor,

Tower One.

Email: ann.ohiggins@nuigalway.ie

Phone: 353 91 492382