Philosophy as a Humanist Discipline

A conference to mark the 50th Anniversary of the New York Review of Books and to honour the lives, work, and legacy of Isaiah Berlin, Stuart Hampshire, and Bernard Williams.

The New York Review of Books Foundation; Fritt Ord; All Souls College, Oxford; The Europaeum,
Oxford; Wadham College, Oxford; Wolfson College, Oxford.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 22

2.30-4 PM
I   Berlin, Hampshire, Williams and Their World: Robert Silvers (Chair) Avishai  Margalit, Alan Ryan, Mary Warnock.

4.30-6 PM
II  Hedgehogs and  Foxes; The Philosopher as Public Intellectual. John Vickers (Chair) John Gray, Helena Kennedy QC, Mark  Lilla.

SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 23

10-11.30 AM
III. Plural Values and  The History  of Ethics: Hermione Lee (Chair) Naomi Eilan , Alan Ryan, Edward Skidelsky.

12-1.30 PM
IV. Is Political Philosophy More Than a Branch of  Ethics ?  Ken Macdonald, QC  (Chair) Samuel Scheffler, Jerome Bruner, Jeremy Waldron.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 23.

2.30-4 PM
V Ethics and Power: The Long Shadow of Machiavelli.  Robert Silvers (Chair) Avishai Margalit,  Timothy Garton Ash,  Marc Stears.

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED AT