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Great Moral Issues in Contemporary Society – GI 24 138 (Face to Face)

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9 January 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT

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Tutor: Karim Esmail BA, MPhil, MPhil, PhD

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Date: 9 January 2025
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Length of Course:
8 Thursdays
Reference Code:
GI 24 138
Cost:
£120.00 – £136.00
Location:
Ward Street
Guildford, Surrey GU1 4LH

Overview

There are a number of moral issues which are of great concern in contemporary society. This course is an introduction to some of these issues: experiments on animals; abortion; euthanasia; immigration; multiculturalism; freedom of speech and religion; capital punishment; and war. In each case, we will arrive at an understanding of the issue and then consider some of the debate around it.

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About the Speaker

Karim Esmail

Dr. Karim Esmail was educated at London, Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard. He was awarded a British Academy Studentship and the Gregg Bury Prize at Cambridge. He was formerly, a Research Fellow at Oxford and Burney Student at Cambridge and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard and he lectures at both Cambridge and Oxford. Alongside international articles, he is the author of three volumes of an original philosophical work on the nature and existence of God. Classes with Karim consist of clearly structured lectures and an encouragement to ask questions and to make comments.  Students are assisted in their understanding of the subject and in their critical engagement with it.

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