Conference Format
The main event in the life of the society
each year is the annual conference, held each September.
The conference includes main papers from international experts
in the field. There are also short papers and discussion
groups, and morning and evening prayer. The weekend aims
to be marked by collegiality and new friendships, with numerous
opportunities for relaxed discussions amidst drinks receptions,
pleasant surroundings, and good food.
On Saturday evening there is a formal conference
dinner in one of the Cambridge colleges, after which a notable
public figure addresses the society on its given topic from
the perspectives of civic life. Most recently, former Labour
MP and Cabinet Minister Tony Benn addressed the topic of
managerialism in 2007, and in 2008 the Rt Hon John Battle
MP, formerly faith advisor to Tony Blair, reflected on the
place of the religion in modern political life. The 2010
keynote speaker was Professor Lord Anthony Giddens, who
addressed the politics of climate change.
For further information on upcoming conferences, see
the conference details. For details on past conferences, including audio recordings and images, click on one of the links below.
Recent conference topics have
included:
2011 Christian Ethics and Sport
2010 Theological Reflections on Climate Change
2009 Divine Law/Divine Command? The Ground of Ethics in the Western Tradition
2008 The Sermon on the Mount in Christian Ethics
2007 The Ideology of Managerialism in Church, Politics, and Society
2006 Political Ethics and International Order - joint conference with Societas Ethica
2005 Sojourners and
Strangers: Asylum, Immigration and Nationality
2004 Public Theology
and Bioethics
2003 The Ethics of
Education
2002 Ethics and Creativity
2001 Liturgy and Ethics
2000 Banking and Debt
1999 Media Ethics
1998 Virtue Ethics
1997 Euthanasia
1996 Ethics and Community
1995 The Family: Concept and Context
1994 Christian Ethics after Modernity
1993 Ecology and Ethics |
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