Death Machines: The Ethics of Violent Technologies | Sunday 8th December
As innovations in military technologies race toward ever-greater levels of AI and autonomy, Dr Elke Schwarz reframes the debates around automation and violent technologies.
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Thinking on Sunday was launched as a new series of events with different themes to the Sunday Lectures. These interesting and stimulating sessions have a talk or presentation followed by Q&A, debate and discussion. The speakers are experts in their field, and/or have a passion for subject. Especially popular with our ethical society members, Thinking on Sunday is open to the public and promises to motivate and nourish the mind!
December 2019
January 2020
Britain by Numbers: A Visual Exploration of People and Place | Sunday 12th January
Criss-crossing the British Isles with a haul of statistics, charts and equations, Stuart Newman’s Britain by Numbers vividly bringing our nation to life in new and unexpected ways by showing who lives here, where we work, who we marry, what crimes we commit and much else besides.
What We Need To Do Now: Towards Net Zero Carbon Emissions | Sunday 26th January
Criss-crossing the British Isles with a haul of statistics, charts and equations, Stuart Newman’s Britain by Numbers vividly bringing our nation to life in new and unexpected ways by showing who lives here, where we work, who we marry, what crimes we commit and much else besides.
February 2020
Thinking On Sunday: Witch Hunts Today | Sunday 9th February
Harmful practices due to belief in witchcraft have seen a huge increase in the past six years both globally and in the UK and Kirsty Brimelow QC and author and campaigner Syd Moore have joined forces to expose this phenomenon.
Among the Women of Isis | Sunday 23rd February
Why did women join ISIS? What is the line between victim and collaborator? Azadeh Moaveni discusses an intimate account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their lives behind and join the Islamic State.
March 2020
Rankings That Rankle | Sunday 8th March
We are obsessed with status. Annual awards and league tables of universities, liveable cities and national happiness reflect this obsession. But how valid are these rankings?
Thinking On Sunday: Unspeakable – The Things We Cannot Say | Sunday 22nd March
As a teenager, Harriet Shawcross stopped speaking at school for almost a year, retreating into herself and communicating only when absolutely necessary. As an adult, she became fascinated by the limits of language and in this talk she asks what makes us silent?