Natural Law and Why Do We Need the State? A Conversation with Thomas Pink

Event date
10 March 2021
Event time
17:00 - 18:00
Oxford week
Audience
General Public
Members of the University
Venue
Zoom Webinar
Speaker(s)
Thomas Pink

Prof Thomas Pink will present 'Nartural Law and Why Do We Need the State?' as the third event of The Common Good Project's Conversation Series exploring the question 'What is the Common Good?'

The Common Good Project seeks to foster a discussion on the relationship between law and the common good. The Project begins its efforts by exploring the common good from an array of perspectives. The Project hosts a weekly conversation series with legal theorists, philosophers, policy makers, economists, and others. 

Prof Pink will provide historical perspectives to the question 'Why do we need the state?' in the context of natural law theories. His discussion is set in the backdrop of Hobbes reacting to the Scholastics, particularly Suarez.

As background for the Conversation, registrants should consider the following reading:

Thomas Pink, BA, PhD (Cantab) is Professor of Philosophy at King's College London. 

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Jurisprudence