Professor Simon Blackburn | Cambridge Union

Professor Simon Blackburn speaks as first opposition on Thursday 9th November 2023 at 8:00pm in the Debating Chamber.
One of humanity's oldest questions: are there any fundamental rights or wrongs? Is morality, or what we measure it by, a socially constructed process? Do we have the right to criticise those who hold morals irreconcilable to our own? This debate aims to test the link between reality and morality.
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Prof. Simon Blackburn
Professor Simon Blackburn is a former professor of philosophy specialising in meta-ethics and the philosophy of language. In 2008, he authored the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. Having taught philosophy at the Universities of both Oxford and Cambridge, he subscribes to a view of quasi-realism.
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