Category Archives: Religion & Integrity

Gandhi seminar, Friday 22nd May

In the next seminar in our ‘Portraits of Integrity’ series Dr Stefan Rossbach (University of Kent) will introduce selected readings from Gandhi and will lead a discussion of his life and philosophy. More details, including an excellent introduction and readings … Continue reading

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Hypocrisy or cynicism?

A comment piece by Giles Fraser in this week’s Guardian comparing hypocrisy to cynicism. Here’s an extract: Hypocrisy is an accusation often levelled at two groups in particular: lefties and the religious. And the thing that both these groups have … Continue reading

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Simone Weil workshop with David Levy, 26th September

Our Portraits of Integrity workshops restart this month with Dr David Levy (Edinburgh University) on Simone Weil. As usual we meet 2-5pm in Newcastle. Full details of the meeting here and a full meeting schedule for this semester here. Please … Continue reading

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Readings available for Tolstoy Working Group

The readings for the second meeting of the working group are now available here. Just click on the hyperlinks in the reading list.

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Integrity and trust

Thanks to Joe Hardwick for sending this unsavoury extract from Charles Grant, Observations on the State of Society among the Asiatic Subjects of Great Britain (1792, printed 1813). Integrity is glossed as ‘conscientious in the whole of his conduct’.

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Activism and Integrity: Audio recordings now available

Audio recordings are now available for the Activism and Integrity workshop. 

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Tolstoy and the philosophy of non-resistance

This talk was presented at the Activism and Integrity workshop, December 2013

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Integrity and other ‘springs of action’ the lives of nineteenth-century reformers

This talk was given at the Activism and Integrity workshop, December 2013

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Final Programme for ‘Activism and Integrity’

The final programme for this workshop is now available to download here. For more information see the workshop page.

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