Research Assistant joins the Integrity Project

Posted on 10 July 2014 by Rachael Wiseman

We are pleased to announce that Alfred Archer has joined us as a research assistant during July. Alfred is a Philosophy PhD student, tutor and occasional lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, writing a thesis on Moral Philosophy. He has published articles in Ratio, Philosophia and The Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. He is also a member of our Portraits of Integrity sub-project.

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Integrity in Academia

Posted on 7 July 2014 by The Integrity Project

In defence of integrity in thinking as a vital moral value and public good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C3C2Ti5m1o

(to skip the introduction, start at about 9.30)

Enjoy!

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William Gladstone: Portraits of Integrity

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Joseph Hardwick

Joe Hardwick’s introduction to our Portraits of Integrity meeting on William Gladstone.

Readings

Background Readings and Modern Commentary

  • Perry Butler, Gladstone: Church, State and Tractarianism (Oxford, 1982), pp. 120-32.
  • H. C. G. Matthew, Gladstone, 1809-1898 (Oxford, 1997), pp. 59-73.

Primary Sources

Further Primary Sources

  • Gladstone’s 11 April 1845 speech on the Maynooth Bill can be found here.
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Saints & Madmen, more news

Posted on 12 June 2014 by The Integrity Project

there is another radio-broadcast about „Saints and Madmen“ being aired tonight (Thursday 12 June) at 20:10 (German time, 19.10 GST) at „Deutschlandfunk“.

If you are interested, you could listen to it on the live-stream to be found on: http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/programmvorschau.281.de.html where there is also an entry in the programme schedule.

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Saints & Madmen in the news

Posted on 11 June 2014 by The Integrity Project

The Integrity Project’s international conference Saints & Madmen: Integrity at its Limits, hosted in conjunction with the Einstein Forum, got a little bit of notice in the German media: Deutschland Radio covered the conference: http://ondemand-mp3.dradio.de/file/dradio/2014/06/07/dlf_20140607_1748_eb72a063.mp3. The event was also covered by the Kultur Radio, and in the local press, here: http://www.pnn.de/campus/863518. There may be more to come.
Certainly to come are audio recordings of the conference contributions, which will be available soon on the Integrity Project website.

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Saints and Madmen: 4 – 6 June

Posted on 2 June 2014 by Rachael Wiseman

We’re in Berlin at the Einstein Forum this week for the Saints and Madmen: Integrity at its Limits conference. We have some wonderful speakers on Wednesday and Thursday, plus a day of workshops on Friday. The full programme is here.

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Hannah Arendt: Portraits of Integrity

Posted on 27 May 2014 by Alex Beaumont

Alex Beaumont’s introduction to our Portraits of Integrity meeting on Hannah Arendt.

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Readings

  • ‘Truth and Politics’ from Between Past and Future. Reprinted in Peter Baehr (ed.) Penguin Portable Hannah Arendt (Penguin)
  • ‘The Answer of Socrates’ from The Life of the Mind. Reprinted in Peter Baehr (ed.) Penguin Portable Hannah Arendt (Penguin)
  • ‘Response to Gershom Scholem’ Reprinted in Peter Baehr (ed.) Penguin Portable Hannah Arendt (Penguin)
  • Preface to ‘Reflections on a Little Rock’ Reprinted in Peter Baehr (ed.) Penguin Portable Hannah Arendt (Penguin)
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10 June. Film screening and discussion of ‘Hannah Arendt’, York

Posted on 25 May 2014 by Rachael Wiseman

There will be a free showing of Hannah Arendt (2012, Margarethe von Trotta) at 20:30, City Screen Picture House, York on June 10th. Continue reading →

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27th May. Edward Snowden: Civil Disobedience for an Age of Total Surveillance, York

Posted on 25 May 2014 by Rachael Wiseman
William E. Scheuerman, Professor of Political Science and West European Studies, Indiana University, will be speaking in the Bowland Auditorium at University of York, 5pm, May 27th.

Continue reading →

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Integrity Project erasmus student

Posted on 17 May 2014 by Rachael Wiseman

This summer the Integrity Project will be joined in Durham by Lucía Carrillo González.

Lucía is a philosophy student from the University of Granada (Spain), and is collaborating with “The Integrity Project” thanks to Erasmus Placement Programme. As well as helping out with the Project, she will be doing research on Elizabeth Anscombe’s work, in particular the relation between Metaphysics and ethics. She has previously been working  on ethics and feminism.

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