Dr. Glenn Peoples, PhD

Prolife UC presents a talk by Dr. Glenn Peoples, PhD…

ABORTION, MORALITY and LAW
Friday 31^st July 7.30pm
A3 lecture theatre, University of Canterbury (map below)

Is abortion immoral, and should it be legal? The abortion controversy is a persistent one in New Zealand that has seen revived interest lately. Dr Glenn Peoples provides reasons for deeming abortion immoral and for its legal restriction. He also considers some arguments for abortion rights and explains how to address these, showing that they overlook the fundamental moral issues involved.

Dr. Peoples will also be speaking at an event at 7:30pm on Thursday night in the same venue, and as the topic will be of interest to a wide range of people, we are advertising the talk on our website:

Chasing the Justificatory Goalpost: Public Justification and Religious Beliefs
Thursday 30^th July 7.30pm
A3 lecture theatre, University of Canterbury (map below)

“There is a broad political tradition that we are a part of that we could call “the liberal democracy.” Some modern thinkers allege that in a liberal democratic society like ours, we should not advocate policies or ideas in the public square that are justified by our religious beliefs (e.g. policies on abortion, marriage, education etc). This is because these people advocate a principle of justification, whereby all policies must be justifiable to our fellow citizen in a certain way, and (as everyone knows, of course!) all policies that are justified by our religious beliefs cannot be justified to our fellow citizens in this way. I look at exactly what this principle of justification is, whether it’s any good (I argue that it needs improvement), and most importantly, I ask whether or not it’s really true that policies that have a religious basis really do fail to be justified in this way.”

Dr Peoples graduated from the University of Otago in 2008 with his PhD in philosophy. His areas of specialisation are ethics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy. He also runs a popular blog devoted to philosophy, theology and politics.

All welcome, donation appreciated
Free parking (turn right off University Drive which is off Clyde Road)
For more info, phone: (03) 980 2159

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