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Getting Our Way: The Ethics of National Interest
On 5 February, the McDonald Centre hosted a remarkable colloquiuim on national interest and foreign policy. Inspired by Sir Christopher Meyer’s book, Getting Our Way, the colloquiuim was co-sponsored with the Royal Institute for International Relations at Chatham House and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict. Meyer, who was formerly HM’s Ambassador to the United States, is…
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Forgiving Enemies in Northern Ireland
On 14 December 2009, Nigel Biggar addressed The Westminster Forum on the topic, ‘Forgiving Enemies in Northern Ireland.’ A response was offered by Lord Trimble, former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Conference: ‘Justice: Rights and Wrongs’
McDonald Centre Annual Conference, 2009 The McDonald Centre held a conference in 2009 entitled ‘Justice: Rights & Wrongs’ in the Blue Boar Lecture Theatre at Christ Church, Oxford. The conference celebrated and critiqued Nicholas Wolterstorff’s important recent book on the historical and theological foundations of the idea of human dignity. The conference considered the questions arising from Wolterstorff’s…
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Was Jesus a Pacifist? A Debate
On 30 October 2008, Richard B. Hays of Duke University and Nigel Biggar debated non-violence in the New Testament. The event was co-sponsored by the Hursley Theological Society and chaired by Markus Bockmuehl of Keble College. Hays is the author of the the bestselling The Moral Vision of the New Testament. A printed version of their…