Aug
31
Sun
PICNIC FOR PEACE @ Wentworth Common
Aug 31 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Sep
12
Fri
A RED LETTER DAY FOR MELBURNIANS
Sep 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

JUST WAR, OR JUST PEACE?

JUST WAR, OR JUST PEACE?

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About

Join us for an evening of philosophical engagement with the profound tensions and questions emerging from the brutal violence that has gripped so any parts of the world

Over dinner, conversation, and facilitated collective reflection, we will give deep attention to these key issues:

How does humanity respond to the destructiveness of war in our time – in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar? What of the nuclear threat and the implications for climate change?

Does the concept of “just war” offer an adequate response? Are the principles that govern international humanitarian law fit for purpose? How well are the principles applied? ?

What is our vision of the human future?Tim Adalin, philosopher and host of the Voicecraft podcast and Underground Philosophy, will dialogue with

Dr Helen Durham AO, Professorial Fellow University of Melbourne and CEO of RedR Australia, and

Professor Emeritus Joseph Camilleri OAM, Convener, Conversation at the Crossroads

Date

Friday 12 September 2025 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM (UTC+10)

Location

The Oxford Scholar Hotel
427 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000

 

 

Big Ideas in the Pub: General Admission
$38.50
Covers dinner and an evening of convivial philisophical engagement for one person.
Big Ideas in the Pub: Concession
$33.50
Covers dinner and an evening of convivial philisophical engagement for a fulltime student or pensioner.
Big Ideas in the Pub: General Admission (ordering steak)
$48.50
Covers dinner and an evening of convivial philisophical engagement for one person (ordering steak)
Big Ideas in the Pub: Concession (ordering steak)
$43.50
Covers dinner and an evening of convivial philisophical engagement for one person who is a fulltime student or pensioner (ordering steak).