The 1998 Good Friday Agreement in tandem with the devolution programme in Great Britian were major steps toward normalising relations among the countries and regions of the British Isles. This was possible for a number of reasons but not least because both the UK and Ireland are members of the European Union. But one of […]

The speaker will consider the legal and bioethical situation as regards end of life care pathways following publication in July 2013 of the government’s independent review of the Liverpool Care Pathway chaired by Baroness Neuberger. James Bogle, TD, MA, ACIArb, is a barrister practising at 10 Kings Bench Walk, Inner Temple, where he is Deputy […]

The speaker argued that religion provides the only robust foundations for our most fundamental moral commitments. He will drew for this on his important recent book, From Morality to Metaphysics: The Theistic Implications of our Ethical Commitments (Oxford, 2012) and the related Theos think-tank report, From Goodness to God, which may be downloaded free of charge at theosthinktank.co.uk Dr. Ritchie is currently Director […]

The headlong rush of modernization in recent centuries has reached hyper-spatial qualities. While the time window between invention and commercial application has become ever smaller, new technologies are often noted not only for intrinsic rapidity but also for rapid popularization across territories geographically and culturally remote. Technology shapes and governs almost every human activity from […]

In many Catholic schools, education has become more difficult to distinguish from secular alternatives – though often of higher academic quality. Even Catholic authorities tend to lay more stress on academic performance and values such as ‘inclusiveness’ than on Catholic formation. The speakers outlined the most important ingredients in a Catholic education and formation. They […]

Many today have expressed doubts about the ethics of using drones and similar such machines in warfare, at a time when there seems to be ever-greater recourse to them. Is this merely a residual chivalric prejudice against fighting at a distance and without risk to combatants on one’s own side, or are there more fundamental […]

Founder and chairman of the Marriage Foundation, Sir Paul Coleridge was appointed a High Court judge in 2000 after 30 years as a family law specialist barrister. He deals with complex cases of family break up, especially those which involve children. If you are interested in attending please contact Piers Tattersall (piers.tattersall@ThomasMoreInstitute.org.uk) to receive an […]

The speaker qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and, after working for a major litigation firm in the West End and another in the City, he is now a partner in Clarke Barnes Solicitors LLP which he co-founded. If you are interested in attending please contact Piers Tattersall (piers.tattersall@ThomasMoreInstitute.org.uk) to receive an invitation.