About this Event
6:30 - 7:00 PM Arrival and Networking
7:00 PM Prompt Start of the Event
Please arrive at least 5 minutes before the event begins.
In the modern world, the resurgence of conflict challenges the assumption that war can be contained by institutions, diplomacy, and legal frameworks alone. This raises a deeper ethical question: how should we understand war, and the tensions between peace and justice, compassion and duty, innocence and security? The lecture invites reflection on how individuals and societies navigate moral responsibility in times of war and conflict.
Bringing into dialogue Christian just war thinking and Dharmic approaches to the ethics of war, this session explores how each tradition understands moral responsibility when violence becomes unavoidable. It will also examine how these moral frameworks relate to modern international law, and what they reveal about the ethical tensions shaping contemporary conflicts.
Speaker:
- Professor Mahinda Deegalle is Professor of Religions, Philosophies and Ethics at Bath Spa University and a specialist in Buddhist thought, with research focusing on the ethics of war, violence and conflict
- Dr Yuri Stoyanov is a Research Associate at SOAS, specialising in Eastern Christian thought and the history of religious ideas, with research focusing on Christian theologies of warfare, apocalyptic traditions, and interfaith interactions.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
International Centre for Sustainability (ICfS), 15 Saint Mary at Hill, London, United Kingdom
GBP 10.00
