The 2025 John Stuart Mill Lecture: Mill on the Complementarity of Permanence and Change
Professor Moody-Adams’ paper will explore Mill’s claim that Jeremy Bentham and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were the two great “half-men” of their time, asking whether this assertion illuminates Mill’s view of the relationship between tradition and progress, or does it reveal a fundamental ambivalence at the core of Mill’s thought, and what this might tell us about Mill’s understanding of truth.
Date:
20 May 2025, 17:30
Venue:
Somerville College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HD
Venue Details:
Flora Anderson Hall, accessible by steps and ramp
Speaker:
Michele Moody-Adams (Columbia University)
Organising department:
Somerville College
Organiser:
Sarah Butler (Librarian and Head of Information Services)
Organiser contact email address:
librarian@some.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Sarah Butler (Librarian and Head of Information Services)
Part of:
John Stuart Mill Annual Lecture
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/e/KRGLXqS0Nm
Booking email:
librarian@some.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Sarah Butler
