[SydPhil] Leif Wenar public lecture Blood Oil

[Jeremy Moss]

Invitation: 2016 UNSW Jack Beale Lecture: Leif Wenar 'Blood Oil'      View it in your browser<http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9de80af17c667f70e679b253c&id=25b96bddb3&e=21f9e7f6a5>.


[UNSW Jack Beale Lecture: Leif Wenar 'Blood oil']



We are pleased to announce that Professor Leif Wenar, Chair of Philosophy and Law at King's College London, will deliver the UNSW Jack Beale Lecture on 2 November 2016.

Professor Wenar is the author of Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence and the Rules That Run the World. His book investigates how reliance on foreign oil in the West has resulted in consumers directly funding some of the world's most ruthless dictators.

In his lecture, Professor Wenar will outline his views on how the West can lead the world's next great moral revolution by ending its dependence on authoritarian oil. He will set out what he considers to be a grand strategy for upgrading the international trade system, which will make us more secure at home, more trusted abroad, and better able to solve urgent global problems like climate change. Professor Wenar is visiting the Practical Justice Initiative at UNSW as a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Distinguished Visiting Fellow.

The Jack Beale Lecture was established in 1999 in honour of The Hon. Dr Jack Beale AO, a passionate advocate of environmental management and the first Minister for the Environment in Australia (NSW Parliament). The Jack Beale Lecture provides the opportunity for a prominent individual to examine Australia's environmental responsibilities, opportunities and performance within a global context.

We hope that you can join us for this special event.



What: 2016 UNSW Jack Beale Lecture
When: Proceedings commence at 6pm, 2 November 2016
Where: Science Theatre, UNSW Kensington (Map reference F13<http://unsw.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9de80af17c667f70e679b253c&id=793a424cf7&e=21f9e7f6a5>)

This is a free event but registrations are essential.

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Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence and the Rules that Run the World

Leif Wenar's Blood Oil investigates the unnerving role that Western societies play in financially supporting some of the world's most dangerous men through the oil trade, and describes how the West can lead a peaceful resources revolution.

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Jeremy Moss
Professor of Political Philosophy
University of New South Wales
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Australia
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