RSA/WWF Series on Global Challenges and the Values We Live By

30th Mar 2009; 18:00

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Preeminent bioethicist and philosopher Peter Singer gives the final lecture in the RSA WWF series and asks:

How can we establish a clearer common ethical basis to engagement on a range of civil society concerns, including human rights, poverty, human development and environmentalism?

Peter Singer's latest book will be available to buy at the event and there will be a chance to get your copy signed afterwards.

In association with WWF UK

Suggested hashtag for Twitter users: #rsawwf

This series of RSA/WWF debates focuses on barriers to, and strategies for, the introduction of a broader set of values in current public discourse. Recognising that societal values both drive and constrain responses to the global challenges that we confront, the debates ask: can we hope to meet these challenges whilst working within the matrix of values that currently dominate in society? Is engaging with societal values a quixotic exercise – or the only hope that we have?

The RSA has been at the forefront of tackling complex social, economic and environmental challenges and pioneering practical solutions for over 250 years.

WWF addresses global threats to people and nature such as climate change and the unsustainable consumption of the world's natural resources. It does this by influencing how governments, businesses and people think, learn and act in relation to the world around us, and by working with local communities to improve their livelihoods and the environment upon which we all depend.

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