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Nicholas McBride as third opposition on the motion on Thursday 1st February 2024 at 8:00pm in the Debating Chamber.

As modelling and technological capacity improves, an old problem on morality is rearing its head, especially as we all were confronted with the grim graphs of the COVID-19 pandemic. Is morality and human life calculable, a hedonic calculus of pleasure or pain, and can we theoretically get there?

New movements, such as the Effective Altruism Movement, are strongly arguing yes, arguing for a revolutionary new approach to modelling where all impacts can be measured, fulfilling the vision of Bentham and allowing us to more precisely target policy and charity. Others strongly propound that they are chasing the impossible, and that such an attitude can result in dangerous policy making decisions that put the will of the majority over the needs of the minority.

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PROFESSOR NICHOLAS MCBRIDE

Professor Nicholas McBride is the Director of Studies for Law at Pembroke College, Cambridge, as well as a life fellow of All Soul's College in Oxford. In his legal work, Professor McBride has taken a particular interest in legal philosophy, especially through his book Great Debates in Jursiprudence.

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