Veritas Forum: What Good is Power?
7:00pm-9:30pm, Friday 15th May 2026
How can we account for both our fear of and fascination with power? Must power always corrupt or can it be reimagined for the common good?
We see power abused by global leaders on the world stage. Suspicion of those in power, and their motives, can lead to a mistrust of power itself and a hesitancy amongst citizens to take on the powers or responsibilities which are rightfully theirs.
Join this Veritas Forum to hear leading academics in political philosophy, law, and political theology discuss the resources of the Bible and Christian faith in helping us to wrestle with these complex questions and how we might rightly use the power we hold.
Panellists include:
- Tom Simpson, Alfred Landecker Professor of Values & Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
- Dinesha Samararatne, Professor at the Department of Public & International Law at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Visiting Fellow, All Souls, Oxford
- Luke Bretherton, Regius Professor of Moral & Pastoral Theology at Christ Church, Oxford
About the Event:
Join us on Friday 15th May, 2026 at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in Oxford.
The panel discussion will begin at 7:00pm, followed by an audience Q&A and a drinks reception from 8:30-9:30pm.
This in-person event will be filmed by the Veritas Forum and will be made available on their YouTube channel.
Free to attend - click here to book your tickets now!
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