We'd be better off without our armed forces
12 October 2010
Australia spends a fortune on defence – money that could be invested in improving health, education and the security of our energy, food and water.
Some think that defence expenditure is the price of freedom – ultimately measured in blood and treasure.
Given the foreseeable risks to Australia’s national security, might we better off adopting a policy of lightly armed neutrality – becoming a threat to none and a friend to all?
Would our interests be best served by ‘demobbing’ our troops, selling off our kit and investing the proceeds in the good things of life?
It is important that audience members are seated by 6.35pm as the event will be screened live.
Speakers
For:
- Jake Lynch, Peace Centre, Sydney University
- (To be confirmed
- (To be confirmed
Against:
- All to be confirmed
Further details to be announced. Please check back.
Chair:
Dr Simon Longstaff is Executive Director of St James Ethics Centre. Simon spent five years studying and working as a member of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Having won scholarships to study at Cambridge, he read for the degrees of Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy. He was inaugural President of The Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics and is a Director of a number of companies. He is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Foreign Policy Association, based in New York. Simon has been Executive Director of St James Ethics Centre since shortly after it was founded.
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