IQ² Oz future live debates
Below is a summary of the live debates scheduled to take place in Sydney in 2008.
You can also visit the past events page, where you will find links to watch recordings of past events.
We’d be better off without religion
19 August 2008
While the world’s religions have inspired stunning acts of creation, they also have been implicated in some of the darkest deeds in human history. If God cannot be blamed for such moments of evil, His priests and prophets at least have a case to answer. So what might they say?
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For a sporting nation we’re not very sporting
30 September 2008
When Adam Gilchrist ‘walked’ during the semi-final of cricket’s World Cup in 2003, it was front page news across the land. Why? Because such an act of sportsmanship, by an elite Australian athlete, was deemed to be so rare.
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America has lost its moral authority
29 October 2008
There was a time when America spoke with a semblance of moral authority – not because the world believed the rhetoric, but because Americans did. Thus, America received the benefit of the doubt – even when self-interest was evidently mixed with a just cause. However, has America lost legitimacy?
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