Space & Counterspace: Disruptive Technologies from Launch to Orbital Strike

Christopher Morris runs a fortnightly discussion group. Please be aware that group attendance may be limited. It is required to contact Christopher (Christopher.Morris@politics.ox.ac.uk) in advance for availability. Meetings will run both in person and online.

In person location: Boyd Room, Hertford College
Online: Microsoft Teams

Chloe Funnell

I am the Undergraduate Manager within the DPIR Education Support Team, which oversees all aspects of teaching, learning, assessment, and admissions for the Department's postgraduate courses. The team also has oversight of undergraduate Politics for BA PPE and BA History and Politics.

My main responsibilities include:

  • Line management of the PPE Administrator and the DPIR Undergraduate Studies Coordinator

  • Helping oversee procedures for admissions, teaching, and exams

When the Health of the People was the Highest Law: Have Coronavirus Restrictions Damaged the Authority of Laws for the Public’s Health?

Cicero’s maxim salus populi suprema lex est—the health of the people is the highest law—has long held a fascinating and influential place within law and politics, not least given its prominence within John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government. It is also a maxim, sometimes a mantra, that is frequently found within works in public health ethics; a necessarily political field of applied philosophy. The maxim itself contains various points of inherent contestability. These include questions regarding the proper, or best, meaning of ‘salus’.
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