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  • 08 February 2011
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    GCPH Seminar Series 7 Lecture 3- Prof Phil Hanlon

    Location: City Halls & Fruitmarket, G1 1NQ
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    The true, the good and the beautiful

    It was Plato who first observed that human beings naturally integrate the true, the good and the beautiful. We still observe this in our own lives when we are allowed to do so. Yet, the true (as manifested in the ideologies of scientism and economism) has been elevated in our work and professional lives to a position where 'evidence' and 'cost effectiveness' trumps all other considerations. The result is that we feel brutalised and not 'fully human'.

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    Seminar summary - PDF

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    Phil Hanlon is Professor of Public Health at the University of Glasgow, as well as Honourary Consultant in Public Health with NHS Greater Glasgow. He recently launched the AfterNow website, which seeks to explore the future of societal health and wellbeing.