Bentham Lecture 2012: Perverting Trust

The Bentham Lecturer for 2012 is Baroness Onora O’Neill.

Baroness Onora O’Neill has held distinguished positions, having been Principal of Newnham College Cambridge, Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge and President of the British Academy. She chaired the Nuffield Foundation from 1998-2010 and has been a member of the House of Lords since 1999, as an independent, non-party peer. She has served on Select Committees on Stem Cell Research, BBC Charter Review, Genomic Medicine, Nanotechnology and Food and Behavioural Change.

O'Neill has particular interests in the ethics of Immanuel Kant, in bioethics and justice.