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SUMMARY:The Destruction of Cultural Property in War Zones: Comparing Value
  - Prof Derek Matravers\, The Open University
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CONTACT:Julius Weitzdörfer
DESCRIPTION:The UK has undertaken to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention whic
 h aims to protect cultural property in war zones. The Convention raises th
 e question of whether cultural property ought to be protected at the cost 
 of human life. The conventional view is that protecting human life outweig
 hs protecting cultural property. I will consider the argument to this conc
 lusion\; examining its structure\, and debating its weaknesses.\nDerek Mat
 ravers is a Senior Member of the College. He was a junior member of Darwin
  from 1987 to 1991\, when he studied for his PhD under Hugh Mellor (then a
  Fellow of the College). He was a Junior Research Fellow from 1991 to 1994
 . He is now Professor of Philosophy of The Open University.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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