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THE tension between society and the individual was emphasized by more than one speaker at the Ethics and Science Conference organised by the British Social Hygiene Council in March this year. This conflict, recurrent in every age, but particularly acute in our own, was felt to be one meriting closer examination than was possible at the time, and for this reason another Ethics and Science Conference has been arranged for Thursday, June 10, when the subject will be "Where does Freedom End?" On one hand, the individual is faced with certain obligations towards the community—obligations which seem to increase in number with the growth of the welfare State. On the other hand, there is the urge to self-expression, which only too often appears to conflict with man‘s social responsibilities. The need for reconciling these two principles is present in every department of life, but is nowhere more clamant than in the spheres of home and work. The Conference will therefore concentrate on these two aspects of the problem, Canon V. A. Demant, of St. Paul‘s Cathedral, dealing with the first, and Prof. T. S. Simey, professor of social science in the University of Liverpool, with the second. The Conference will take place in the Livingstone Hall, London, from 2 p.m. until 5.30 p.m., and ample time will be allowed for discussion. Tickets (price 2s. 6d.) and further information may be obtained from the Secretary, British Social Hygiene Council (Dept. S.J.I), Tavistock House North, London, W.C.I.
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Conference on Individual Freedom and Social Responsibility. Nature 161, 843 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161843a0
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