Royal Institute of Philosophy: Monika Betzler: The Value of Childhood and the Good Life
Create a free account to applyExplore how childhood can shape the value of a whole life in an in-person London lecture with philosopher Monika Betzler. Weigh accounts of lifetime well-being and childhood’s intrinsic value, including why some early losses cannot be made up for later.
Monika Betzler presents a London lecture exploring how the value of childhood is connected to the value of a life overall. The event asks why what happens during childhood can shape later life so deeply, and why some losses in childhood cannot simply be made up for later on.
The lecture considers different accounts of lifetime well-being and the intrinsic value of childhood, then argues that there is additional importance in when certain goods are experienced in life. It is an in-person event in London, with Monika Betzler as speaker, and is aimed at anyone interested in philosophy, ethics, childhood and human flourishing.
Monika Betzler
26 November 2026, 18:15 – 20:15
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