Cicero’s maxim salus populi suprema lex est—the health of the people is the highest law—has long held a fascinating and influential place within law and politics, not least given its prominence within John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government. It is also a maxim, sometimes a mantra, that is frequently found within works in public health ethics; a necessarily political field of applied philosophy. The maxim itself contains various points of inherent contestability. These include questions regarding the proper, or best, meaning of ‘salus’.

Why do some international institutions succeed and others fail?

Speakers: Cécile Laborde, Larry Sager, Alan Patten, Sophia Moreau, Paul Billingham, Sophie Lauwers, Lucy Vickers, Jonathan Seglow, Andrew Shorten, Jonathan Chaplin, Elise Rouméas, Gwénaële Calves, George Letsas, Sherif Girgis, Liz Sepper, Paul Weithman, Andy Koppelman, Nomi Stolzenberg, Marilie Coetsee, Rick Garnett, Chris Lund, Abner Greene, Zalman Rothschild