Raimond Gaita

Raimond Gaita is a philosopher and author who has published widely to academic and non-academic audiences. His books include Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception; the award-winning Romulus, My Father, which was made into a prize winning film; A Common Humanity: Thinking About Love and Truth and Justice; The Philosopher’s Dog; and Breach of Trust: Truth, Morality and Politics. His latest book is After Romulus. Gaita is Professorial Fellow in the Melbourne Law School and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne and Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at King’s College London.

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What's more important: answers, or questions? Are the ‘big’ questions - life, the universe, everything - more important than ‘little’ ones? Does a good question provoke debate or laughter, lead to certain answers or create reflective pause? Can it change laws, minds or lives? Are questions the best answers?

The Interrobang – a new festival from the Wheeler Centre – is looking for the best questions in the world.

Ask your questions and vote on others, then join us on 27 – 28 November for a feast of frequently unanswered questions – as we present your most controversial, revealing, funny and insightful ideas to a 25-strong Brains Trust of the world’s most inquisitive thinkers.

So pose your burning questions. We’ll build this festival on your curiosity, so brace yourself – and wonder hard.