Susan Mendus, a Morrell Professor Emerita in political philosophy at the University of York is to deliver this year's Mabel Strickland's Memorial Lecture “Politics and Morality” at the Phoenicia Hotel on Thursday at 6.30pm.

The lecture will look into the relationship between politics and morality and more specifically into whether political success is compatible with moral goodness.

Professor Mendus's academic research focuses on problems in moral and political philosophy, especially toleration, and she has lectured widely in America and Australia, as well as in the UK.

Her published books include: Toleration and the Limits of Liberalism, Impartiality in Moral and Political Philosophy, and Politics and Morality. In 2012 she gave evidence as an expert witness to the Leveson Inquiry into the Culture, Practice and Ethics of the Press.

Professor Mendus was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2004, and was vice president of the academy from 2008-2012. In 2013 she was awarded the CBE for services to political science.

The Strickland Foundation is a public benefit organisation set up by Mabel Strickland, journalist and politician, in 1979. It aims at promoting the observance of human rights, democratic principles, and free press.

Attendance to the lecture is free.