Pop-up school gives lessons on ethics of sex and torture

TEENAGERS from Brixton have been given lessons in the ethics of torture, sex and human rights at a new philosophy “pop-up school”.

Sixth formers from Evelyn Grace Academy were among the first pupils to take part in the education project bei ng r un by New C ol l e ge of t he Humanities — the private university set up by philosopher AC Grayling.

The school, which is open for eight days, is designed to give teenagers a taste of university life and is being run at the philosophy and music festival HowTheLightGetsIn, in Hay-on-Wye.

NCH academics are teaching classes on subjects such as free will, language, human rights, virtue and politics.

A spokeswoman for NCH said: “It has been designed for sixth form students with a passion for philosophy, the humanit ie s an d critical thinking, appealing to young people with enquiring minds who want to try something new.

“The school caters for those studying for exams in a humanities subject, as well as those thinking about what they want to study at university.”

Classes on offer include “sexual ethics of the past” and “being true to oneself ”.