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Visiting Faculty Conference

Caldwell Hall 240 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

One day of papers by, and conversations with, the UNC/Chapel Hill Visiting Faculty.   9:00-10:30   Greg Salmieri "Aristotle on Selfishness" 10:40-12:10 Iskra Fileva 'Traits and Reasons in the Explanation of Action" 12:10-1:00   Lunch 1:00-2:30  Daniel Moseley "Revisiting Williams on Integrity" 2:40-4:10  Stan Husi "Against Moral Fictionalism"

Visiting Faculty Workshop

A weekend of papers by, and conversations with, the UNC/Chapel Hill Visiting Faculty.

PPE Talk: Loren Lomasky

213 Caldwell Hall

"When Hobbes is an Optimist: Politics Among the Malevolent." Professor Lomasky is the Cory Professor of Political Philosophy, Policy and Law.  He is the Director of the Political Philosophy, Policy and Law Program at the University of Virginia. Professor Lomasky's books … Read more

Metaethics Workshop

A small workshop to discuss work in progress by Rae Langton, Maggie Little, Kate Manne, Peter Railton, and Mark Schroeder.  Other out of town participants include Jamie Dreier, Stan Husi, Robert Johnson, and Adrienne Martin.

National High School Ethics Bowl

The first National High School Ethics Bowl. Top teams from high schools around the country will come to UNC-Chapel Hill to compete in the National Championship.

Visiting Professor Workshop

Caldwell 213

A small workshop for the Visiting Professors and others in the philosophy and PPE community. Session I: 9:30 – 11:00 Alexander Jech “What has Athens to do with Rome? De Tocqueville and Republican Liberty” Session II: 11:10 -12:40 Molly Gardner … Read more

PPE Talk: Michael Zuckert

Caldwell 105 Caldwell 105 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

"Launching Liberalism: Philosophic Anthropology and the Leviathan State" Michael Zuckert, the Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, works in  Political Theory and Constitutional Studies.  He is the author ofNatural Rights and the New Republicanism, theNatural Rights … Read more

PPE Talk: Matthew Adler

Caldwell 213

“Morality and Cost Benefit Analysis” on "Morality and Cost Benefit Analysis."Professor Adler has recently joined Duke as the Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy, and Public Policy.

PPE Talk: Jessica Flanigan

Hamilton 100

All Liberty is Basic: Why Trivial Rights Merit Legal Recognition. Jessica Flanigan, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, at the University of Richmond, has research interests in the ethics of business and medicine, law, and … Read more

Research Ethics Grand Round

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt UNC School of Medicine

Emerging Perspectives on HIV Research with Pregnant Women Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly is an Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics at UNC. Dr. Lyerly will discuss the considerations that led to her recently … Read more