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Lecture Series: Humanities in Action 2025

CPH-PPE Flyleaf Books Talks: “Unpacking Justice: The LA Aqueduct and Chinatown” with Cara Nine

Flyleaf Books 752 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Featuring Cara Nine, Associate Professor of Political Science, Core Faculty in UNC’s Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program This event will examine three kinds of justice: procedural justice, historical justice, and distributive justice. To illustrate how these different kinds of justice work, we’ll … Read more

$10
Lecture Series: Humanities in Action 2025

CPH-PPE Flyleaf Books Series: “Making Public Choices: Consequentialism and Its Critics” with Gerard Rothfus

Flyleaf Books 752 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Featuring Gerard Rothfus, Teaching Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Core Faculty in UNC’s Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program Consequentialism offers a simple and intuitive logic for thinking about the merits of both individual actions and social policies. According to this logic, actions … Read more

$10

Abbey Speaker Series: How to Evaluate Economies?

Frank Porter Graham Student Union Auditorium 209 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

We hear a lot about the importance of a strong economy. But how do we know if the economy is doing well? Should we measure economic growth? Calculate human wellbeing? Examine whether individuals are free to make their own economic … Read more

Evaluating Societies: a PPE Workshop

Hyde Hall

This PPE Workshop features Kaushik Basu (Cornell University, former chief economist of the World Bank), Robert Doar (President of the American Enterprise Institute), and Carol Graham (University of Maryland, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute). Bringing together different tools, insights, and perspectives, they will be discussing … Read more