"The Rawls-Harsanyi Dispute: A Moral Point of View" Michael Moehler is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virigina Tech. He works primarily on political philosophy. Before moving there he was a visiting professor in UNC's PPE Program.
This is a public event exploring the questions raised by attempts to measure happiness. Invited speakers:Matthew Adler, Dan Ariely, Paul Dolan, and Carol Graham.
The Problem of Revolution and Liberty: Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. Peter C. Myers is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. He is the author of Our Only Star and Compass: Locke … Read more
Our fifth annual PPE Colloquium for undergraduates from PPE Programs around the country. Organized around papers that are read in advance, the colloquium consists of two days of intensive discussion of issues at the center of PPE.
This is an intensive one day seminar on “Public Choice and Government Failure.” Professor Georg Vanberg will be leading the discussion. There will be four sessions: What Is the Public Choice Approach?,Constitutions as Contracts for Liberty, Factions, Interest Groups, and Self-Interest, and Constitutional Reform as a … Read more
A small workshop on Politics and Rationality with an emphasis on themes from Geoffrey Brennan's work.
"Freedom and Other Robustly Demanding Goods". Professor Pettit is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University. He works in political philosophy and moral theory.
“Where is Democracy Heading?” Professor Carole Pateman's publications include Participation and Democratic Theory(1970), The Problem of Political Obligation (2nd edition 1985) and The Sexual Contract (1988) which received the Benjamin Lippincott Award in 2005. The Award is given for a work of "exceptional quality by a living … Read more
09:30 – 11:00 session I: “Promises, Practices, and Reciprocity,” Chris Melenovsky 11:15 – 12:45 session II: “A Defense of the Harm-Based Solution to the Non-Identity Problem,” Molly Gardner 12:45 – 2:00 Lunch 02:00 – 3:30 session III: "Public Goods and … Read more
Join us to learn more about the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program. Pizza will be served!
