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!
"Do States Have a Moral Duty to Obey International Law?" David Lefkowitz is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL) at the University of Richmond. This event will take place in Caldwell 105; pizza will be … Read more
“Yes, No, Maybe: Can Law Heal Our Troubled Sexual Culture?” Shari Motro writes at the intersection of gender and tax law and policy, and teaches courses related to these topics. She is the author of West's The Income Tax Map: A … Read more
Professor Bicchieri will give a talk titled, "I Am So Angry I Am Going To Help You.” Bicchieri works at the borders between philosophy, game theory and psychology. She is the author of The Grammar of Society: the Nature and … Read more
