Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values

This conference, organized by James Heckman, Martha Nussbaum and Robert Pollak, seeks to link the "Human Development Approach" to the recent literature on the economics, neuroscience, and psychology of human development in order to enrich both fields.

Sponsored by the Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values at the University of Chicago Law School

Where did our "morality"-- our moral sense, our moral intuitions, our dispositions to make particular kinds of moral judgments--come from?  And does its origin have any bearing on the value,  justification, or credibility of our morality?