Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy

Dewey Lecture

Date: 
04.10.2006

The University of Chicago Law School is proud to present the 2006 Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy. The 2006 Dewey Lecture will be delivered by Richard Rorty, Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, on Monday, April 10, 2006.

Dewey Lecture: Robert E. Goodin on 'An Epistemic Case for Legal Moralism'

Date: 
01.16.2008

The 2007-2008 John Dewey Lecture on Jurisprudence

An Epistemic Case for Legal Moralism

By Robert E. Goodin, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and of Social & Political Theory in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University.

Time: 4pm
Location: Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom
Reception to follow

Christine Korsgaard, "Interacting with Animals: A Kantian Account"

Christine Korsgaard is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. This talk, the 2008 Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy, was recorded November 5, 2008, as part of Animal Law Week, sponsored by the McCormick Companions' Fund.

Robert Goodin: "An Epistemic Case for Legal Moralism"

Robert E. Goodin is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and of Social & Political Theory in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University. This talk was recorded January 16, 2008 as the 2007-2008 John Dewey Lecture on Jurisprudence. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, or so we are told. But why on earth not? The statute books run to hundreds of volumes.


74:15 minutes (67.98 MB)
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Archive year: 
2008

Richard Rorty: "Dewey and Posner on Pragmatism and Moral Progress"

Richard Rorty (1931-2007) was Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Philosophy at Stanford University. This talk was recorded April 10, 2006 as the annual Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy. © 2006 The University of Chicago


82:20 minutes (75.39 MB)
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2006

Peter Singer: "America's Responsibilities as A Global Citizen"

Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University. This talk was the 2004 Dewey Lecture. Prof. Singer was introduced by Martha Nussbaum.


86:29 minutes (9.9 MB)
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Archive year: 
2004
Guest speaker: 
Peter Singer

Peter Singer: Q & A

Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University. This talk was the 2004 Dewey Lecture.


75:30 minutes (8.64 MB)
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2004
Guest speaker: 
Peter Singer
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