“Luck, Institutions and Global Justice” by Kok-chor Tan, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Responsibility and Global Justice Lecture Series sponsored by the Philosophy Department: Leading thinkers on tricky topics of global justice will speak during a Tuesday afternoon series at Vanderbilt University, and the public is invited to participate.  All the lectures will be held in the Moore Room of Vanderbilt Law School (Google map of this location) from 12:10 to 1:30 p.m.

The other lectures:

March 18: “Human Rights: Agendas and Institutions” by David Reidy, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

March 25: “Global Transgenerational Justice” by James Bohman, the Danforth Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University.

April 8: “Sixty Years After the Universal Declaration: Philosophical Questions about Human Rights” by Mathias Risse, associate professor of public policy and philosophy at Harvard University.

For information, contact Robert Talisse, robert.talisse@vanderbilt.edu
Media, contact Jim Patterson, jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu