Calendar of Events

Free Open to the Public
Location: Furman Hall (Google map of this location)

Informal reception prior to talk

Vanderbilt University Centennial Professor of Philosophy John Lachs is the lead-off speaker Feb. 23 for a new series of talks that aims to make philosophy accessible and relevant for the public. Lachs will discuss “Why Is Good Enough Not Good Enough for Us?” from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. in Furman Hall, Room 114.

The Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy: "Living the good life." The talks' purpose is to bring out the ethical questions that people ask themselves all the time and examine them from an understandable philosophical perspective.

The other scheduled speakers and dates are:

March 1: Robert Talisse, “Must Life Be Tragic?”

March 15: Jeffrey Tlumak, “Do We Have Free Will? Why Does It Matter?”

March 22: Marilyn Friedman, “Can Bad People Live Well?”

Each talk, which opens with an informal reception, will be in Furman Hall, Room 114, from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. For more information, contact Talisse at robert.talisse@vanderbilt.edu.