About The Speaker

Lack of affordable health care continues to plague many Americans. Although Congress passed legislation intended to remedy this situation, the fate of this legislation remains undecided as some law-makers seek to have it repealed. At the heart of the debate are two questions: do we, in fact, have a right to health care? And if so, what does such a right entail? These are the questions which Norman Daniels addresses in his lecture.

About The Speaker

Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, and the author of New York Times Bestsellers Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality.

About The Speaker

Li Zhang is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Davis. Her research concerns the social, political, and cultural repercussions of market reform and socialist transformations in contemporary China. Professor Zhang’s books include, In Search of Paradise: Middle Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis (Cornell University Press, 2011; Winner of the 2011 Francis L.

1:00 PM
“Action, Outcome and Value: A Dual-system Framework for Moral Judgment”
Fiery Cushman, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

2:00 PM
“Intervention and Agency”
Adina Roskies, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College

3:00 PM
“Making Up People and Explaining Yourself”
Ron Mallon, Director, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis

Abstract provided by Professor Wellman: “I will argue that, absent special circumstances, there are no moral, judicial procedural rights. First I contend that punishing a criminal without first establishing her guilt via a fair trial does not necessarily violate her rights. Next I respond to a number of possible objections. And if time permits, I will consider the implications of my arguments for the human right to due process.”