Murphy-Philosophy Seminar: Renee Jorgensen (Michigan)

The Murphy Institute Seminar Series in Philosophy

Organized by the Tulane Philosophy Department, the Murphy-Philosophy Seminars are a series of workshops where CE Faculty Fellows and distinguished guest speakers present works in progress on ethics, political philosophy, political theory, moral psychology, the philosophy of law, and intellectual history. Papers are distributed one week beforehand to the participants who read the paper and prepare discussion questions for the presenter.

Renee Jorgensen is an Associate Professor of Philosophy, and the Max Mendel Shaye Professor of Public Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the University of Michigan. Jorgensen is also an Associate Editor at the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. Her new book, Rewriting Rights: Making Reasonable Mistakes in a Social Context, is out now with Oxford University Press! It takes up the question, "what sorts of mistakes--especially about consent or self-defense--are reasonable, and why? And how do they relate to what it takes to respect each other's rights?"