Established in 1990 through the generosity of Laurance
S. Rockefeller ‘32, the University Center for Human
Values fosters ongoing inquiry into important ethical
issues in private and public life and supports teaching,
research, and discussion of ethics and human values
throughout the curriculum and across the disciplines at
Princeton University.

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Now Accepting Applications for the 2010-2011 Harold T. Shapiro Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Bioethics
Melissa Lane Joins Executive Committee
Charles Beitz is Named Director of UCHV

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  1. Wednesday, December 2, 2009
    "The Metaphysics of Harm"
    Judith Thomson / Council of the Humanities, Princeton University
    Commentators: Jeff McMahan
    Robertson Hall, Bowl 2, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
    Ira W. DeCamp Bioethics Seminars
  2. Thursday, December 3, 2009
    "Settling"
    Robert Goodin / Austrailian National University
    301 Marx Hall, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
    Ethics & Public Affairs Seminars & Workshops

    Robert Goodin is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Research School of the Social Sciences at the Australian National University, where he has taught since 1989.  Goodin is General Editor of a 11-volume series of Oxford Handbooks of Political Science for Oxford University Press and he edited a one-volume consolidation of the series, The Oxford Handbook of Political Science, published in 2009. He is founding Editor of a series of books on “Theories of Institutional Design” for Cambridge University Press and, with James Fishkin, now coedits the “Philosophy, Politics and Society” series founded by Peter Laslett in 1956. His own work focuses on political theory and public policy. His books include: Political Theory & Public Policy (U Chicago Press, 1982); Protecting the Vulnerable (U Chicago Press, 1985); and Reasons for Welfare (Princeton U Press, 1988).  

  3. Wednesday, December 16, 2009
    "Topic to be Announced"
    Macalester Bell / Columbia University
    301 Marx Hall, 12:00pm - 1:20pm
    Other Ethics & Public Affairs Event
  4. Thursday, February 18, 2010
    "Topic to be Announced"
    Christine Korsgaard / Harvard University
    McCormick 101, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
    James A. Moffett ’29 Lectures
  5. Thursday, March 4, 2010
    "Topic to be Announced"
    Jean Cohen / Columbia University
    301 Marx Hall, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
    Ethics & Public Affairs Seminars & Workshops