University Center for Human Values

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Tanner Lectures on Human Values Recap: Elizabeth Kolbert, “Welcome to the Anthropocene”

September 26, 2022

A recap of the April Tanner Lectures on Human Values with Elizabeth Kolbert written by former UCHV Ethics of Climate Change Postdocs, Colin Hickey and Simona Capisani.
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UCHV welcomes Molly Crockett

September 15, 2022

Molly Crockett joined as a joint faculty member on July 1.
Andrew Chignell talks about hope and despair on Tell Me More

June 28, 2022

Professor Chignell's five-minute Tell Me More interview aired on April 5.
Marx Hall to be renamed to Laura Wooten Hall

June 7, 2022

Effective July 1, Marx Hall will be renamed to Laura Wooten Hall.
Princeton University confers honorary degree upon Amy Gutmann

June 1, 2022

Amy Gutmann, U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and founding director of the UCHV, is awarded an honorary degree in 2022 by Princeton University.

News

Tanner Lectures on Human Values Recap: Elizabeth Kolbert, “Welcome to the Anthropocene”

Sept. 26, 2022

Kim Lane Scheppele provides scholarly insight on matters of current affairs

Sept. 2, 2022

Vale John Cooper, Henry Putnam University Professor, emeritus, dies at age 83

Aug. 24, 2022

University of Michigan Collegiate Professorship named in honor of Kim Lane Scheppele

Aug. 22, 2022

Peter Singer and Yip Fai Tse's article, "AI ethics: the case for including animals" recently published in AI & Ethics

July 7, 2022

Events

Jamie Susskind (author and barrister): Digital Republicanism: How to Govern Technology

Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Location

Corwin Hall, Room 127

Political Philosophy Colloquium

Political Associations Revisited: Normative, Legal, and Historical Perspectives

Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 9:00 am – Sat, Oct 1, 2022, 2:30 pm

Location

Wallace Hall, Room 300

UCHV Conferences, Workshops & Special Events

History of Political Thought

Melvin Van Peebles: Three Day Pass (1969)

Mon, Oct 3, 2022, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Location

Green Hall, Room 0-S-6

Moral Narratives Workshop: "Point of view, narrators & audiences"

Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location

Virtual

UCHV Conferences, Workshops & Special Events

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (Georgetown University): "Subjective Security"

Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Location

Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room) formerly Marx Hall

Program in Ethics and Public Affairs

Charles Burnett: Killer of Sheep (1978)

Mon, Oct 10, 2022, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Location

Green Hall, Room 0-S-6

Jeff McMahan (University of Oxford): “Abortion, Prenatal Injury, and What Matters Across Alternative Possible Lives”

Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Location

HYBRID - Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room) or via Zoom. Registration required for remote attendance.

Ira W. DeCamp Bioethics Seminars

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