Seminar Series

Upcoming Events


Democracy, Accountability, and Education
Feb 22, 2010 (03:00 AM - 05:00 AM) - Seminar Series

Meira Levinson

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
An Integrated European Public Sphere? Sociological and Normative Doubts
Mar 08, 2010 (03:00 AM - 05:00 AM) - Seminar Series

Veit Bader

University of Amsterdam

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Public Man, Private Woman?
Apr 26, 2010 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Don Herzog
University of Michigan Law School

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place

Past Events


"Speech and the Sacred: Pain, Pluralism, Public Reason"
Feb 08, 2010 (02:00 PM - 04:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Andrew F. March

Assistant Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
How to Discount Harms by their Improbability
Jan 04, 2010 (03:00 AM - 05:00 AM) - Seminar Series

Michael Otsuka

Department of Philosophy, University College London

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
The Law of Prostitution in Canada: A Study in Genealogy and Judgment
Nov 30, 2009 (02:00 PM - 04:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Mariana Valverde

Centre for Criminology, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
"The Politics of Biblical Wisdom: A Reading of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job"
Nov 09, 2009 (07:00 PM - 09:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Michael Walzer

School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study

Co-sponsored by Department of Political Science and Centre for Jewish Studies

**Please note this talk will not be taking place at the Centre for Ethics**

Location: Rm. 3130, Department of Political Science, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street
The Stoic Way of Life
Nov 06, 2009 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

John Cooper

Department of Philosophy, Princeton University


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Reconceiving Rights and Constitutionalism
Oct 19, 2009 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Jennifer Nedelsky

Faculty of Law and Department of Political Science, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Vagueness, Plans, and the Puzzle of the Self-Torturer
Sep 21, 2009 (02:00 PM - 04:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Sergio Tenenbaum

Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
A Moral Foundation for Political Liberalism
Mar 30, 2009 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Paul Weithman

Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Torture: During and After
Mar 09, 2009 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Frances Kamm

Department of Philosophy, Harvard University


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Rethinking Comparative Constitutional Law
Feb 09, 2009 (02:00 PM - 04:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Sujit Choudhry

Faculty of Law, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Ancient Goods
Jan 26, 2009 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Brad Inwood

Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Roads to Freedom
Dec 01, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Arthur Ripstein

Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
The Conduct of Bazaar Conduct: Market Ethics and Colonial Governmentality
Nov 10, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Ritu Birla

Department of History, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Relief of Oppression
Oct 27, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Jim Lavery

Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Islamic Cosmopolitanism
Sep 15, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Roxanne Euben

Department of Political Science, Wellesley College


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Legal Pluralism and Differentiated Morality: Shari’a in Ontario
May 12, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Veit Bader

Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: Some Analysis
May 02, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Jeremy Waldron

School of Law, New York University


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Unblinking: Citizen and Subject in the Age of Video Surveillance
Apr 07, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Margaret (Peggy) Kohn

Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
On the History of Liberty
Mar 31, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

David Schmidtz

Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place

Social Pressure and the Marketplace of Ideas PDF
The Virtue Matrix
Mar 17, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Roger Martin

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place

The Virtue Matrix PDF
Unthinking the Ticking Bomb
Mar 03, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

David Luban

Law Centre, Georgetown University

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place

Unthinking the Ticking Bomb PDF
To Bear or Not to Bear? Questions about the Moral Justification of Choosing to Have Children
Feb 04, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Christine Overall

Department of Philosophy, Queen’s University

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Putting Educational Equality in its (Variably) Important Place
Jan 14, 2008 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Harry Brighouse

Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place

Putting Educational Equality in its Place PDF
Autonomy Gaps: Failures of Choice, Presuppositions of Competence, and Critique of Ideology
Dec 10, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Joel Anderson

Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Happiness Science: Overview, Philosophical Problems, and Policy Implications
Nov 05, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Ulrich Schimmack

Department of Psychology, University of Toronto

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place

Internal and External Determinants of Subjective Well-being: Review and Policy Implications PDF
In Defence of Health Promotion: Preference Change, Paternalism and the Good Life
Oct 15, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Angus Dawson

Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Punishment Between Law and Police: Toward a Theory of Penal Law
Sep 24, 2007 (02:00 PM - 04:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Markus Dubber

Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Can Markets Serve Reproductive Rights?
May 04, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Debora Spar

Harvard Business School


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Surviving SARS, Preparing for Pandemics: Ethics, Infectious Diseases and Modern Health Care Organizations
Apr 09, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Ross Upshur

Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Informal Sector Work, Microcredit, and Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Overview
Mar 26, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Uma Narayan

Vassar College


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place

Poster PDF
Nietzsche’s Critique of Compassion
Mar 05, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Clifford Orwin

Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Theories of the Canadian Charter
Feb 26, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Wayne Sumner
Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Lorraine Weinrib
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Trouble in Paradise: Evil Law and Transitional Justice in Stable Constitutional Democracies
Feb 05, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Mayo Moran

Faculty of Law, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Vulnerability, Dependence and Global Responsibility
Jan 22, 2007 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Sarah C. Miller

Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto


Location: Rm. 200, Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College, 15 Devonshire Place
Equality and Adequacy in Education
Dec 11, 2006 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Rob Reich, Stanford University

Location: Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College 15 Devonshire Place, Room 200 15 Devonshire Place, Room 200
The Migrations of 'Spirit' in Mill's Theory of History - A Celebration of the bicentenary of JS Mill's birth
Nov 24, 2006 (02:00 PM - 04:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Eldon Eisenach (Department of Political Science, University of Tulsa)

Sponsors: Department of Political Science, Centre for Ethics

Location: Room 3130, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street
Justice, Deviance, and the Dark Ghetto
Nov 20, 2006 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Tommie Shelby, Harvard University



Location: Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College 15 Devonshire Place, Room 200
Why Only the State May Punish: On the Vices of Privately Inflicted Sanctions for Wrongdoing
Oct 23, 2006 (03:00 PM - 05:00 PM) - Seminar Series

Alon Harel, Centre for Ethics

Location: Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Trinity College 15 Devonshire Place, Room 200