The Berry Lectures in Public Philosophy

With the generous support of the Berry Fund, The Vanderbilt Philosophy Department is sponsoring a series of lectures in public philosophy in the spring of 2012. These talks are free and open to the public. Each lecture features a Vanderbilt Philosophy faculty member speaking on a topic of perennial importance. The lectures are designed to be accessible and engaging to a general audience. Each lecture will be short (30 minutes at most), after which the floor will be open for questions and discussion. The aim of the series is to stimulate philosophical reflection and conversation.

Lectures are on the following Thursday evenings in Furman Hall, room 114.
The events begin at 7:30pm and end by 8:45pm.

Thursday, Feb 23

John Lachs
Why Is Good Enough Not Good Enough For Us?

Thursday, March 1

Robert Talisse
Must Life Be Tragic?

Thursday, March 15

Jeffrey Tlumak
Do We Have Free Will? Why Does It Matter?

Thursday, March 22

Marilyn Friedman
Can Bad People Live Well?

For further information, contact the Vanderbilt Philosophy Department: (615) 322-2637