Philosophers Discuss The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of Capitalism in Upcoming Lecture
The Center for Western Civilization, Thought & Policy will host speakers Larry Temkin and Jason Brennan for an event on Tues. April 9. Brennan and Temkin's lecture, "Capitalism: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly," will discuss capitalism the benefits and flaws of capitalism as it operates in the real world. This event is part of the Western Civ Dialogue Series and is Co-Sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the ISI Inkling Society at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ.
Brennan and Temkin's event will discuss how markets have liberated individuals from poverty, but are also rigged in unfair ways. The speakers will try to combat this challenge and offer solutions, if there are any, to the problems facing the free enterprise system. The event promises to be illuminating, but devoid of bitterness that permeates provocative societal discourse.
Jason Brennan is a libertarian philosopher and the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Brennan has authored ten books and has five more under contract relating to politics and political economy. Brennan also has published works in Ethics, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Quarterly, Social Philosophy and Policy, etc.
Larry Temkin is an egalitarian philosopher and a distinguished professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. Temkin specializes in normative ethics, social and political philosophy, and applied ethics. He has authored two books Rethinking the Good: Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning (OUP, 2012) and Inequality (OUP, 1993). Temkin has also received fellowships from the Danforth Foundation, the National Humanities Center, Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics, All Souls College Oxford, the National Institutes of Health, the Australian National University, and Princeton
Students, faculty, and members of the public are encouraged to attend the lecture. The scheduled presentation will take place in Hale Science, room 270, beginning at 5:30 pm. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session and a small reception.