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The University Center for Human Values supports teaching, research, and discussion of ethics and human values throughout the curriculum and across the disciplines at Princeton University. Additional information about the University Center for Human Values can be found at http://uchv.princeton.edu or by calling (609) 258-4798.

Human Values Annual Review 2011 “As someone with interests in both meta-level philosophy debates and more applied issues in normative ethics and political theory, the values and public life (VPL) program was a way for me to integrate these areas. The VPL program also afforded wonderful opportunities to attend lectures on the applied and academic areas of values—something that doesn’t often come together in certificate programs.”

Shivani Radhakrishnan ’11, Philosophy

Introducing a new Undergraduate Certifi cate Program in

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Top row, left to right: Alan Ryan, politics; Melissa Lane, politics

Second row: Graduate student Felipe Cala; John Seery, LSR visiting professor

Third row: George Kateb, politics; graduate student Joshua Vandiver; Sarah Paige ’11

Fourth row: Julie Kheyfets ’11; Eric Gregory, religion Director’s Welcome 2010–11 Faculty Accomplishments Welcome to the center’s re-imagined annual review. We gather Kwame Anthony Appiah Appointed to the American here reflections on some leading events and activities of the past Academy of Arts and Sciences’ year, a record of the center’s contributions to campus life, and Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences reports of research by our visitors and graduate fellows. All of this documents the extraordinary richness and vitality of the Charles Beitz Awarded the Estoril Global Issues center’s contribution to the University’s intellectual life. Distinguished Book Prize for his book, The Idea of Human Rights

The most notable milestone for the center last year was the Sandra Bermann Appointed master of Princeton’s introduction of an undergraduate certificate program in Val- Whitman College ues and Public Life (VPL), described on page 24 by Melissa John Cooper Lane, the program’s director. The student response has been Delivered the John Locke Lectures at the University of Oxford enthusiastic. In less than a year, being “in the VPL program” has already become an identity on campus and spaces are much Elizabeth Harman Advanced to associate professor sought after. With the advent of VPL, we can finally say that the of philosophy and the University center’s resources are as fully available to Princeton undergradu- Center for Human Values ates as they are to the faculty, graduate students, and visitors Jan-Werner Mueller Gave the Carlyle Lectures in the who make up the center community. History of Political Thought at the University of Oxford

Philip Pettit Delivered the Annual Uehiro Lectures at the University of Oxford

Kim Lane Scheppele Charles Beitz Gave the Distinguished Lecture at the Washington and Lee University School of Law Director, University Center for Human Values, and Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics Peter Singer Received the Ethics Prize of Germany’s Giordano Bruno Founda- tion, with Paola Cavalieri, for his animal rights activism; named the Australian Thinker of the Year by the School of Thinking Michael Smith Received the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Events 2 Research 15 Undergraduate Curriculum 24 Student Forums 27 Prizes, Publications, and People 29 Far left: Frances Kissling, University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics; David Gushee, Mercer University; Open Hearts, Rachel Laser, Independent Consultant; Jennifer Miller, Open Minds, and Bioethics International; Laura Chasin, Public Conversations Project Fair Minded Words: Dialogues on Abortion Lead A Conference on to More Common Ground Life and Choice in By Peter Singer, Conference Organizer; Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values the Abortion Debate During his controversial 2009 commencement address at the University Over meals, people who picketed abortion clinics sat at the same tables of Notre Dame, President Barack Obama addressed the longstanding as doctors who do abortions and commented on the better understanding and polarizing U.S. abortion debate by asking, “As citizens of a vibrant they had achieved of how the others see the issue. A striking example The center sponsors major and varied democracy, how do we engage in vigorous debate? How does of the common ground gained came in March 2011, when the House events designed to engage the broader community in reflection each of us remain firm in our principles, and fight for what we consider of Representatives voted to eliminate federal funding for Planned about public issues that have an right, without demonizing those with just as strongly held convictions Parenthood, the nation’s largest funder of contraceptive services. David ethical dimension. This confer- ence, held on October 15–16, on the other side?” In October 2010, the center was the lead sponsor of Gushee, professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University and an aimed to foster new attitudes, ideas, and approaches regarding a conference that sought to raise the level of discourse on abortion and opponent of abortion, joined with Cristina Page, author of How the the abortion debate. The center model new ways of engaging in discussions of abortion, despite deep Pro-Choice Movement Saved America, to write a Washington Post partnered with three other insti- tutions to sponsor the two-day differences on the issue. column protesting this decision and pointing out that it will only event featuring 40 speakers. increase the demand for abortions. Gushee and Page had been on a panel Open Hearts, Open Minds, and Fair Minded Words: A Conference on together at the conference. Life and Choice in the Abortion Debate brought together 400 self- described pro-life and pro-choice scholars, physicians, lawyers, and ad- The conference generated considerable media coverage on Salon, vocates for two days of civil debates and thoughtful dialogues on ethical, Huffington Post, and Slate, and in the religious press. University From left: Ruth Macklin, Albert Einstein College of policy, and medical aspects of abortion. It was launched with a dialogue cosponsors were the James Madison Program in American Ideals Medicine, Yeshiva University; Laurie Zoloth, Center for on recent efforts to bridge the divide between pro-choice and pro-life and Institutions, the Department of Religion, and the Center for the Bioethics, Science, and Society, leaders led by Laura Chasin, the director of the Public Conversations Study of Religion. Cosponsors beyond the University were the Northwestern University; Peter Singer, University Center Project (and, coincidentally, daughter of the center’s main benefactor, Fordham University Department of Theology, the University of for Human Values Laurance S. Rockefeller ’32). It closed with a spirited debate on the Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics, and Bioethics International, and Photos © William Kramer appropriate policy forum for deciding U.S. abortion law—the Supreme the Ford Foundation provided a travel grant. More information Court or the state legislatures. Forty speakers from a wide variety of and videos are online at the conference website, esteemed universities offered insights on women’s rights, fetal status, http://uchv.princeton.edu/Life_Choice. From top: Frances Kissling; David and the possibility of fetal pain, conscience, and pregnancy prevention. Gushee; Jennifer Miller; Peter Singer; Rachel Laser

2 Events Events 3 Opposite page, far left from James A. left: Graduate students Trevor Latimer, Sandra Field, Moffett ’29 Yiftah Elazar, Loubna El Amine, Yu-Chi Kuo

Lectures in Center from left: Anna Stilz, politics; Jeffrey Stout, religion; Ethics and graduate student Amy Hondo

At left: James Tully, University of Victoria

Does Violence Undermine The James A. Moffett ’29 Lectures in Ethics series aims Democratic Reform Efforts? to foster reflection about moral issues in public life, broadly By Thomas Christiano, Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow construed, at either a theoretical or a practical level, and in the history of thought about these James Tully’s April 21 lecture, “On Global Citizenship,” addressed the right to stand for election • exclusive • inequality • jus sanguinis “right of blood” • Commonwealth citizenship • jus soli “right of soil” • Polis citizenship • law • naturalization • hembygdsrätt • right to vote • right to work • jure matrimonii issues. The series is made pos- sible by a gift from the Whitehall role that people around the globe can play in efforts to overcome the inequality

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The two complementary political responses to these ills, he naturalizationjus soli “right of soil” jus soli “right of soil” contemporary democracies were born out of revolution or war. On the right to work jus sanguinis “right of blood” naturalization Polis rightcitizenship to standallegiance for electionright to work right to stand for election right to work jure matrimonii “right of matrimony” law jure matrimonii “rightnaturalization of matrimony” hembygdsrätt right to work Commonwealth citizenship inequality naturalization April 21 jus sanguinis “right of blood” law exclusive Polis citizenship right to work jure matrimonii “right of matrimony” Polis citizenship law Commonwealth citizenship right to work naturalization naturalizationallegiance jure matrimonii “right of matrimony” inequality law right to stand for election allegiance says, are democratic institutional reform at the domestic and interna- naturalizationjus soli “right of soil” inequality other hand, Gandhi’s nonviolent movement brought about a democ- right to work “On Global Citizenship” Polis citizenship allegiance law jus soli “right of soil” naturalization right to work right to work right to vote naturalization right to stand for election James Tully, tional levels and “cooperative citizenship.” The latter involves informal racy significantly lower in quality to democracies that were brought right to vote inequality University of Victoria Commonwealth citizenship James Tully transnational networks engaging in nonviolent pressure and resistance, about by war and revolution such as the United States, France, and Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance, and Philosophy University of Victoria

4:30–6 p.m. organized ethical consumption of goods with an eye to pressing toward Germany. Furthermore, the first two democracies are quite egalitarian Thursday, April 21, 2011 James A. Moffett ’29 Lecture in Ethics McCormick Hall, Room 101 Produced by the Office of Communications 18551-11 Copyright © 2011 by The Trustees of Princeton University The by © 2011 the Office of Communications 18551-11 Copyright Produced by ecologically friendly fair trade, and protection of indigenous peoples’ in culture, notwithstanding their origins in violence. A reception will follow ways of life. What Is Democracy? The main obstacle to democratic reform at the domestic level does What Is It Good For? In Tully’s view, there are severe limits to democratic reform in the not seem to be the lack of a sufficiently egalitarian ethos; as Tully says, modern world, due to the dominance of private wealth and capital over the principal problem is the inordinate influence of money on Josiah Ober the institutions of contemporary democracy. As a result, the nonviolent politics. It is hardly clear that this arises as a result of war or revolu- Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics Stanford University tactics of “cooperative citizenship” are especially salient. Tully argues tion. Indeed, many have argued to the contrary that the influence of Thursday, September 30, 2010 McCormick Hall, Room 101 4:30 to 6 p.m. from the experience of the U.S. civil rights movement and the struggle money increases as the reality of war has receded. In the end, I am not

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Produced by the Office of Communications 18113-11 Copyright © 2010 by The Trustees of Princeton University by The © 2010 the Office of Communications 18113-11 Copyright Produced by for Indian independence that these can be highly effective. He believes convinced that violence undermines or that nonviolence enhances the they are reliable and necessary conditions for a successful transition to prospects for the establishment of a fully developed democratic society. a peaceful and democratic world—that is to say, a world not only with democratic institutions but also with a democratic ethos.

I found the thesis attractive and the problem important. People rarely discuss the proper means for bringing about morally desirable political change. However, the evidence for the effectiveness of nonviolent

4 Events Events 5 Tanner Lectures on Human Values

The Tanner Lectures on Human Putnam Examines How American Religion Values are presented annually at a select list of universities around and Society Influence Each Other the world. The center serves as host to these lectures at Princeton, By Loubna El Amine, Department of Politics, Graduate Prize Fellow in which an eminent scholar from philosophy, religion, the humanities, sciences, creative arts, or learned I had read Robert Putnam’s famous book Bowling Alone: The professions, or a person eminent in political or social life, is invited Collapse and Revival of American Community, in which he argues to present a series of lectures that the sense of community and “social capital” have declined in the reflecting upon scholarly and scientific learning relating to “the United States since the 1950s. Putnam’s lectures in Princeton, based entire range of values pertinent to the human condition.” on his newly published book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (coauthored with David Campbell), took the theme of October 27 “American Grace: Americans Bowling Alone in a new direction, asking specifically about the way Are Religiously Devout and in which religion affects how Americans live together. Putnam’s Religiously Divided, yet Religiously Tolerant. Why?” conclusions were surprisingly positive, for he not only argued that suggested in his remarks, it might be the long tradition of constitu- Robert Putnam, Robert Putnam, Harvard University Harvard University Commentators: R. Marie Griffith, though Americans are very devout, they are also very tolerant of tional egalitarianism that encourages Americans to view co-citizens Harvard University; Mark Chaves, co-citizens of other religions, but also that religiosity (or more of all religious stripes with respect and tolerance. As Cohen and Duke University specifically, churchgoing) is correlated with high civic engagement. commentator Henry Brady of the University of California, Berkeley, October 28 “American Grace: Religious observed, the weakness of other forms of associations (such as political Americans Are Nicer and As a non-American, I was naturally prompted to compare this positive parties, syndicates, and secular advocacy groups) in the United States Happier. Why?” Robert Putnam, Harvard University assessment of religion in the United States with the fact that religion in comparison with other countries may also play a role. Commentators: Joshua Cohen, Stanford University; Henry Brady, is associated with extremism and conflict in the region that I am most University of California, Berkeley familiar with, namely the Middle East. I wanted therefore to know These conjectures and Putnam’s responses deepened my thinking Tanner Lectures on Human Values why American religion was so different. Putnam’s argument about about the social and political basis of tolerance, and the different place American Grace Robert Putnam the nature of Americans’ religious beliefs (they believe, for example, that religion holds in various political systems. Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy Harvard University that there is truth in all religions) was intriguing. He did not, however, offer an explanation for it. Perhaps it is not after all religion

Lecture 1 that shaped American political life, but the other way round. As Americans Are Religiously Devout and Religiously Divided, yet Religiously Tolerant. Why? Wednesday, October 27, 2010 4:30–6:30 p.m. Stanford University’s Joshua Cohen, a discussant for the lectures, Friend Center, Room 101 with commentators R. Marie Griffith and Mark Chaves Produced by the Office of Communications 18189-11 Produced by

Lecture 2 Religious Americans Are Nicer and Happier. Why? Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:30–6:30 p.m. Friend Center, Room 101 with commentators Joshua Cohen and Henry Brady

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6 Events Events 7 Program in Political Ira W. Ethics and Philosophy DeCamp Public Affairs Colloquium Bioethics Freeman Contrasts Two Liberalisms By Julie Rose, Department of Politics, Graduate Prize Fellow Seminars

The Program in Ethics and Public Milton Friedman’s and John Rawls’s works attract the following of The Program in Political Philosophy The Ira W. DeCamp Bioethics November 9 Affairs (PEPA) advances the presents a colloquium for graduate Seminars range across a different sorts of people, but do their theories themselves rely on “The Malibu Surfer and the Right study of the moral purposes and students and faculty in which schol- wide variety of topics at the to Health Care” foundations of institutions and different ideals of the person? ars from Princeton and elsewhere intersections of philosophy, Kristi Olson, University Center practices, both domestic and lead seminars on a broad range of ecology, biology, medicine, and for Human Values international. PEPA seminars seek topics of interest to the University’s public policy. The seminar November 16 to bring the perspectives of moral In Samuel Freeman’s December 16 seminar, “Capitalism in the Classical political philosophy community. The series is made possible by a and political philosophy to bear on University Center for Human Values grant from the Ira W. DeCamp “Geoengineering to Mitigate significant issues in public affairs. and High Liberal Traditions,” he described Friedman and Rawls as and the Department of Politics Foundation. Climate Change” cosponsor the colloquium. Dale Jamieson, New York University contemporary representatives of two traditions of thought, “classical” September 23 October 11 December 8 “Freedom of Speech” and “high” liberalism, which he traced back to Adam Smith and John October 14 “Ethics of Life Extension and Human “Beyond Point-and-Shoot Morality: Seana Shiffrin, University of “A Storied Shooting: Liberty Valance Enhancement” Stuart Mill, respectively. According to Freeman, though classical and Why Psychology Matters for Ethics” California, Los Angeles and the Paradox of Sovereignty” James Hughes, Trinity College; Lee Joshua Greene, Harvard University high liberals share in their commitment to some core liberal principles, Joshua Foa Dienstag, University of Silver, Molecular Biology and Wood- November 18 California, Los Angeles row Wilson School of Public and “Agreeing to Agree/Disagree: they diverge with respect to economic liberties, the status of International Affairs; Peter Singer, Publicity, Privacy, and Religious November 11 University Center for Human Values Toleration in Hobbes’s Leviathan” markets, the limits of property rights, and distributive justice. “The Religion of Liberty and Italian Arash Abizadeh, McGill University Antifascism” October 19 Maurizio Viroli, Politics “Does Parfit Lay a Glove on December 16 Freeman’s discussion of these contrasts was illuminating, but what Expressivism?” “Capitalism in the Classical and December 2 Simon Blackburn, University of High Liberal Traditions” was perhaps most provocative was the suggestion that we can trace “Human Dignity” Cambridge Samuel Freeman, University George Kateb, Politics of Pennsylvania these differences between classical and high liberalism to different February 3 March 3 ideals of the person. Freeman argues that the ideal of the person “Tolerance, Resentment, and Virtue” “The Significance of Territorial underlying classical liberalism is a rational utility-maximizer, while John Bowlin, Princeton Presence and the Rights of Theological Seminary Noncitizens” the high liberal’s ideal of the person is by contrast more perfectionist, Sarah Song, University of California, February 17 Berkeley with Mill idealizing the development of one’s “higher faculties” “Health Risk and Health Security” Jonathan Wolff, University April 7 and “individuality” and Rawls viewing the human good as the free College London “The Dilemma of Democratic development and exercise of one’s rational and moral powers. Lawmaking” March 24 Eric Beerbohm, Harvard University “What Is (and to What End Do We Study) the History of Ideas?” While I was persuaded that these different ideals of the person Michael Rosen, Harvard University underlie classical and high liberals’ divergent views toward capitalism, I found it less clear how the two strains of liberalism can differ on this fundamental point while still agreeing on all of the core liberal principles. If their contrasting ideals of the person can explain their divergent views toward capitalism, would one not also expect these contrasting ideals to lead to divergent positions on other core liberal views? The seminar left me with this idea to ponder.

Kristi Olson, Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Research From left: Samuel Freeman, Associate in Bioethics University of Pennsylvania, and Eric Gregory, religion

8 Events Events 9 History of Political Thought Project Workshops

The History of Political Thought Project provides a venue for Princeton students and faculty from different disciplines to discuss both substantive and methodological issues in the history of political thought and seeks to build bridges to comparative politics, comparative constitutional law, and area studies. Historians Debate Role of Ethical and Policy November 19 Animated exchanges did indeed ensue, particularly about the On Moderation Concerns in Research question to what extent historians’ work should be informed by ethical February 24 By Jan-Werner Mueller, Project Director; Professor of Politics concerns, the meaning and ethical status of genealogy, and the The Niebuhrian Moment, Then and Now: Religion, relationship between history and normative thinking as well as practical Democracy, and Political In mid-April a diverse group of historians and political theorists— Realism policy work in the present. Many participants were glad that some Organized by Melissa Lane, Politics, of many different nationalities, disciplinary backgrounds, and, not of the polemics about methods in the history of political thought that and Eric Gregory, Religion least, age—assembled for a conference on the History of Political had characterized the 1970s and 1980s had died down somewhat, but April 15–16 Thought: Its State and Its Stakes, held under the auspices of the they also affirmed the need for self-awareness and methodological The History of Political Thought: Its State and History of Political Thought Project. The format was somewhat sophistication in doing historical work. Many also stressed the Its Stakes unusual: Participants had sent in short position papers, but lengthy importance of historical inquiry for normative thinking: History can presentations were not scheduled; rather, the hope was that productively alienate scholars from the political and moral assumptions conversations could be sparked across disciplinary, methodological, they generally take for granted; it can serve the purpose of thinking and sometimes national divides. about what kinds of political worlds are habitable under different conditions and how understandings of legitimacy change over time;

Above: A session of The and, not least, it might provide genuine solutions to present-day History of Political Thought: predicaments (when historians are lucky enough to discover what Its State and Its Stakes Hannah Arendt famously called the “lost treasures” in the history At right: Graduate student Top: Jan-Werner Mueller, politics Brookes Brown of political thought). Above: Martin Van Gelderen, Far right: Visiting European University Institute conference attendees (left), and Michael Frazer, Harvard University

10 Events Events 11 Workshops At left: Roxanne Euben, Wellesley and College At right: George Kateb, professor Conferences of politics emeritus (left), and graduate student Joshua Vandiver

Throughout the year, the University Center for Human Values organizes Panel Ignites Lively Discussion on various academic events, from Teaching Political Theory single lectures to major confer- ences, that engage ethical issues By John Seery, Panel Organizer; Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for in both private and public life. Distinguished Teaching, University Center for Human Values

October 15–16 Open Hearts, Open Minds, and The driving force behind the “Political Theory in the Liberal Arts” Fair Minded Words: A Conference The panel attracted a wonderful mix of full professors and graduate on Life and Choice in the panel discussion on February 18 was to bring three award-winning students, providing an occasion for a lively, cross-generational Abortion Debate teachers of political theory at liberal arts colleges together to discuss conversation. Participants talked about, for instance, the virtues and October 20, April 13, and April 27 Normative Philosophy how each envisions and approaches the teaching of political theory with liabilities—for both teaching and research—of becoming mainly a Speaker Series particular regard to the setting and challenges of a liberal arts education. generalist in the field of political theory as opposed to being a specialist Spring 2011 The panelists were Cristina Beltrán, Haverford College; Roxanne Euben, on a focused topic. One extended exchange focused on the merits of Ethics of Reading Seminar Series: Law, Psychoanalysis, and Ideas Wellesley College; and myself. adhering to the Western canon in political philosophy, as opposed to of Human Agency venturing into the relatively new field of “comparative political theory.” February 18 Throughout the United States, and increasingly in many other “Political Theory in the Liberal Arts” Another area of discussion involved reflections on being a person of Panel Discussion countries as well, many are questioning the point and purpose of a color in a relatively homogenous small college, as opposed to being April 1 broad-based undergraduate education, especially considering rising costs situated in a more diverse, yet less intimate research university environ- Territorial Rights Conference and online alternatives. They ask whether America’s colleges and ment. A final line of questioning involved possible curricular differences April 8 Normativity and the Liberal Arts: universities should be more focused on producing graduates with ready- between a small college approach and a research university approach to An Undergraduate Conference made marketable skills. Hence the larger design of the gathering was similar survey courses in the history of political thought. The discussion April 8–9 to bring together professors, graduate students, and undergraduates extended well into the evening, with several attendees thanking the panel- Princeton Graduate Conference in Political Theory from various institutional backgrounds in order to prompt a wide- ists for instigating a dedicated conversation on teaching in particular. John Seery, LSR visiting April 29–May 1 ranging discussion on the future of the liberal arts in the classroom, professor, addressing Workshop on Moral Expertise in curricula, and in the country at large. Moreover, political theory the seminar as a field (harking back to Aristotle’s notion of politeia) prides itself on its broad purviews and methodological eclecticism; hence its practitioners tend to be exemplars of the liberal arts rather than narrow specialists.

At left: Gerry Mackie, LSR visiting fellow (left), and Tim Mulgan, LSR visiting fellow. At right: Cristina Beltrán, Haverford College 12 Events Events 13 Cosponsored Research Events Reports

October 7 March 5 March 30 April 22 Public Lecture: “Secvritas: Safety, Conference: The Bad Kings Student Bioethics Forum with Scott Third Annual Clifford Geertz Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching Neglect, and Incurability—A Sponsored by the Shelby Cullom Carney, Writer and Anthropologist Commemorative Lecture of This professorship is part of the 250th Anniversary Visiting Professorships for Distinguished Teaching Comparative Literary Approach Davis Center for Historical Studies, Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology with Paul Willis, to Security Studies” with John Program in Hellenic Studies, Program Anthropology, Princeton Undergradu- Sociology program. Each faculty visitor teaches an undergraduate course and engages in other activities aimed at Hamilton, Harvard University in the Ancient World, and University ate Student Government, Princeton Sponsored by the Department of Sponsored by the Department of Center for Human Values Healthcare Club, and University Anthropology, Department of improving teaching at Princeton. Comparative Literature, Department Center for Human Values Sociology, and University Center of German, Department of German March 24–26 for Human Values Media and Aesthetics Track, and 2011 Documentary Film Festival March 31–April 2 John Seery My year at Princeton allowed me to complete several projects and to University Center for Human Values Sponsored by the Department of Colloquium: Education, Science, and April 28 George Irving Thompson Memorial commence a few new ones. Upon my arrival, I spent time on the Spanish and Portuguese Languages Technology in African Development Colloquium: “An Institutional Con- October 29–30 and Cultures; Program in Latin Sponsored by the Program in African Professor of Government and Conference: Holocaust in Poland ception of Authority” with Andrei Professor of Politics, Pomona College finishing details of two books, A Political Companion to Walt Whitman American Studies; Council of the Studies, Center for African American Marmor, University of Southern Sponsored by the Princeton Institute Humanities; Program in Gender and Studies, Council of the Humanities, and Too Young to Run? A Proposal for an Age Amendment to the U.S. for International and Regional California Gould School of Law Sexuality Studies; Lewis Center for Woodrow Wilson School of Public Sponsored by the Princeton Public Studies, Department of History, the Arts; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and and International Affairs, Depart- Constitution, both published this year. In addition, I delivered several Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Law Colloquium and University Transgender Center; and University ment of Astrophysical Sciences, Center for Human Values keynote addresses at conferences on liberal arts education at George- Historical Studies, Council of the Center for Human Values Pace Center for Civic Engagement, Humanities, Program in Russian Graduate School Office of Academic May 20–22 town University, Austin College, Pepperdine University, and the and Eurasian Studies, Center for March 25 Affairs and Diversity, Program in Conference: Sots-Speak: Regimes of U.S.-Thai Education Roundtable in Bangkok, using those occasions to the Study of Religion, and University Conference: Imprisonment of a Race Teacher Preparation, Program in Language under Socialism Sponsored by the Black Men’s Center for Human Values Latin American Studies, Fields Sponsored by the Princeton Institute finish a book manuscript on the liberal arts, and lectured atSUNY - Awareness Group, Black Student Center, and University Center for for International and Regional November 12–13 Union, Fields Center, Department Albany and Williams College. At the University Center for Human Conference: Saints’ Liturgies: Human Values Studies, Department of Slavic of History, National Association for Languages and Literatures, Shelby Profiles of a Practice in the the Advancement of Colored People, April 14 Values I presented a paper, “Stumbling toward a Democratic Theory Middle Ages Cullom Davis Center for Historical Pace Center for Civic Engagement, A Kreutzer Sonata Evening Studies, Council of the Humanities, of Incest,” which outlines a brand new book project; taught an under- Sponsored by the Program in Princeton Association of Black Sponsored by the Department of Medieval Studies, Department of Program in Russian and Eurasian graduate seminar called “The Idea of America”; and organized a panel Women, Princeton Caribbean Slavic Languages and Literatures, Studies, Program in European Music, Department of History, Connection, Program in American Department of Comparative Council of the Humanities, Shelby Cultural Studies, and University discussion, “Political Theory in the Liberal Arts” (described on pp. Studies, Program in Gender and Literature, Program in Russian and Center for Human Values Cullom Davis Center for Histori- Sexuality Studies, Woodrow Wilson Eurasian Studies, Department of 12–13). I benefited immensely from the weekly workshop discussions cal Studies, Princeton Institute for School of Public and International Music, and University Center for International and Regional Studies, Affairs, and University Center for Human Values and collegial interactions at the center and attended a good number of Center for the Study of Religion, Human Values Group for the Study of Late Antiquity, April 16 the public lectures that the University so richly features. Overall, I felt Gardner Magic Project, and Univer- March 28 Graduate Conference in Medieval very welcomed and supported during my entire time at Princeton, for sity Center for Human Values Roundtable: “Deportations and Studies: Illness, Diseases, and the National Security” Body in the Middle Ages which I am tremendously grateful. December 4–5 Sponsored by the Center for Sponsored by the Program in Medi- Classical Philosophy Colloquium Migration and Development, Latin eval Studies, Shelby Cullom Davis Sponsored by the Department of American Legal Defense and Center for Historical Studies, Center Philosophy, Department of Classics, Education Fund, Program in Latin for the Study of Religion, Council Council of the Humanities, and American Studies, Program in Latino of the Humanities, Department of University Center for Human Values Studies, Program in Law and History, and University Center for Public Affairs, and University Center Human Values for Human Values

14 Events R e s e a r c h 15 Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellows These fellowships are awarded annually to outstanding scholars and teachers interested in devoting a year in residence at Princeton writing about ethics and human values, discussing their work in a fellows seminar, and participating in center activities.

Corey Brettschneider I am happy to report that my year at the University Center for Human Gerry Mackie I devoted this year to studying and advising on development programs Associate Professor of Political Values has been both enjoyable and productive. I had been look- Associate Professor of Political that organize large community changes in adverse gender norms. Sus- Science, Brown University Science, University of California, ing forward to coming back to Princeton after my time as a graduate San Diego tained values deliberations are an essential part of that process, but their student, which was the most intellectually stimulating period of time I contents have never been studied. While at the center, I completed an can remember. I was pleased to find Princeton as vibrant and collegial analysis of field data and identified the mechanisms of values change, as ever. The center faculty as well as those in politics and philosophy from which a series of publications will result. I also initiated essays were more than welcoming and helpful in providing comments on my on honor killing and on the logical and practical relationships between work. I presented part of my manuscript, “Democratic Persuasion: legal norms and social norms. In addition, I helped to organize at my Promoting Public Values in Private Life,” early in the academic year, home institution both a conference on global justice and a new Center and the comments I received were extremely valuable as I worked on on Global Justice, of which I am the codirector. My secondary area this project. Recently I was told that the full manuscript had been of work was the mechanisms of democracy, and several essays on this approved by the board of Princeton University Press. It is a much topic were advanced or brought to publication. I was trained in political better book because of all the comments I received at the workshop, science and at Princeton was able sharpen my acuity at philosophical from my fellow fellows and the Princeton faculty and graduate argument. As well, I was able to present to audiences at Yale, Harvard, students. Thanks for making this such a wonderful sabbatical! Princeton, the World Bank, and UNICEF, and for the first time was able to build valuable relationships with scholars in the region. Thomas Christiano My main project while at Princeton was to come to grips with the idea Professor of Philosophy and Law, of the legitimacy of international institutions from a moral standpoint. Adrienne Martin My goal while at Princeton was drafting the manuscript for a book University of Arizona To this end, I finished a paper titled “Is Democratic Legitimacy Assistant Professor of on hope. In the book, I critique a number of extant theories of hope, Possible for International Institutions?” that will be published in a Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania develop and defend my own original analysis, and examine the role of volume titled Global Democracy for Cambridge University Press. hope in two concrete settings: the hope that motivates some terminally I made progress on three other papers associated with the project, ill people to pursue experimental treatments, and the hope that moti- as well as written notes for another set of papers on legitimacy and vates a number of lawyers representing death row inmates. As I near the coercion and on the concepts of unfair advantage taking and completion of a complete draft, I expect to have revised and submitted it exploitation. In addition, I completed a paper called “An Instrumental to the publisher, Princeton University Press, by the end of the summer. Argument for a Human Right to Democracy,” to be published in I also completed a coauthored piece on emotions for the forthcoming Philosophy and Public Affairs, and am working on two other com- Oxford Companion to the History of Ethics; wrote a case commentary panion papers that could conceivably come together as a book on the for the Hastings Center Report; and prepared and submitted a journal human right to democracy. I also completed the paper “Money and article on the nature and duties of love. I benefited enormously from the Politics” for the Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy edited by Laurance S. Rockefeller (LSR) Visiting Fellows seminar during the fall David Estlund. My stay at Princeton was invaluable. I went to a dedicated to an early chapter of my book, along with numerous conver- number of talks and conferences that were very helpful to my projects sations and commentaries from my colleagues at the center. Otherwise, and profited from a great number of discussions with faculty and I spent the bulk of my time at Princeton preparing for and attending a other fellows at the center and around Princeton. range of wonderful seminars and talks on political theory and philoso- phy, moral philosophy, and related subjects.

16 R e s e a r c h R e s e a r c h 17 Tim Mulgan During my year as an LSR Visiting Fellow, I focused on working on my Jonathan Quong I worked primarily on the morality of defensive harm. I wrote a pair Professor of Moral and book, Ethics for a Broken World, which is forthcoming in 2011. Having Lecturer in Political of papers that address the question, “Under what conditions does Political Philosophy, University Philosophy, University of St. Andrews arrived with rough drafts of some chapters, I submitted a draft manu- of Manchester a person forfeit his or her rights against the imposition of defensive script in December. All four readers were extremely positive, including harm?” My interest in this question has led me to think more broadly the center’s Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching John Seery, about moral rights, and I wrote three further papers on moral rights who endorsed the work as “a bold, creative, provocative, ingenious, and this year—one on the general nature of moral rights, one on the important book that will be of tremendous interest to students and teach- relationship between institutional rules and moral rights under ers of ethical, political, and environmental philosophy.” I submitted the conditions of noncompliance, and another on the idea that it is some- final manuscript in April and also worked on several articles related to times morally permissible to infringe an innocent person’s rights in the same project. In addition to attending the LSR seminars, I regularly order to save others from great harm. I anticipate that these papers attended seminars, workshops, and conferences in political theory, public will form the basis for a new project on the morality of defensive harm affairs, law, philosophy, political science, and climate change. I also and just war. One of the main aims of this project will be to show attended a number of events at the Princeton Theological Seminary and that the principles that regulate the morality of defensive harm at the Rutgers University philosophy department. The University Center the individual level are dependent on broader questions of distributive for Human Values has been the perfect sabbatical environment. I have justice, but also ought to affect our views about what distributive learned a great deal from my fellow fellows, and from other faculty, justice requires. The center has offered an ideal environment to visitors, and students. The support from the center’s administrative staff pursue this work. has been exemplary.

While at Princeton I began a book on transitional justice. The main LSR visiting fellows Colleen Murphy Adrienne Martin (right) and Associate Professor of objective for the year was mastering the literature on the field. As I Tom Christiano (second Philosophy, Texas A&M from right), attending Josiah University developed my conception of transitional justice and the argument for it, I Ober’s September 30 profited enormously from conversations with the other LSR fellows and Moffett Lecture from comments received when I presented my work at the LSR seminar, particularly from my commentator, Kim Lane Scheppele. A version of this paper, which I submitted as an independent journal article to Philosophy and Public Affairs, will become the second chapter of my book. During the year, I audited Kim’s graduate seminar “The Rule of Law,” gave a seminar on political reconciliation at the University of Notre Dame, and served as a commentator on Tim Mulgan’s seminar paper and on Arash Abizadeh’s paper for a center-cosponsored confer- ence on territory. In addition, I gave a presentation on risk to Princeton’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and completed a book chapter on political reconciliation and dilemmas of legality as well as three encyclopedia entries on reconciliation, transitional justice, and amnesty.

18 R e s e a r c h R e s e a r c h 19 Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bioethics This fellowship, endowed by William K. Fung ’70, enables the center to appoint a postdoctoral research associate to pursue research in bioethics for a term of one to three years and to teach one course Brookes Brown I made substantial progress on the first half of my dissertation dur- each year. Department of Politics ing my year as a Graduate Prize Fellow. I wrote and revised several versions of a chapter on the distinguishing characteristics of political Kristi Olson My first year as the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Research Associ- behavior and political power, as well as completed the background ate in Bioethics vastly exceeded my already high expectations. Not only research for and began substantial work on chapters on the structure did I enjoy time to pursue my own research—including starting several of political institutions. I also wrote several papers on a wide range new projects in bioethics—but, more importantly, I benefited from the of normatively concerning interactions, including coercion, mani- invaluable opportunity of engaging with and receiving feedback from pulation, authority, influence, fair play, benefit, gratitude, natural a truly exceptional group of scholars. In the fall, I presented a paper on duties, and samaritanism, all of which will be incorporated into a the right to health care for the voluntarily unemployed as part of the chapter on which I began working during my time as a fellow. Ira W. DeCamp Bioethics Seminar series, and presented my paper In completing this work, I benefited greatly from the opportunity to on the role of fair lotteries in the allocation of scarce resources at the speak with the center’s LSR Fellows, as well as several of the other LSR seminar during the spring semester. I am especially grateful to Graduate Prize Fellows. Jon Quong, Corey Brettschneider, Tim Mulgan, Julie Rose, and Uwe Reinhardt for their detailed and helpful comments on those papers. I Felipe Cala As a Graduate Prize Fellow, I had the wonderful opportunity to pursue enjoyed teaching an undergraduate seminar, “Morals, Markets, and Department of Spanish and my academic interests in an interdisciplinary environment and made Portuguese Languages and Cultures Health,” to a group of wonderful students in the spring semester, and great progress in writing my dissertation, managing to write two of am greatly indebted to the center’s faculty and staff for making this its three main chapters. The first, which I presented at the Graduate year possible. I very much look forward to continuing my tenure at Prize Fellows seminar, deals with several instances of cultural activism Princeton next year. in Peru in the wake of Alberto Fujimori’s regime. The second focuses on the implementation of a citizen security policy, with a substantial Graduate Prize Fellows cultural component, in Bogotá, Colombia, during a period of increased These fellowships, made possible by a gift from Laurance S. Rockefeller ’32, are awarded to Princeton urban violence in the late 1990s. Both my research and writing greatly graduate students with distinguished academic records who show great promise of contributing to benefited from the discussions held during the Graduate Prize scholarship and teaching about ethics and human values. Fellows seminar and from the comments and recommendations of my colleagues. Furthermore, the interdisciplinary nature of this venue Aryah Amihay During my time as a Graduate Prize Fellow, I had the opportunity to provided me with ideas and vocabulary that complemented my Department of Religion work on my dissertation, “Law and Society in the Dead Sea Scrolls,” an own perspective on the political and social phenomena with which exploration of the legal texts found in Qumran in view of modern legal my dissertation engages. theory. I argue that the law reflected in the scrolls is a strict version of natural law, stemming from the view that the legislator and the creator Richard Chappell My time as a Graduate Prize Fellow enabled me to complete the central are one, and examine how this strict view cannot be fully applied in the Department of Philosophy chapters of my dissertation on consequentialism and character. In argu- daily dealings of a sect, creating a tension between a stringent world- ing that consequentialists have traditionally underestimated the poten- view and the necessity to accommodate new and changing circum- tial force of character-based objections to their view, I first draw out the stances. I had a unique opportunity as a fellow to be exposed to various strongest forms of these objections and then show how consequential- forms of discourse and valued being in discussion with students of ists can best defend their view—i.e., by developing a careful account of various backgrounds. The intensely thought-provoking Graduate Prize the “fitting consequentialist psychology” that lacks the moral defects Fellow seminar greatly enriched my graduate experience, enabling me (such as treating individuals as fungible “value receptacles”) that critics to better nuance my work and broaden its scope. have assumed to be inherent in the view. The Graduate Prize Fellows seminars provided a wonderful opportunity to present my work and receive valuable feedback from the other fellows, as well as learn about their diverse research projects in turn.

20 R e s e a r c h R e s e a r c h 21 Loubna El Amine I worked on my dissertation a great deal, revising chapters I had Alex Levitov While a Graduate Prize Fellow, I made significant progress on my dis- Department of Politics written before and writing new chapters. I mainly thought about the Department of Politics sertation, “Legitimacy as Self-Determination.” In the fall, I presented relationship between moral and political philosophy, which is the a chapter draft titled “Public Justification and Respect for Agency” to central problematique through which I study Confucianism in my dis- the Graduate Research Seminar in Political Theory, a version of which sertation. I was greatly helped in pondering this issue by the discus- I am currently in the process of preparing for journal submission. In sions we had during the Graduate Prize Fellows seminars over the the spring, I presented a second dissertation chapter titled “The Idea of year, which touched on it from many different angles. I also worked Political Legitimacy” to the Graduate Prize Fellows, whose feedback at on the methodological aspects of the study of non-Western thought in the seminar and in subsequent conversations was invaluable. Perhaps order to figure out the extent to which existing methodologies for the most importantly, however, the fellowship afforded me the time to think study of the history of Western political thought are suitable for the carefully about the overall structure and coherence of the project, which study of non-Western traditions, and concomitantly, what, if anything, yielded important and substantial revisions both with respect to par- is distinctive about the move from West to East. ticular chapters and in the organization of the dissertation as a whole.

Josh Gillon This year I worked extensively on my thesis, wrote three new chap- Julie Rose I devoted the year to work on my dissertation, which argues that all Department of Philosophy ters, and greatly revised what I had previously written. I was able to Department of Politics citizens have a legitimate claim to leisure. I began the year with only nearly complete my thesis, and the fellowship was instrumental in my a prospectus and a draft of the first chapter. In November, I presented being able to get as much work done as I did. Being relieved of a heavily revised version of that first chapter in the Graduate Prize teaching duties was particularly useful. Regular meetings with the Fellows seminar. The comments and discussion proved quite helpful, other fellows were always interesting and stimulating, and the experi- both for sharpening that chapter and for shaping my thinking about the ence of being able to read and discuss the work of other graduate rest of the dissertation. I have since completed drafts of two additional students on a regular basis increased my interest in a range of topics chapters and did much of the research for one other chapter. By the that I may otherwise never have taken an interest in. This was a very conclusion of the year, I had drafted more than half of my dissertation. rewarding year, and the Graduate Prize Fellowship is a large part of Additionally, I made considerable progress revising two papers unre- the reason why. lated to my dissertation. Between our stimulating seminars, discussions with LSR Fellows, and having uninterrupted time for writing, my year Andrew Huddleston My year as a Graduate Prize Fellow was very productive. I completed as a Graduate Prize Fellow was invaluable. Department of Philosophy five of the 10 chapters in my dissertation, worked on one other, and began sketches on three additional chapters. The Graduate Prize Dan Walker During my time as a Graduate Prize Fellow, I completed nearly two Fellows seminar was especially rewarding. The paper I presented Department of English dissertation chapters (on the novelist Laurence Sterne and the poet there is going to be published in an Oxford University Press volume Anna Letitia Barbauld, respectively), and finished the year working on Nietzsche’s value theory, edited by Ken Gemes and Christopher on a third. I gained a far clearer sense of my project’s overall goals Janaway. The feedback I received from the seminar was very helpful, and claims, due in no small part to the other Graduate Prize Fellows’ and material from this paper will be incorporated into two chapters of insights. My chapter on Sterne, which I presented at the Graduate my dissertation. I also gave comments on another fellow’s paper on Prize Fellows seminar, benefited from the group’s collective knowledge Laurence Sterne and Tristram Shandy, which was an interesting of philosophical terminology, political philosophy, and John Locke in change from my work in philosophy as well as a good chance to particular. As a literary critic, I was grateful as well for the amount of engage with work going on in other disciplines. exposure I had to analytic philosophy, which is seldom discussed in my field. This was a wonderful opportunity and a very productive year.

22 R e s e a r c h R e s e a r c h 23 Program in Values and Letter from the Director Program Enhances Intellectual Community Public Life for Students Princeton was plastered in September with eye-catching posters Values and Public Life By Sarah Paige ’11, Politics Conversations presenting the center’s new undergraduate certificate Program in Values October 26 and Public Life (VPL) and encouraging juniors and seniors to apply. I applied to the Program in Values and Public Life (VPL) because Peter Singer, University Center We were delighted with the results in being able to admit two very the study of values is a fundamental component of what I wanted for Human Values strong cohorts of students majoring in everything from comparative from a liberal arts education. I gravitated toward classes and extra- December 8 Varun Gauri, The World Bank literature to astrophysics, with a strong representation from religion, curricular activities that addressed questions surrounding values December 16 politics, philosophy, and the Woodrow Wilson School in Public and because I appreciated the opportunity to engage with different Charles Beitz, University Center perspectives as I developed greater self-understanding and self- for Human Values and Politics International Affairs. (Because the program was approved by the awareness regarding my moral commitments that I could then February 1 faculty in May, we launched the admission of our first cohorts in the Elise Keppler, International autumn of 2010; from 2011 onward, we will be admitting a class apply to my career and life choices. Justice Program, Human Rights Watch of rising juniors every spring.) Sarah Paige’ 11 The VPL certificate has provided a more formal setting for the pursuit February 17 Undergraduate Curriculum Jonathan Wolff, University The certificate program has become both an academic pathway for of these interests, affording me a wonderful opportunity to engage College London Freshman Seminars students to explore and hone their normative thinking skills, and also with other students and faculty members with similar interests. I’ve Narrative: Fiction-Making April 8 and Truth Telling Normativity and the Liberal appreciated the opportunity to think through how to integrate an a community in which students have explored possible careers involving Peter Brooks, Comparative Arts: An Undergraduate interest in values with various career goals through informal conver- Literature and University Conference value commitments, supported each other in their senior thesis work, Center for Human Values sations over dinner with practitioners in fields related to values. Among April 14 and engaged actively with the center’s faculty, Graduate Prize Fellows, Professor Amy Gutmann Gerry Mackie, University of and visitors. others, Elise Keppler, from Human Rights Watch’s International Freshman Seminar in California, San Diego, and Human Values Laurance S. Rockefeller Justice Program, and Varun Gauri, from the World Bank’s Develop- The Problem of Meaning: Visiting Fellow Particularly notable was the undergraduate VPL conference on ment Research Group, spoke with VPL students. Contemporary Perspectives James Diamond, Class of April 27 Normativity and the Liberal Arts, for which five students presented Anne-Marie Slaughter, Politics 1976 Freshman Seminar in and Woodrow Wilson School of their junior papers or senior theses alongside talks by center scholars The Program in Values and Public Life also complemented my Human Values Public and International Affairs and visitors. The theoretical range and ambition of these students’ concentration in the politics department, specifically in political theory, From Natural Law to Human Rights: History of the Western Melissa Lane independent work, inquiring into conditions of moral responsibility, the particularly given my interest in constitutionalism and the role of law Natural Law and Natural tension between democracy with international law and human rights in society. The senior thesis workshops provided an invaluable Rights Traditions through the French Revolution obligations, and the normative demands of epistemology and personal opportunity to discuss some of the more challenging aspects of doing Susan Karr, Woodrow Wilson academic work related to values as well as to hear about the fascinating School of Public and Interna- identity, was exemplary of the center’s ideals. tional Affairs and the Program work other students have pursued. Professor Melissa Lane’s energetic in Law and Public Affairs Peter T. Joseph ’72 Freshman As the year ended, we received the good news that the program had yet patient leadership of these thesis workshops really made them fun! Seminar in Human Values been awarded funding by Princeton’s 250th Anniversary Fund for Language and Law Innovation in Undergraduate Education. This grant will support the Elizabeth Mertz, Visiting Research Scholar, Woodrow development of a series of junior and senior seminars that we hope Wilson School and the Program in Law and Public Affairs and will become a centerpiece of the program. Visiting Professor of Human Values and Anthropology Freshman Seminar in Human Values

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continued from page 25 Forums Human Values Forum Enriches Roads Not Taken: Some Critics of American Society, Sex and Ethics From top: Susana Draper, Human Values Student-Faculty Dialogue 1880–1960 CHV 392/PHI 392/WOM 392 comparative literature; Colleen Forum By Julie Kheyfets ’11, President of the Human Values Forum; Politics Alan Ryan, Politics Elizabeth Harman, McCullough ’12; Charlie Metzger ’12; Claudia Kurt and Beatrice Gutmann Philosophy and University With support from Bert December 6 Solis-Roman ’11 Over the last four years, the Human Values Forum has been a Freshman Seminar in Center for Human Values; and Kerstetter ’66, the Human “Torture in Principle and Human Values Gideon Rosen, Philosophy Values Forum provides an in Practice” vital, formative part of my Princeton experience. I joined the opportunity for approximately Jeff McMahan, Rutgers Slavery: Ancient and Modern The Idea of America forum in my freshman year and have had the honor of serving Brent Shaw, Classics CHV 396/AMS 396/POL 310 50 students and 15 faculty University members to meet in an infor- Paul L. Miller ’41 Freshman John Seery, Laurance S. December 13 as its president during the last three years. In this time, the Seminar in Human Values mal setting to discuss current Rockefeller Visiting Professor “Why Internationalize forum has given me a venue in which to address topics that lay for Distinguished Teaching, and enduring questions The Tragic, the Comic, and Princeton?” University Center for Human concerning ethics and human the Political Jeremy Adelman, History far outside my field of study, such as the ethics of time travel. Values values. They meet over dinner Cornel West, Center for African at 5 Ivy Lane most weeks February 7 American Studies Social Issue Filmmaking during the academic year. “Does Reading Good Books Dean Eva Gossman Freshman CHV 402/JRN 402 Moreover, it has allowed me to share fascinating conversations Julie Kheyfets ’11, President Make Us Better?” Seminar in Human Values Emily Abt, University Center Lee Mitchell, English with extremely engaged undergraduates and with faculty mem- for Human Values Zack Slepian ’11, Vice Cross-Listed Classes President February 21 bers who highly value the perspectives of students. Numerous Introduction to Moral Seminar in Normative Ethics Ben Cogan ’12, Secretary “Compensation Culture: When, Philosophy CHV 419/PHI 419 Why, and How Should States speakers have discussed their ongoing projects and noted the CHV 202/PHI 202 Kwame Anthony Appiah, October 4 Compensate Victims of Loss?” feedback of students. For example, Susana Draper spoke about Gilbert Harman, Philosophy Philosophy and University “WikiLeaks” Melissa Lane, Politics Center for Human Values Evan Thomas, Council of the her latest study of a prison museum in Uruguay and shared an The Sociology of Law Humanities February 28 CHV 224/SOC 224 On What Matters: “Abortion and Affirmative early draft of her current paper on the piece. Similarly, Melissa Reading Parfit October 11 Kim Lane Scheppele, Action: When Is Judicial Lane introduced us to her current work on state compensation Sociology, Woodrow Wilson CHV 525/PHI 557 “The Implications of Neuro- Disagreement a Reason for School of Public and Peter Singer, University Center technology for Utilitarianism” Judicial Deference?” for the victims of loss. International Affairs, and for Human Values James Hughes, Trinity College; Christopher Eisgruber, Provost, Lee Silver, Molecular Biology University Center for Systematic Ethics Woodrow Wilson School of and Woodrow Wilson School of Human Values CHV 526/PHI 524 Public and International Affairs, My leadership role in the forum has allowed me to give back Public and International Affairs; Elizabeth Harman, and University Center for Christian Ethics and Peter Singer, University Center by ensuring that our members can enjoy discussions of Philosophy and University Human Values Modern Society for Human Values CHV 261/REL 261 Center for Human Values; March 28 innovative and varied topics with engaging speakers. Forum Eric Gregory, Religion and Sarah McGrath, Philosophy October 18 “Socially Responsible Investing” “Cosmology and Science” discussions comprise some of the most enriching and Topics in International Robert Kiernan III, Harvard Ethics and Public Policy David Spergel, Astrophysical Relations: The Global Jihad University memorable experiences that I will take away from Princeton CHV 301/WWS 301/POL 308 Sciences Keith Shaw, Princeton Writing in Theory and Strategy April 11 upon graduation. Program and Woodrow Wilson CHV 556/WWS 556A November 8 “Nietzsche” School of Public and Interna- Matityahu Steinberg, Woodrow “The Hero’s Fight: African Alexander Nehamas, tional Affairs Wilson School of Public and Americans in West Baltimore Philosophy and Comparative International Affairs and the Shadow of the State” Literature Philosophy of Mind Patricia Fernández-Kelly, From left: Human Law, Psychoanalysis, and CHV 315/PHI 315 Sociology April 18 Values Forum Ideas of Human Agency: Frank Jackson, Philosophy “Human Rights in Mexico” officers Zachary The Ethics of Reading III November 15 Susana Draper, Comparative Slepian ’11, Julie Normative Ethics CHV 571/COM 571 “Desirable Difficulties Literature Kheyfets ’11, Ben CHV 319/PHI 319 Peter Brooks, Comparative in Education” Cogan ’12 Gilbert Harman, Philosophy Literature and University Daniel Oppenheimer, April 25 Center for Human Values Psychology and Woodrow “High Costs and Inefficiencies Ethics and Economics Wilson School of Public and in U.S. Health Care” CHV 345/ECO 385 International Affairs Elizabeth Bogan, Economics Thomas Leonard, Economics November 29 Morals, Markets, and Health continued on page 28 “Philanthropy and CHV 391/PHI 391 Human Values” Kristi Olson, University Center Stanley Katz, Woodrow Wilson for Human Values School of Public and Interna- tional Affairs

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The Film Forum convenes at the The Environmental Affairs Forum March 29 Every year, the center awards prizes Princeton’s Program in Political Princeton University Press publishes a Rockefeller College theater for provides a comfortable environment “Professional Sustainability” to the senior theses that make Philosophy and the University series of books sponsored by the a film screening followed by for discourse among undergraduates, Shana Weber, Office of an outstanding contribution to the Center for Human Values award University Center for Human Values, comments from Princeton faculty graduate students, and scholars Sustainability study of human values. Nomina- these grants to graduate students most based on Tanner Lectures delivered and lively discussions. The on environmental ethics and policy. tions for the prize are made by for research and travel related at Princeton. In the 2010–11 academic April 5 series is supported by a gift from The series is supported by a gift from departments across the University. to research. They were created year, the center published The Limits of “The Relationship between Bert Kerstetter ’66, and is cospon- Bert Kerstetter ’66 and support through an allocation of funds from Constitutional Democracy, edited by Genetically-Modified and sored by the University Center for from the Princeton Environmental Devin Blair Kennedy ’11 an endowed account established by Jeffrey K. Tulis and Stephen Macedo. Organic Crops” Human Values and Rockefeller Institute and the Program in Science, Department of Comparative Amy Gutmann, the founding director Xenia Morin, Princeton Environmental College. Technology, and Environmental Policy. Literature of the center. Inspired by a conference held at the Institute and Woodrow Wilson School “Contested Body: Identity, center, this book looks at the difficulties of Public and International Affairs Erika Kiss, Forum Director Alexandra Kolaski ’13, President Anatomy, Sign” Sarah Cotterill of constitutional democracy. Contributors James Smits ’12, Vice President April 12 Adviser: Thomas Levin, German address several key themes—the Yiftah Elazar January 31 “The Relationship between Economic issues of constitutional failure; the Samantha Janaki Pergadia ’11 Taxi Driver (1976) by Martin October 12 Growth and Environmental Sandra Field problem of emergency power and whether Department of English Scorsese “One Billion High Emitters” Sustainability” constitutions should be suspended “Animal Tales: Anthropomorphism Extra Short Film: The Immigrant Robert Socolow, Mechanical and M. V. Ramana, Woodrow Wilson Sarah Goff when emergencies arise; the dilemmas and the Management of (1917) by Charles Chaplin with live Aerospace Engineering School of Public and International faced when constitutions provide and Compassion” Geneviève Rousselière music by Andrew Lovett Affairs and Science and Global restrict executive power during wartime; November 16 Adviser: Diana Fuss, English Security and whether constitutions can adapt February 7 “Urban Landscapes” Amelia Jane Thomson-DeVeaux ’11 to such globalization challenges as Roma (1972) by Federico Fellini Stanley Allen, Architecture April 26 Department of Religion immigration, religious resurgence, and “Literature and the Environment” February 14 November 30 “Looking with Love: A Feminist nuclear arms proliferation. William Gleason, English Rome, Open City (1945) by “Conservation in Kenya: Past, Vision of Simone Weil” Top-Up Roberto Rossellini Present, and Future” Adviser: Eric Gregory, Religion Prizes In addition to the editors, the Daniel Rubenstein, Ecology and contributors are Sotirios Barber, Joseph February 21 Evolutionary Biology Bessette, Mark Brandon, Daniel Is Paris Burning? (1966) by The University Center for Human Deudney, Christopher Eisgruber, James December 7 René Clément Values offers prizes to help Fleming, William Harris II, Ran Hirschl, “Disappearing Animal Migrations: Why VPL Summer attract Princeton graduate students Gary Jacobsohn, Benjamin Kleinerman, February 28 It’s Happening, Why It Matters, and Research Grants whose work explicitly focuses Jan-Werner Mueller, Kim Lane Scheppele, Zazie in the Metro (1960) by What to Do about It” on ethics, political theory, and Rogers Smith, Adrian Vermeule, and Louis Malle David Wilcove, Ecology and Evolu- human values. In spring 2011, Mariah Zeisberg. tionary Biology and Woodrow Wilson March 7 The Program in Values and Public 17 admitted students were School of Public and International The Edge of Heaven (2007) by Life (VPL) offers competitive awarded these grants. To see a list of titles in print, visit Affairs Fatih Akin summer grants for students http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/series/ enrolled in the undergraduate February 22 uchv.html. March 21 certificate program to pursue “Greening Radio and Wireless Tokyo Story (1953) by Yasujiro Ozu values-related internships or Technology” research projects. These grants March 28 H. Vincent Poor, Electrical may be used for travel, housing, Man of Marble (1977) by Engineering or other purposes in support of Andrzej Wajda March 1 students’ work. April 4 “Water in Sub-Saharan Africa” People on Sunday (1930) by Curt Kelly Caylor, Civil and Environmental Yifan Feng ’12 and Robert Siodmak with live Engineering Department of Sociology music by Andrew Lovett March 22 April 11 “Climate and Migration” Steven Lindsay ’12 Live Flesh (1997) by Pedro Michael Oppenheimer, Geosciences Department of Politics Almódovar and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Colleen McCullough ’12 April 18 Department of Politics Brazil (1985) by Terry Gilliam Daniel Schiff ’12 April 25 Department of Philosophy Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang Image courtesy of Princeton with live music by Andrew Lovett Joseph Scopelitis ’12 University Press Woodrow Wilson School of Public 28 Student Forums and International Affairs Prizes, Publications, and People 29 People

Faculty Peter Singer Peter Singer Susan Fiske Joyce Carol Oates Advisory Council Staff Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Eugene Higgins Professor Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah Bioethics in the University Center Bioethics in the University Center for Hu- of Psychology of the Humanities; Professor of Danielle Allen ’93 Charles Beitz Laurance S. Rockefeller University for Human Values man Values Creative Writing in the Lewis Center UPS Foundation Professor in the Director, University Center Professor of Philosophy and the Daniel Garber for the Arts School of Social Science, Institute for Human Values; Edwards S. University Center for Human Values Michael Smith Stuart Professor of Philosophy for Advanced Study Sanford Professor of Politics McCosh Professor of Philosophy Serguei Oushakine Charles Beitz Executive Sophie Gee Associate Professor of Slavic Ezekiel Emanuel Melissa Lane Director, University Center for Committee Laurance S. Associate Professor of English Languages and Literatures; Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy Director, Program in Values and Human Values; Edwards S. Robert George John Maclean Jr. Presidential University Professor, Vice Provost Public Life; Professor of Politics Sanford Professor of Politics Rockefeller University Preceptor for Global Initiatives, and Chair, Kwame Anthony Appiah McCormick Professor of Erum Syed Department of Medical Ethics Peter Brooks Laurance S. Rockefeller University University Preceptors Jurisprudence; Professor of Assistant Director Devah Pager and Health Policy, University of Andrew W. 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Kennedy Director, Program in Values and East Asian Studies Wilson School Erika Kiss Public Life; Professor of Politics John Darley School of Government, Harvard Director, University Center for Dorman T. Warren Professor of Thomas Leonard Anna Stilz University Human Values Film Forum; Associ- Stephen Macedo Psychology; Professor of Psychology Lecturer in Economics Assistant Professor of Politics ate Research Scholar, University Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor and Public Affairs Jeffrey Stout Center for Human Values of Politics and the University Center Douglas Massey Professor of Religion for Human Values Angus Deaton Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociol- Stephen Macedo Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor ogy and Public Affairs, Woodrow Maurizio Viroli Laurance S. 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