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This one-day workshop on structural inequalities & equalities in cities will have a non-traditional form, encouraging a rich set of conversations to bring together normative, social scientific, and policy perspectives. The goal will be expansive conversation that opens up new possibilities for re-orienting policy paradigms particularly as they apply to urban contexts.

Clarissa Hayward and Danielle Allen will begin the day by setting up the...

This is the third lecture in the three-part W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series by Danielle Allen, Professor of Government, Professor of Education, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University. This lecture is co-sponsored with the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.

"Cuz, or the life and times of...

"Medical Ethics in Emergencies, from Katrina to Ebola and Beyond"

For centuries, philosophers have mulled the ideal ways to divide the goods of society. More recently that question has been applied to medicine. Perhaps the most acute, life-and-death version of this conundrum arises in emergencies--who gets care when there doesn't seem to be enough for everyone? Dr. Sheri Fink, a New York Times correspondent and author of Five Days at Memorial, will illustrate the dilemmas for medical professionals, journalists, and the broader public with examples arising in recent disasters.
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“No Slippery Slopes: Same-Sex Couples, Monogamy, and the Future of Marriage”

Will same-sex marriage lead to more radical marriage reform? Should it? Conservatives warn of a slippery slope from same-sex marriage toward polygamy, adult incest, and the dissolution of marriage as we know it; many progressives embrace these changes. I argue that both sides are wrong: the same principles of democratic justice that demand marriage equality for same sex couples also lend support to monogamous marriage. I explore the meaning of contemporary marriage and the reasons for both its fragility and...

RSVP required: Please email Stephanie Dant (stephanie@ethics.harvard.edu) if you plan to come. 

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

First Session: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM 
Stephen Angle, Wesleyan University: “Confucian Leadership Meets Confucian Democracy”
Commentators:...

Jiwei Ci: "Far from merely a regime type, modern democracy is a set of interlocking and partly conflicting values and practices and yet behind all this complexity can be detected a general stance of amazing coherence.... Read more about Jiwei Ci, "Modern Democracy as Agnostic Egalitarianism"

"Some disability activists argue that disability is merely a difference. It is often objected that this view has unacceptable implications, implying, for example, that it's permissible to cause disability.... Read more about Julian Savulescu, "Disability and Mere Difference"