The University of Utah Dee Lecture Series
Global Justice: Poverty and War

Department of Philosophy
S. J. Quinney College of Law
 

A series of public lectures by the leading political and legal theorists of our time dealing with fundamental questions about the relations among nations, world poverty, human rights, and the justifiability of military conflict.

All sessions to be held at 7:30 PM Sutherland Moot Courtroom, S. J. Quinney College of Law
Free and Open to All Faculty, Students, and Community Members

 

Thursday, January 25 at 7:30 PM
"Global Justice: Some Skeptical Comments"
Chandran Kukathas, Department of Political Science, University of Utah


Thursday, February 1 at 7:30 PM
"Preventive War"
Jeff McMahan, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University


Tuesday, February 8 at 7:30 PM
"Is the Idea of Just-War Quaint?"
Tom Farer, Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver


Tuesday, February 20  at 7:30 PM
"Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention"
Larry May, Department of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, MO


Tuesday, March 6  at 7:30 PM
"Neo-Liberalism and Globalization"
Korkut Erturk, Chair, Department of Economics, University of Utah
 

Thursday, March 15  at 7:30 PM
"Global Federalism, Law, and the Language of War"
Wayne McCormack, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
 

Thursday, March 29  at 7:30 PM
"Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research:
Must We Exclude the Poor from Advanced Medicines?"

Thomas Pogge, Department of Political Science, Columbia University


Tuesday, April 10  at 7:30 PM
"Trade and Tolerance"
Michael Blake, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington

 

A Reception Will Follow Each Lecture
 

Speakers will also address a joint session of two Philosophy Department classes: Political Philosophy and Justice and
International Affairs, taught by Professors Deen Chatterjee and Bruce Landesman respectively.

Professors Chatterjee and Landesman are grateful to the S.J. Quinney College of Law for hosting the lectures and receptions.  They wish to thank Dean Hiram Chodosh for his enthusiastic support. 
 

The following sponsors have provided generous support for the lecture series:
Office of Undergraduate Studies
College of Humanities
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Middle East Center
International Studies Program
Peace and Conflict Studies Program
Department of Economics
Department of Political Science
Neal Maxwell Chair in Political Theory, Public Policy, and Public Service
 

This lecture series is made possible by a grant from the Thomas D.  Dee II Foundation for the improvement of teaching in the University of Utah Colleges of Humanities and Fine Arts, jointly awarded to Professors Deen Chatterjee and Bruce Landesman in the Department of Philosophy.