The Time of Possibility

Times of Possibility

Dignity, Rank, and Rights

Jeremy Waldron is a University Professor and Professor of Law at New York University. He is interested in liberal theories of rights, issues of economic and social justice, the political significance of moral disagreement, and the basis of our political ideals in a multicultural society. H

The Idol of Stability

STEPHEN TOULMIN is Henry R. Luce Professor at the Center for Multiethnic and Transnational Studies at the University of Southern California. He read mathematics and physics at Cambridge prior to World War II, when he did radar research and development for the Royal Air Force.

Speaking Amongst Ourselves: Democracy and Law

Seana Valentine Shiffrin is Professor of Philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice at UCLA, where she has taught since 1992. She is the codirector and cofounder of the UCLA Law and Philosophy program. Shiffrin received her BA degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was the University Medalist. She […]

The Afterlife

Samuel Scheffler is a University Professor and Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, where he joined the faculty in 2008. He was educated at Harvard and Princeton, and from 1977 to 2008 he taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He works primarily in the areas of moral and political philosophy. His […]

The Weight of All Flesh: On the Subject-Matter of Political Economy

eric l. santner is the Philip and Ida Romberg Distinguished Service Professor in Modern Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago. He came to Chicago in 1996 after twelve years of teaching at Princeton University. He has been a visiting fellow at various institutions, including Dartmouth, Washington University, Cornell, and the University of Konstanz

The Practice of Value

Joseph Raz is a professor of the philosophy of law and a fellow of Balliol College at Oxford University. He is also a visiting professor of jurisprudence at Columbia Law School. He was educated at the Hebrew University and at Oxford, where he received his Ph.D. He has been a visiting professor at a number […]

Lecture 1: From Language to Commitment Lecture 2: From Commitment to Responsibility

Philip Pettit is an L. S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University, where he has taught political theory and philosophy since 2002. Since 2012–13 has held a joint position as Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University, Canberra. Born and raised in Ireland, he was a lecturer […]

The Birth of Ethics

philip pettit is L. S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University, where he has taught political theory and philosophy since 2002. Since 2012–13 has held a joint position as Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University, Canberra. Born and raised in Ireland, he was a lecturer in […]