Moral equality, respect and cruelty
28 June 2017, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm
Event Information
Open to
- All
Organiser
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Prof. Andrea Sangiovanni
Location
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UCL Pearson G22 LT, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Speaker
Prof. Andrea Sangiovanni (King’s College London)
The Yale-UCL Workshop in Legal Philosophy is an annual seminar series alternating between UCL and Yale. It features work in progress presented by UCL and Yale Faculty, as well as speakers from other universities. It is co-convened by Professor Scott Shapiro (Yale Law School) and Professor George Letsas (University College London).
About the speaker
Prof Andrea Sangiovanni received his BA and PhD from Harvard University. Before joining the Philosophy Department at King’s College London (in 2007), he was a Randall Dillard Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (2005-2007). He writes mainly within moral, political, and legal philosophy, but he also has interests in early-modern political thought. His book, Humanity Without Dignity: Moral Equality, Respect, and Human Rights, has recently been published by Harvard University Press (2017).