Sep 25, 2007
Sep 25, 2007
Graduate School of Arts and Science Events and Traditions

Susan Wolf, the Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will deliver the Eighth Annual Lewis Burke Frumkes Lecture on Mon., Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m. Wolf’s lecture is titled “Moral Obligations and Social Commands.” The event is free and open to the public, which may call 212.998.8320 for more information.

Susan Wolf
Susan Wolf

For Immediate Release: Contact: James Devitt September 25, 2007 212.998.6808 james.devitt@nyu.edu

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Susan Wolf, the Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will deliver the Eighth Annual Lewis Burke Frumkes Lecture on Mon., Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m. at NYU’s Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center (100 Washington Square East [at Washington Place]). Wolf’s lecture is titled “Moral Obligations and Social Commands.” Wolf is the author of Freedom Within Reason (Oxford, 1990), a book on free will and moral responsibility. She has written numerous articles on ethics and the philosophy of mind. These include “Morality and Partiality,” “Two Levels of Pluralism,” “Self-Interest and Interest in Selves,” “Moral Saints,” and “Asymmetrical Freedom.” Her current research focuses on the relations among happiness, morality, and meaningfulness in life.

The lecture is hosted by New York University’s Graduate School of Arts and Science and the Department of Philosophy.

  • WHO: Susan Wolf, professor of philosophy, University of North Carolina
  • WHAT: Eighth Annual Lewis Burke Frumkes Lecture-“Moral Obligations and Social Commands”
  • WHEN: Mon., Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.
  • WHERE: Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center (100 Washington Square East [at Washington Place]) [Subway Lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street); R, W (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place)]

The Frumkes Lecture was established to showcase the work of the world’s most prominent philosophers and is supported by NYU alumnus Lewis Burke Frumkes. Past lecturers included Harry Frankfurt, Noam Chomsky, Simon Blackburn, Peter Singer, Dame Onora O’Neill, Bernard Williams, and Jonathan Bennett. Reporters interested in attending the lecture must contact James Devitt, Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu. The event is free and open to the public, which may call 212.998.8320 for more information.

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