Responsibility, Rights, and Virtue: A Dialogue between Eastern Philosophy and Western Traditions

In this first roundtable in the series "Dialogues between Eastern Philosophy and Western Traditions," participants will discuss the topic of "The Good Life with Responsibility and Freedom."

Speakers:

• Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University
• Meghan Sullivan, Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy; Director of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, University of Notre Dame

The speakers in the first roundtable, Michael Puett and Meghan Sullivan, are leading scholars of Eastern and Western ethical traditions, respectively. Both professors have crafted phenomenally successful undergraduate courses. Prof. Puett's "Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory" is Harvard's third most popular undergraduate course, inviting students to reevaluate contemporary assumptions about ethics in light of classical Chinese thought. Prof. Sullivan's "God and the Good Life" at Notre Dame introduces philosophy to students as a "way of life," drawing upon such figures as Plato, Aristotle , and Descartes to present different ways of engaging with questions of ultimate meaning.

Organizer: Liang Cai, Associate Professor of History, University of Notre Dame and Kellogg Faculty Fellow

Presented by the History of Philosophy Forum with cosponsorship by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, and the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.