Fall 2025 Colloquium Schedule

Professors Liam Murphy and Samuel Scheffler 

August 28th
Michael Otsuka, Rutgers University
Reciprocity, Justifiability to Each, and the Difference Principle

September 4th
Christine Korsgaard, Harvard University
Natural History of the Good Selections

September 11th
Japa Pallikkathayil, University of Pittsburgh
Rethinking Rights

September 18th 
Liam Murphy, NYU
If You Do Have the Power to Promise, We’ll Grant you All the Rest: Against (Natural) Normative Powers 
Legal Practice and the Responsibility of Individuals

September 25th
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU
The Impartial Jury and Democracy

October 9th
T.M. Scanlon, Harvard University
Contractualism and Intuitionism

October 16th
Deborah Hellman, University of Virginia
Why The Proxy Problem Is So Hard

October 23rd
Lucas Stanczyk, Harvard University
The Idea of a Liberal Capitalism
To request a copy of this paper, please email Liam Murphy at liam.murphy@nyu.edu

October 30th
Miranda Fricker, NYU
Minimalist Blame: From Normative Function to Core Definition

November 6th
Jeremy Waldron, NYU
Quain Lectures 2025: Back To Principles 

November 13th
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Georgetown University
Action as Co-Production: Defending A Constructivist Theory of Action

November 20th
Wendy Salkin, Stanford University
Writers Are Not Congressmen