"Office and Responsibility" A symposium in honor of the career and contributions of Dennis F. Thompson.

October 11-12, 2012
"Office and Responsibility"
A symposium in honor of the career and contributions of Dennis F. Thompson.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS/SPEAKERS 

Thursday, October 11, 2012
Location: Milstein East B, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

4:30 PM – Opening Remarks
Nancy Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government, Harvard University
Michael Rosen, Professor of Government, Harvard University

4:45 PM – "Institutional Corruptions"
Speaker: Lawrence Lessig, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University; Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School

Chair: Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University

Respondents:
Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard Kennedy School
Kenneth Shepsle, George D. Markham Professor of Government, Harvard University

Friday, October 12, 2012
Location: Tsai Auditorium, Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

9:00 AM – Light Breakfast (CGIS S030)

9:45 AM – Introductions: Nancy Rosenblum and Michael Rosen

10:00 AM – PANEL 1: "Dirtying One's Hands by Working With Others"
Speaker: Jeremy Waldron, University Professor, New York University School of Law; Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, University of Oxford

Chair: Harvey C. Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government, Harvard University

Respondents:
Frances Kamm, Lucius Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University
Eric Nelson, Professor of Government, Harvard University

12:00 - 1:30 PM – Lunch (CGIS S030)

1:30 PM – PANEL 2: "An Honorable Profession"
Speaker: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University

Chair: Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania

Respondents:
Thomas Scanlon, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, Harvard University
Michael Frazer, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University

3:15 PM – Coffee Break

3:30 PM – PANEL 3: "Deliberative Ethics"
Speaker: John Ferejohn, The Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

Chair: Richard Tuck, Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government, Harvard University

Respondents:
Eric Beerbohm, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University
Charles Beitz, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics; Director, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

5:15 PM – Response by Dennis F. Thompson, Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy, Harvard University