Sheila Suess Kennedy, J.D.
Professor of Law and Public Policy
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Date: Friday, March 27, 2015, 2 p.m.
Location: Campus Center Theater, Lower Level
There is an African proverb to the effect that it takes a village to raise a child. Implicit in that saying is the question at the heart of political philosophy: what should that village look like? What is the common good, and what is the nature of mutual social obligation? What sort of social and political arrangements are most likely to promote and enable – in Aristotle’s term – human flourishing, and perhaps most importantly, do we live in an era when such questions have largely been abandoned? Professor Sheila Suess Kennedy reflects on these and other questions and offers conclusions shaped by her life experiences and by her scholarship in IUPUI’s 2015 Last Lecture.
Sheila Suess Kennedy, J.D. is Professor of Law and Public Policy in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where she directs the Center for Civic Literacy. Her scholarly publications include nine books and numerous law review and journal articles. Professor Kennedy is a columnist for the Indianapolis Business Journal and a frequent lecturer, public speaker and contributor to other periodicals. She blogs at www.sheilakennedy.net.
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