Waide Center Seminar: Richard DeGeorge: "Is Capitalism Morally Justified?" | Nov. 20 @ 4:00 PM

Date: Wednesday, November 20th

Time: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Title: “Is Capitalism Morally Justified?”

Zoom Link: https://fairfield.zoom.us/j/92504423276

About the Speaker: Richard T. DeGeorge is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, of Russian and East European Studies, and of Business Administration, and Co-Director of the International Center for Ethics in Business at the University of Kansas. 

He has written widely in the fields of political and social philosophy, ethics, and applied ethics, with an emphasis on business ethics. He is the author of over 200 articles and the author or editor of twenty books, including The Ethics of Information Technology and Business (2003), Business Ethic (2005), and Competing with Integrity in International Business (1993). He has been President of several academic organizations, including the American Philosophical Association, the Metaphysical Society of America, the Society for Business Ethics, and the International Society for Business, Economics, and Ethics. 

About the series: The Waide Center for Applied Ethics Seminar Series is a forum for building community and advancing research in Applied Ethics. It encourages jargon-free and supportive discussions that will be accessible to participants with serious interest in applied ethics and who come from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. Invited speakers in the series present a work-in-progress or recently published paper on topics relevant to applied ethics. The seminars aim to provide speakers with feedback on their current research projects. At least half of each meeting is devoted to Q&A and general discussion.