National Conference on Ethics and Civic Life
National Conference on Ethics and Civic Life, may 2025
"Meaning and the Afterlife"
Despite its conventional association with philosophy, the question of life’s meaning is often dismissed as nonsense by contemporary philosophers—or replaced with questions about meaningful lives—and for most earlier philosophers, the question doesn’t arise. In this talk, I’ll use the surprisingly recent origins of “the meaning of life” to explain what it could be. Drawing on a Romantic tradition in which the human future stands in for eschatology, I’ll argue that life could have a secular meaning, one that depends on progress towards justice, and thus depends on us. 
National Conference on Ethics and Civic Life, may 2022
Danielle Allen provided the moving Keynote Address. The panel discussions included voices from current and past faculty, graduate mentors, and undergraduate students.
National Conference on Ethics and Civic Life - "Religious Diversity and Tolerance", APRIL 2018
The Brady Scholars Program reflected on its goals and accomplishments, and the Conference provided a forum for the discussion of some of the issues facing our society and the world. On Friday, April 13,
National Conference on Ethics and Civic Life - "Religious Diversity and Tolerance", may 2015
Andrew Delbanco and Danielle Allen led the discussion at the Brady National Conference on Ethics and Civic Life, in
