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The
Ferdinand Schoeman
Lectures on Social and Legal Philosophy
Sponsored by the
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE LAW SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
A USC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FUND
in support of a lectureship in social and legal philosophy |
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The Schoeman Lectures on Social and Legal Philosophy were begun in
1995, in memory of USC Philosophy Professor Ferdinand Schoeman. Dr.
Schoeman came to USC in 1975. Noted as a creative, energetic, and warm
teacher and colleague, Schoeman specialized in social and legal philosophy.
He published several books, including Privacy and Social Freedom
(Cambridge Univerity Press 1992), and numerous articles. He received
several major research fellowships, including NEH and Rockefeller
Foundation fellowships. In collaboration with a colleague at USC, he
received several grants to promote the teaching of philosophy to minority
students and at historically black colleges and universities in South
Carolina. He was founder of the Men's Resource Center, which counsels
abusive men. He was also responsible for initiating several
interdisciplinary programs at USC combining humanities and law.
Dr. Schoeman received his BA from the University of Rochester and his PhD
in philosophy from Brandeis in 1971. His career was always anchored at
USC, though he held visiting appointments at Berkeley's Boalt Hall Law
School, at Washington and Lee Law School, and at the University of
Maryland's Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. Dr. Schoeman was a
source of enormous intellectual and moral energy, a catalyst for
philosophical debate, for bringing people together, for opening
interdisciplinary horizons. He played major roles in revitalizing the South Carolina Society for Philosophy, in
establishing a lecture series on "Crime and Justice" at USC, and in
initiating numerous other reading groups and lectures.
Dr. Schoeman's interests focused on social philosophy, ethics, and the
philosophy of law. His published articles span topics ranging from the
rights of children to the use of statistical evidence in the law to
Aristotle's views on friendship. He edited and contributed to two major
anthologies on responsibility and privacy. In his book Privacy and
Social Freedom, Dr. Schoeman argues against the idea that the realm of
privacy is or should be a domain in which people are free from social
institutions and control. On his view, social norms pervade all aspects of
life, and a person's ability to achieve his or her goals depends on these
norms and institutions. Fully rational agents and ideal social
relationships emerge from constructive adaptation to social control
mechanisms. The wide-ranging discussions of privacy and personal
relationships in the book reflect the breadth of Schoeman's interests and
the diversity of his sources of stimulation.
A lectureship in his honor was established by the University of South
Carolina in 1995. Sponsored by the USC Department of Philosophy and the
Law School, prominent scholars are invited to deliver lectures on topics
in social and legal philosophy. A list of past lecturers is posted
below.
Further information about the Schoeman Lectures can be obtained from:
- The Schoeman Lectures
- Department of Philosophy
- University of South Carolina
- Columbia, SC 29208
- (803) 777-4166
A fund has been established to support these lectures. Gifts may be made
through the USC Educational Foundation. Checks should be payable to the
"Schoeman Lecture Series" and mailed to the address above.
The following is a list of Schoeman Lecturers, in reverse
chronological order.
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Marianne Constable
UC Berkeley
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"Miranda's Brave New Law"
21 March 2002
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Michael J. Sandel
Harvard University
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"Morality and American Public Life"
5 November 1998
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Susan Wolff
Johns Hopkins University
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"Meaningful Lives in a Meaningless World"
7 November 1996
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George P. Fletcher
Columbia University
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"Who is the Victim in the O. J. Simpson Trial?"
6 April 1995
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