Each year the Dean of Yale College appoints a Castle Lecturer in Ethics, Politics and Economics to deliver a series of lectures to promote awareness of and sensitivity to ethical issues facing individuals in complex modern societies. Intended to foster interdisciplinary reflection on the moral foundations of society and government, the lectures were endowed by Mr. John K. Castle to honor his ancestor the Reverend James Pierpont, one of the University’s original founders. Yale University Press co-sponsors the lectures and publishes each set of lectures as a book.
The 2016 Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, and Economics
“Constitutional Design for Severely Divided Societies: Many Architects, Few Buildings”
Lecture 1: Prescriptions without Politics - September 26, 4:30-6:00
Lecture 2: The Difficult Politics of Institutional Adoption - September 27, 4:30 - 6:00
Lecture 3: Constitutional Process: A Fraught Enterprise - September 29 - 4:30-6:00
(All lectures will be held at 77 Prospect Street, Room A002)