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Autonomy, Authority, and Freedom: A 20th Anniversary Conference in Honor of Joseph Raz’s The Morality of Freedom

October 19- 20, 2006
Princeton University
Presented by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University

All sessions will take place in the Senate Chamber of Whig Hall.

Thursday, October 19

6:45 p.m. Welcome Reception and DINNER (Participants and Invited Guests) – Prospect House, Princeton University

Friday, October 20

8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Senate Chamber, Whig Hall

9:20-11:10 a.m. SESSION 1: Autonomy and Culture

Presenter: Jeremy Waldron, New York University School of Law
Respondent: Alex Tuckness, Iowa State University
Moderator: Robert P. George, Princeton University

11:40 a.m. -1:30 p.m. SESSION 2: The Service Conception of Authority: Conceptual Analysis, Law and Practices of Value

Presenter: Dennis Patterson, Rutgers University School of Law
Respondent: Michael Steven Green, College of William & Mary
Moderator: Bradford P. Wilson, Princeton University
1:30 p.m. LUNCH (Participants and Invited Guests) – Prospect House

2:45-4:35 p.m. SESSION 3: Inquiry As A Social Form

Presenter: Christopher Tollefsen, University of South Carolina
Respondent: Elizabeth Harman, Princeton University
Moderator: Tamsin K. Shaw, Princeton University

4:45-5:30 p.m. CONCLUDING SESSION: Reflections on Proceedings

Presenter: Joseph Raz, Columbia University and Oxford University
Moderator: Robert P. George, Princeton University