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Law, Agency, and the Management of Property in the Roman Empire
010 East Pyne 010 East Pyne, PrincetonThis talk explores the relationship between law and the economy in the Roman Empire.
The Challenges of Beneficence: Revising the Terms
101 Friend Center 101 Friend Center, NJJames A. Moffett '29 Lectures in Ethics Familiar accounts of beneficence take as its target human need. If, as is the case in our world, need is very large, the duty threatens to be demanding, interfering with our lives and our relationships. Working from some Kantian insights and arguments, I lay out an alternative view […]
Book Talk: Savage Feast: Three Generations, Two Continents, and a Dinner Table
Princeton Public LibraryAuthor Boris Fishman speaks about his new book Savage Feast: Three Generations, Two Continents, and a Dinner Table, a personal story and family memoir told through meals and recipes. The book follows Fishman’s Jewish family from 1945 Belarus to 2017 Brooklyn. Fishman is a lecturer in creative writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts […]
