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Allen Edward Buchanan

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Philosophy
Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0245
203A West Duke Building, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Limits of Evolutionary Explanations of Morality · October 13, 2013 Lecture Duke Philosophy Dept..
Why Being Human Isn't Good Enough · October 3, 2013 Lecture Wake Forest University Medical School
Justifying International Legal Human Rights · May 15, 2013 Lecture
The Ethics of Revolution · May 10, 2013 Lecture King's College London Law School
Why International Legal Human Rights · April 19, 2013 Lecture King's College London Philosophy Department
Justice in Diffusion of Innovation · May 20, 2011 Lecture Bagnaci University, Istanbul
Philosophical Theories of Human Rights · May 10, 2011 Lecture Goethe-University, Frankfort, Germany

Lecture; Allen Buchanan ; This paper is a critical survey of the current philosophical literature on human rights and argues for a radical re-orientation of theorizing.

Reciprocal Legitimation · April 11, 2011 Lecture U. of Miami Philosophy Department

Lecture; Allen Buchanan ; This was a presentation of a paper in which I argue that in the interaction of states and international institutions, legitimation goes in both directions.