Behavior Change as a Psychological Enterprise
Solving societal problems involves changing people’s behavior – inducing them to drink less, exercise more, turn down the heat, stay in school, and so on. Interventions designed to change these behaviors have met with limited success. School of Social Science Visiting Professor Deborah Prentice discusses how a closer look at interventions and their affect on people’s thoughts, feelings, and motivations reveals why some succeed and others fail, and she also suggests strategies for improving these outcomes.
Justice, Culture, and Tradition - Session 8: The Jewish Political Tradition
Session 8, Round Table: The Jewish Political Tradition
Noam Zohar, Bar Ilan University, Chair
Pierre Birnbaum, Columbia University Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
David Novak, University of Toronto
Justice, Culture, and Tradition - Session 6: Tradition, Radicalism, and Solidarity
Session 6: Tradition, Radicalism, and Solidarity
Yaffa Zilbershats, Bar-Ilan University, Chair
Avishai Margalit, Institute for Advanced Study
George Kateb, Princeton University
Moshe Halbertal, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Commentator
Justice, Culture, and Tradition - Session 7: The Moral Standing of States
Session 7: The Moral Standing of States
Jacob T. Levy, McGill University, Chair
Ruth Gavison, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Charles R. Beitz, Princeton University
Nancy L. Rosenblum, Harvard University, Commentator
Justice, Culture, and Tradition - Session 4: Multiculturalism, Civil Society, and the Politics of Recognition
Session 4: Multiculturalism, Civil Society, and the Politics of Recognition
Daniel Statman, University of Haifa, Chair
Jacob T. Levy, McGill University
Charles Taylor, McGill University, Commentator
Justice, Culture, and Tradition - Session 5: The Just War Theory -- Moral and Legal Perspectives
Session 5, Round Table: The Just War Theory -- Moral and Legal Perspectives
Joel Rosenthal, Carnegie Council, Chair
Haim Shapira, Bar-Ilan University
Yitzhak Benbaji, Bar-Ilan University
Michael Doyle , Columbia University
Jeff McMahan, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brian Orend, University of Waterloo
Noam J. Zohar, Bar-Ilan University, Commentator
Justice, Culture, and Tradition: The Work of Michael Walzer
The work of Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers, was recognized at a three-day conference on the Institute campus. Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, Walzer was celebrated for his contributions to the ethical and political philosophy of the twentieth century at the "Justice, Culture, and Tradition" conference.
Justice, Culture, and Tradition - Session 3: The Practice of Social Criticism
Session 3, Round Table: The Practice of Social Criticism
Ian Shapiro, Yale Unviersity, Chair
Mitchell Cohen, CUNY Baruch College
Menachem Lorberbaum, Tel Aviv University
Martin Peretz, The New Republic
Justice, Culture, and Tradition - Session 2: The Interpretive View of Ethics
Session 2, Round Table: The Interpretive View of Ethics
Harry Frankfurt, Princeton University, Chair
Georgia Warnke, University of California
Susan Neiman, Einstein Forum, Commentator
Justice, Culture, and Tradition - Session 1: Welcome, Distributive Justice
Welcome
Peter Goddard, Director, Institute for Advanced Study
Yitzhak Benbaji, Conference Organizer
Session 1: Distributive Justice
Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Chair
Michael J. Sandel, Harvard University
Thomas Scanlon, Harvard University
Amy Gutmann, University of Pennsylvania, Commentator