Panel: Free Speech—What It Is and Is Not, Tara Smith: Voices for Liberty

Name: Panel: Free Speech—What It Is and Is Not, Tara Smith: Voices for Liberty
Start: 2024-10-24T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-24T17:30:00-05:00
Location: The University of Texas at Austin

Schedule

Thu Oct 24 2024 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX

Location: Robert Rowling Hall RRH 4.408

Tara Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where she has taught since 1989. A specialist in moral, legal, and political philosophy, she is author of the books: Egoism Without Permission – The Moral Psychology of Ayn Rand's Ethics; The First Amendment – Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom; Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System; Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics – The Virtuous Egoist; Viable Values – Life as the Root and Reward of Morality; Moral Rights and Political Freedom. Her articles span such further subjects as forgiveness, friendship, pride, moral perfection, the nature of objectivity, and the value of sport to the serious fan.

Smith frequently teaches undergrad seminars on the First Amendment and on free speech, and for several years, organized the Dialogues on Free Speech panel series at UT. Her most recent book (The First Amendment) is a collection of essays on religious freedom and speech freedom.