Conversations with History - Jeremy Waldron

submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures on 10/06/18 1

"Dignity, Human Rights, and Torture" Jeremy Waldron University Professor, New York University School of Law Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes legal philosopher Jeremy Waldron for a discussion of the legal concept of dignity, it origins in law and morality and its emergence as a foundation for human rights. In the conversation, Professor Waldron also talks about the importance of preserving liberal values in the fight against terrorism, and, in this context, he criticizes the torture memos for their assault on human dignity. globetrotter.berkeley.edu/iis/Kreisler.html globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/

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