Law, Philosophy, Politics

Slavery, Emancipation, and the Relationship of Freedom and Equality

Two Objections to Slavery

Elizabeth Anderson

Democracy, Human Rights, Law and Justice, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford University, Podcast

August 5, 2013

Elizabeth Anderson

Elizabeth Anderson is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. She is author of The Imperative of Integration.

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