Speaker: Marius Ostrowski
Respondent: Helen McCabe
The theme of the third seminar was The History of Political Thought; three faculty members presented work:
Dr Mark Philp presented a paper entitled Lost in Context: Godwin, Marriage (the most odious of all monopolies), and Unconventional Norms;
Dr David Leopold (not recorded) presented a paper entitled Marx, Engels, and Utopia; and,
Professor Jeremy Waldron presented a paper entitled Montesquieus Place in the Rule-of-Law Tradition.
All papers were followed by a short response and a Questions & Answers session (not recorded). The third paper was followed by a presentation on Problem and privilege: Jefferson and the Ideology of the Declaration of Independence by DPhil candidate Marius Ostrowski, with a response by Dr Helen McCabe.