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Lisa Herzog (UNIVERSITY OF Groningen)
Sympathy, Empathy, and Twitter: Reflections on Social Media Based on an 18th-Century Debate

2022 | 2023

ISSUE NO. 1 | VOLUME CXXIII

MONDAY, 14 November 2022

18.00 - 19.45

The Aristotelian Society will be holding this meeting online via Zoom. 

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about

 

Lisa Herzog works at the intersection of political philosophy and economic thought. Since 2019 she works at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen, where since 2021 she is the Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She holds a master (Diploma) in economics from LMU Munich, and an M.St. in Philosophy and D.Phil. in Political Theory from the University of Oxford. She has worked at, or visited, the universities of St. Gallen (CH), Leuven (BE), Frankfurt/Main (D), Utrecht (NL), and Stanford (US). She was a Rhodes Scholar (2007-2011), received the 2019 Tractatus-Preis and the 2019 German Award for Philosophy and Social Ethics, and the 2021 Ammodo Award. Lisa Herzoghas published on the philosophical dimensions of markets (both historically and systemically), liberalism and social justice, ethics in organizations, and the future of work.The current focus of her work are workplace democracy, professional ethics, and the role of knowledge in democracies.Her books include Inventing the Market. Smith, Hegel, and Political Theory (OUP 2013) and Reclaiming the System. Moral Responsibility, Divided Labour, and the Role of Organizations in Society (OUP 2018). Her forthcoming monograph is entitled Citizen Knowledge. Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy.

Meeting Address

The Aristotelian Society will be holding this meeting online via Zoom.

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