12:30 p.m., Oct. 28, 2009----Larry Temkin, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, will deliver the fall 2009 David Norton Memorial Lecture at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center.

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Temkin will speak on the topic “Rethinking the Good: Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning.”

Temkin specializes in ethics and social and political philosophy. He received his doctorate from Princeton University and is author of the book Inequality.

The Norton Lecture is designed to present contemporary work by leading figures in ethics in a manner accessible to general members of the University of Delaware community.

The late Dr. Norton, for whom the lecture is named, joined the UD faculty in 1966 and helped establish the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program. He was the author of two major philosophy books, Personal Destinies and Democracy and Moral Development, in addition to almost 100 articles and essays.

The lecture will be preceded by the UD Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, which will begin at 10 a.m. in the Rodney Room.

The Norton Lecture is open to the public, and a free reception will follow.