Cary
Maguire "The Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in American History and Ethics was established to explore the history of America with special attention to the ethical dimensions of domestic economic, political, and social policies.
The Chairholder, who is appointed by the Librarian of Congress, conducts research on the ethical issues associated with leadership in the United States and/or on the ethical implications of significant issues, events and movements in American History.
The research includes, but is not limited to, the conduct of politics and of government at all levels of American life and in all branches of government, and at the role of religion, business, urban affairs, law, science and medicine in the ethical dimension of leadership.
The goal is for research that will illuminate the responsible use of ethical knowledge for the public good. The Chairholder concentrates on domestic American matters with special emphasis on how law relates to ethics, and it is hoped that the Chairholder will add new substance to the intellectual and ethical life of the Capital. It is also hoped that the Chairholder will pursue a new and refreshing voice in the intellectual milieu of Washington, D.C., and will bring both philosophical depth and historical perspective to the research.
A major address towards the end of the Chairholder's tenure is one of the premier intellectual occasions in Washington, D.C.
Chair Holders
John T. Noonan,
2001
Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit
Jean Bethke Elshtain, 2003
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics
at the University of Chicago
Mark
Noll, 2004
Wheaton College
Louis Galambos,
2006
Johns Hopkins University
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William F. May,
2007
University of Virginia, "The new Manichaeism: the religious construal of the shift in political anxiety in the West."
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