Powers of Judgment: Hannah Arendt’s Moral and Legal Philosophy with David Luban
Our inaugural guest in the new Hannah Arendt Lecture Series was David Luban, a philosopher by training, who discussed his latest book, Powers of Judgment: Hannah Arendt’s Moral and Legal Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2026), which grows from a career-long engagement with Arendt’s thought. His talk will be featured on the Reading Hannah Arendt podcast.
David Luban is Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. His books include Lawyers and Justice: An Ethical Study, Legal Modernism, Legal Ethics and Human Dignity, and the award-winning Torture, Power, and Law. From 2013 to 2025, he held the Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, United States Naval Academy. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Distinguished Fellow of the National Institute for Military Justice, and recipient of the 2022 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award for contributions to the study of core international crimes.
This event was co-sponsored by the German Department and organized by Professor of German; Program Director, German Studies; Research Director, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, Thomas Wild.