The Coming Good Society

Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz

After decades of promoting human rights, Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz will challenge us to think hard about how rights evolve with changing circumstances, and what rights will look like ten, twenty, or fifty years from now. In these Minns Lectures, he will detail the many frontiers of rights today and the debates surrounding them.

Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz served as president of the Unitarian Universalist Association before becoming executive director of Amnesty International USA in 1994 and then president of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee from 2010–16. He is co-author with Sushma Raman of The Coming Good Society: Why New Realities Demand New Rights (Harvard University Press).

Lecture 3: Do Robots Have Rights? How about Rocks?
Animals, robots, and even ecosystems need to be considered holders of rights if we truly want to create a good society.
Respondent: Rev. Mary Katherine Morn, President and CEO, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
When: Thursday, October 21, 2021, 7:00 pm EDT
Where: Webinar, hosted by First Church Boston, King’s Chapel, and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee