Professor Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University, Nobel Laureate of Economics in
1972 

will deliver the 

1st Witten Lectures in Economics and Philosophy 

?Social Values and Government Policy?, October 23, 2007 at 6pm (Audimax) and

?Social and Economic Values and Obligations?, October 24, 2007 at 6 pm
(Halle) 
Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448 Witten, Germany


Witten/Herdecke University launches in 2007 the ?Witten Lectures in
Economics and Philosophy? which will be delivered annually at the
University. Appointment as a Witten Lecturer is a recognition for uncommon
achievement and outstanding quality in the field of economics and philosophy
widely interpreted to include work that has fundamentally changed the way we
think of the economic, political or social order. The delivery of the Witten
Lectures in Economics and Philosophy is accompanied by an award of 15,000
EURO. 
An international committee consisting of 8 members decides the recipient of
the award:
Prof. C. Mantzavinos, Witten/Herdecke University, Chairman (ex officio)
Prof. Bertil Tungodden, University of Bergen, editor of Economics and
Philosophy (ex officio)
Prof. Hans Albert, University of Mannheim
Prof. Luc Bovens, London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. Geoffrey Brennan, Australian National University and Duke University
Prof. John Broome, University of Oxford
Prof. Uskali M?ki, Academy of Finland
Prof. Philip Pettit, Princeton University 


Ross B. Emmett