Fall 2021
The Coming Good Society
Where Do Rights Come From?
Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz
Date: October 7, 2021
Respondent: Elias Ortega, President, Meadville Lombard Theological School
Rights describe a good society. Just as our notion of the “good society” may change from generation to generation, so should our understanding of rights.
After decades of promoting human rights, Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz challenges 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 webinars, hosted by First Church Boston, King's Chapel, and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, he details 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).