Month: November 2025

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Promise vs. Practice: The Ethics of Diversity in a Divided Democracy

Promotional graphic for the 2025 Maguire Public Scholar Lecture at SMU. On the left, red background with black text reads: “SMU Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility. 2025 Maguire Public Scholar Jessica Dixon Weaver, Vinson & Elkins Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law, Dedman School of Law. Promise vs. Practice: The Ethics of Diversity in a Divided Democracy.” On the right, Jessica Dixon Weaver stands smiling in front of a projected slide showing her lecture title. She is wearing a blue and orange patterned suit with a red necklace.

Freedom and equality are often named as the core tenets of American life, yet as Professor Jessica Dixon Weaver reminded us during this year’s Maguire Public Scholar Lecture, those ideals have always existed in tension with systems built on exclusion and division. In her lecture, Promise vs. Practice: The Ethics of Diversity in a Divided […]