University of Cincinnati College of Law 2540 W Clifton Ave Cincinnati, OH 45221
Speaker Information
Tara A. Smith
Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Biography
Tara Smith is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where she has taught since 1989. A specialist in moral, legal, and political philosophy, her several books include Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System (2015), The First Amendment – Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom (2024), and Egoism Without Permission – The Moral Psychology of Ayn Rand’s Ethics (2024). Professor Smith’s interests in legal philosophy center around proper methodology in judicial review, First Amendment questions of intellectual freedom, and Fourth Amendment questions of privacy.
