John Locke and the Pursuit of Happiness

Sat, December 6, 2025 at Chicago

This event will be part of the LeFrak Fellows Seminar series and will feature Dr. Michael Zuckert leading a seminar on “John Locke and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The seminar will take place in Chicago. 

Michael Zuckert is the former Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Political Science. He works in the two fields of Political Theory and Constitutional Studies, in both of which he has published extensively. He has published Natural Rights and the New Republicanism, the Natural Rights Republic, Launching Liberalism, and (with Catherine Zuckert) The Truth About Leo Strauss in addition to many articles. He has also edited (with Derek Webb) The Antifederal Writings of the Melancton Smith Circle. He has a book Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy (with Catherine Zuckert) coming out in the spring from University of Chicago Press and is completing Natural rights and the New Constitutionalism, a study of American constitutionalism in theoretical context.