How civil should one aim to be in our increasingly divisive age? Consider joining several members of the philosophy department who will be meeting to discuss a brand new book on the topic: The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy (link). Though the author, Amy Olberding, is a philosopher, she intends the book […]
Philosophy
“Love, Scorn, and the Assertion of Black Humanity,” April 15
The philosophy department will present a lecture, “Love, Scorn, and the Assertion of Black Humanity,” by Ryan Preston-Roedder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on Friday, April 15, at 3 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 120. The talk is free and open to all. Preston-Roedder specializes in moral and political philosophy, moral psychology, and philosophy […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Sept. 25
The Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will have its first meeting of the year on Friday, Sept. 25 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. in the Murphy Room. We will discuss a chapter from Chris Lowney’s Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World and Tim Kreider’s 2012 New York Times […]
Gabriela Rivera Lecture, April 16
Human rights lawyer Gabriela Rivera will present “Women and Transitional Justice in Guatemala” on Thursday, April 16, from 4 to 5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Her talk is free and open to all. Rivera works with the Association of Women Transforming the World, part of the Alliance for Breaking the Silence and Ending […]
Philosophy Lecture Honoring Thompson Faller, April 15
All faculty and staff are invited to a lecture honoring the career of Thompson Faller, philosophy, who will retire from his long, colorful career on The Bluff at the end of the spring semester. The lecture will be “The Use of Philosophical Principles in Modern Catholic Social Teaching” by Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., associate […]