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The Army and Navy Club (17th and I Streets NW)

Washington DC

March 8-10, 2007

Thursday, March 8

1:45 Welcome and introductions

2:00 Session One

Paper: “Why ‘Overlapping Consensus’ Regarding Human Dignity is Not Enough”

Michael Pakaluk, Clark University

Respondent: Michael Zuckert, University of Notre Dame

Friday, March 9

9:30 Session Two

Paper: “Modern Science and Human Dignity”

William Hurlbut, Stanford University

Respondents: Mark Ryland, Institute for the Study of Nature

Thomas Hibbs, Baylor University

2:30 Session Three

Paper: “Dignity, Rank, and Equality”

Jeremy Waldron, New York University Law School

Respondents: Joseph Boyle, University of Toronto

Fulvio Di Blasi, Co-Director, Ralph McInerny Center

Saturday, March 10

9:30 Session Four

Paper: “Dignity and Persons”

Patrick Lee, Franciscan University and Robert P. George, Princeton University

Respondents: Joshua Hochschild, Mt. St. Mary’s University

Fr. Robert Gahl, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Gianfrancesco Zanetti, University of Modena

 
 

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Spring Lecture Series


Wednesday, February 15:

Brad Wilcox

University of Virginia


3:30 p.m.

UNC

Student Union, Room 3206A

"Wedded Bliss: What Predicts Marital Success in Contemporary America"


7:30 p.m.

Duke

Social Science 124

"When Marriage Disappears: Why Marriage is Disappearing in Middle America and Why It Matters for Children, Adults, and the Nation"


Wednesday, March 14

James Capretta

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Don Taylor

Duke University


8:00 p.m.

Duke

Sanford School of Public Policy, Fleishman Commons

"What Would Be the Best Way for the U.S. to Ensure That All Citizens Have Access to Affordable and High-Quality Healthcare?"