November 12-13, 2010
Marquette University
Cudahy Hall 001

Sponsored by the American Public Philosophy Institute and Thomas International Center
in conjunction with
the Marquette College of Arts and Sciences
and Departments of Political Science, Economics, Philosophy, and Theology

Friday, Nov 12:

Panel One 1:00 to 2:30

Paper: “Justice over Charity: Some Dangers in Faith-Based Poverty Initiatives”
Samuel Fleischacker, University of Illinois at Chicago
Respondent: Robert Vischer, University of St. Thomas Law School

Listen to Audio from this Panel:

approx runtime: 40 minutes

approx runtime: 18 minutes

Panel Two 2:45 to 4:15

Paper: “Is Social Justice an Empty Abstraction?”
Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago
Respondent: Michael Fleet, Marquette University

Listen to Audio from this Panel:

approx runtime: 24 minutes

approx runtime: 14:30 minutes

Panel Three 4:30 to 6:00

Paper: “The Search for Universal Ethics: the Church, Natural Law, and Social Justice”
Joseph Koterski, S.J., Fordham University
Respondent: Kevin Hector, University of Chicago Divinity School

Listen to Audio from this Panel:

approx runtime: 45 minutes

approx runtime: 24:30 minutes

Saturday, Nov 13:

Panel Four 9:30 to 11:00

Paper: “All Justice is Social – But It’s Not All Social Justice”
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University
Respondent: Ryan Hanley, Marquette University

Listen to Audio from this Panel:

spprox runtime: 46:30 minutes

approx runtime: 15:37 minutes

Panel Five 11:30 to 1:00

Paper: “The Church's Best Contribution to the Political and Social Order”
J. Brian Benestad, University of Scranton
Respondent: Patrick Carey, Marquette University

Listen to Audio from this Panel:

approx runtime: 46 minutes

approx runtime: 22 minutes

Panel Six 3:00 to 4:30

Paper: “The Origins of the Concept of ‘Social Justice’: Rectifying a Misunderstanding of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas on Justice”
John Finnis, University of Notre Dame Law School and Oxford University

Listen to Audio from this Panel:

approx runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes

The conference is free and open to the public.

This conference has been made possible through the generosity of the Earhart Foundation.