Religion in Democratic Politics

Religion in Democratic Politics

View the video of this event here. What role should religious conviction play in democratic policy-making?  Features of modern democratic societies intersect to render this question both essential and problematic.  Government policy in a democracy is...

Looking for Love (In All the Wrong Places)

View the video of this event here. “All you need is love.” So sayeth the gospel of John (Lennon). But what is love? What sorts of things can be the object of our love? Do we love what we love in virtue of their qualities, in virtue of something else, or...
Infinite Hope as a Personal and Political Virtue

Infinite Hope as a Personal and Political Virtue

View the video of this event here. One insight unites the political thought of Martin Luther King, the personal and political courage of such figures as Nelson Mandela and Viktor Frankl, and the global humanitarianism of Paul Farmer. It is the realization that...
The Art in Living

The Art in Living

View the video of this event here. Will close attention to the beauty and ugliness of life make us better people? The philosopher David Kaspar believes it does, and that the unaesthetic life, like the unexamined one, is not worth living. Join us as Kaspar discusses...