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New book edited by by Alan Wolfe & Erik Owens: Gambling: Mapping the American Moral Landscape


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[Information about our Fall 2009 events can be found here.]

Mostefai

Rousseau's Paradoxical Legacy
Ourida Mostefai,
Boston College
Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center
RSVP Required

Dombrink After the Culture War?: Shifts and Continuities in the Obama Era and Beyond
John Dombrink, University of California, Irvine
Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center
RSVP Required

Schervish

Philanthropy as Spiritual Exercise:
Soul, Relationships and Community

Paul Schervish,
Boston College
Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center
RSVP Required

Bayles

Exporting the First Freedom
Martha Bayles,
Boston College
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center
RSVP Required

George

Natural Law, God, and Human Dignity
Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence
Princeton University
The 9th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture
Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 • 5:00 PM
Higgins Hall, Room 300

Keenan

What Has HIV/AIDS Led Us To Understand about Global Ethical Challenges?
James Keenan, S.J.,
Boston College
Thursday, Apr 8, 2010
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center
RSVP Required

Conscience

A Matter of Conscience : Religious Exemptions and the Healthcare Debate Melissa Rogers, Wake Forest University
Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard University
Michael Greene, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 • 5:30 PM
Higgins Hall, Room 310
Responsibility to Protect Humanitarian Intervention and the "Responsibility to Protect"
David Hollenbach, S.J.
, Boston College
Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University
Alan Wolfe, Boston College
Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 • 5:30 PM
Higgins Hall, Room 300

 

 


Robert P. George, who will deliver the 9th Annual Prophetic Voicies Lecture on March 25, was recently profiled in the New York Times Magazine.
  

Robert George



The Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy recently developed a new forecasting model for individual charitable giving. Center director Paul Schervish will be speaking on philanthropy and spirituality on February 24.

Schervish



As the federal trial on same sex marriage progresses in California, David Blankenhorn is scheduled to testify as an expert witness. See here for Blankenhorn's presentation at the Boisi Center on same sex marriage.

Blankenhorn

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President Obama's recent acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize was rich with just war theory. Andrew Bacevich, Jean Bethke Elshtain and Rev. J. Bryan Hehir recently explored these themes in the panel Realism, Ethics and U.S. Foreign Policy.

Elshtain

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The Boisi Center fosters conversations that seek to clarify the moral consequences of public policies in ways that help to maintain the common good while respecting America's increasing religious diversity. (More about the Boisi Center's mission...)