Monthly Archives: February 2009
Making Men Moral: All Posts
Below you’ll find a listing of all conference posts, including both session reports and extras. I hope that this proves helpful to you, and would encourage you to listen to the audio–it’s all available. Thanks for reading! 1. The Conference … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: Closing Thoughts and Conference Audio
Well, the dust cloud is settling. The Making Men Moral conference is over. It has been an incredible privilege to do this event. I am hugely impressed with Union University, David Dockery, Micah Watson, Robby George and the other theorists … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: Who Is David Dockery?
I mentioned previously that I had a challenge locating a Union University bio for Dr. Dockery. That may well have been my own fault in web-searching. I have been given a full biography which I want to share with you. I will … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: Hadley Arkes on the Indissoluble Connection Between Law and Morality
The biography of Hadley Arkes, the conference’s final speaker: “Hadley Arkes has been a member of the Amherst College faculty since 1966. He was the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence, and was appointed, in 1987, as the Edward Ney … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: The Book Itself
As the conference concludes, I want to give you a brief sense of the book upon which this event is based. Robby George’s Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality was published fifteen years ago by Oxford University Press. It … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: Robby George’s Chapel Message, the Conference Keynote
The biography of the conference’s keynote speaker, Robby George, who spoke in Union’s chapel service: Professor George is a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics and formerly served as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: Greg Thornbury on the Enlightenment, Natural Law, and Christian Witness
The biography of the conference’s last session speaker, Greg Thornbury: “Gregory Alan Thornbury, PhD is the founding Dean of the School of Christian Studies at Union University, where he teaches philosophy and theology. Since 2002, He has served as Senior … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: A Conversation with Robby George, David Novak, Jeal Belke Elshtain, and Harry Poe
In the evening panel session, a number of the conference’s speaker held a conversation about the topics covered in the conference. The conversation began with stories about Richard John Neuhaus. who was to have spoken at the conference and only … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: Christopher Tollefsen on “Disability and Social Justice”
The biography of Christopher Tollefsen, the conference’s sixth speaker: “Chris Tollefsen is an associate professor in the department of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, the director of the graduate program in philosophy. He received his doctorate from … Continue reading
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Making Men Moral: Jean Belke Elshtain on True Freedom
The biography of Jean Belke Elshtain, the conference’s fifth speaker: “Jean Elshtain is a political philosopher whose task has been to show the connections between our political and ethical convictions. She is the author of several books and scores of … Continue reading
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