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This lecture was given to the University of Virginia on February 11, 2021. 

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About the speaker:
Andrew Abela is the founding dean of the Busch School of Business and at The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. His research on the integrity of the marketing process, including marketing ethics, Catholic Social Doctrine, and internal communication, has been published in several academic journals, including the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Business Ethics, and the Journal of Markets & Morality, and in two books. He is the co-editor of A Catechism for Business, from Catholic University Press, and winner of the 2009 Novak Award, a $10,000 prize given by the Acton Institute for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.”Dr. Abela also provides consulting and training in internal communications; recent clients of his include Microsoft Corporation, JPMorganChase, and the Corporate Executive Board. Prior to his academic career, he spent several years in industry as brand manager at Procter & Gamble, management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and Managing Director of the Marketing Leadership Council of the Corporate Executive Board. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland, and a Ph.D. in Marketing and Ethics from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in Great Falls, Virginia with their six children.

On Distributism | Prof. Andrew Abela

This lecture was given to the Dominican House of Studies on February 26, 2021 as part of the second installment of the annual Thomistic Circles series: What is the Common Good?

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About the speaker:
Russell Hittinger is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of St. Louis. He was the Warren Chair of Catholic Studies and Research Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa from 1996-2019. Russell has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas since 2001 and was appointed an ordinarius in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in 2009 by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He has taught at Fordham University and at the Catholic University of America, as well as at many other universities as a visiting professor, including Providence College and Princeton. Along with a plethora of articles, he has written The First Grace: Rediscovering Natural Law in a Post-Christian Age and A Critique of the New Natural Law Theory.

Some Reflections on the Common Good in Modern Catholic Social Doctrine | Prof. Russell Hittinger

This lecture was given on March 22, 2022 at the University of Arizona. The slides for this talk can be found at https://tinyurl.com/2t8ptvdk.

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About the speaker:
Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism.

Dr. Capizzi is the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children.

When Is War Justified? A Catholic Perspective | Prof. Joseph Capizzi

A lecture on June 3, 2016 at Aquinas Philosophy Workshop.

The Common Good | Prof. Steven Long

A lecture on November 17, 2016 at Harvard University.

What Is Politics About Anyway? Aquinas on the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP

A lecture on April 4, 2017 at Johns Hopkins University.

Religious Freedom and the Common Good | Prof. Nicholas J. Healy

This lecture by Dr. Edward Feser, with a response by Dr. James Keating, was given to the Brown Graduate Student Chapter of the Thomistic Institute on February 6, 2018.

The Natural Law Justification Of Capital Punishment (Keating Responding)| Prof. Edward Feser

A lecture given by Fr. Dominic Legge, OP at a conference at Harvard Law School entitled "Christianity and Liberalism" on March 2-3, 2018.

When Rights Go Wrong: Thomistic Reflections on Rights, Justice & the Common Good | Fr. Dominic Legge

This lecture was presented at Harvard Law School as part of a 2-day Conference on "Christianity and the Common Good." Speakers included  Prof. Gerard Wegemer (University of Dallas), Prof. J. Budziszewski (University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Gladden Pappin (University of Dallas)  Prof. Sarah Byers (Boston College) Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute), Prof. Jacqueline Rivers (Harvard University) and Prof. Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) with the Keynote offered by Justice Neil Gorsuch (United States Supreme Court)

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Faith, Natural Law And The Common Good | J.Budziszewski

This lecture was given at the College of William and Mary on 27 February, 2020.

The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y7c3k73c

Speaker Bio: A native of Louisiana, Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP entered the Province of St. Joseph in 2005. After several years of pastoral work in New York City, Fr. Guilbeau began doctoral studies in moral theology at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a dissertation in moral theology. His topic was Charles De Koninck’s doctrine of the common good. In addition to his teaching, Fr. Guilbeau is senior editor of Aleteia.org (English edition), and he is prior of the Dominican House of Studies.

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What Is Politics About Anyway? Thomas Aquinas on the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.

The conference was given as part of the "Study Day" of the Thomistic Institute and the Pontificia Academia Sancti Thomae Aquinatis held at the Angelicum in Rome on October 24, 2020.
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum and Professor of Theology. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2003. His research and teaching have focused particularly on topics related to Thomistic metaphysics and Christology as well as Roman Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue. His books include Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: A Study in Thomistic Natural Theology (Sapientia Press, 2009), The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (The Catholic University of America Press, 2015) Exodus (Brazos Press, 2016), and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (The Catholic University of America Press, 2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar.

Political Questions [on Coronavirus Pandemic |  Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

This lecture was given at the University of South Carolina on September 29, 2020.

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Speaker Bio:
Michael Dickson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina.  After a brief term as a professional french horn player, he earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1995.  He was a member of the faculty of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University for ten years prior to joining the faculty at the University South Carolina, where he currently teaches philosophy of music and medieval philosophy, among other things.  He also serves in a Schola Cantorum and teaches Gregorian chant to children and adults.

What is Good Music?  What Good is Music? | Prof. Michael Dickson

This lecture was given at Hillsdale College on October 22, 2020.

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Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the Vice President and Dean of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America.

Thomas Aquinas and the Theology of the Body | Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.

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Some Reflections on the Common Good in Modern Catholic Social Doctrine | Prof. Russell Hittinger

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