Center for Ethics and Culture's conference explores good and evil | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Center for Ethics and Culture's conference explores good and evil Center for Ethics and Culture's conference explores good and evil Published: November 10, 2017 Author: Kenneth Hallenius Through Every Human Heart More than 750 scholars and guests are gathering at the University of Notre Dame for the Center for Ethics and Culture’s 18th annual interdisciplinary Fall Conference, “Through Every Human Heart,” Nov. 9-11. The conference features 112 presentations that consider the perennial problem of good and evil in our world, including the Nov. 9 (Thursday) keynote lecture “Is the God of the Old Testament Evil?” by Gary Anderson, the Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Theology at Notre Dame, and Saturday’s closing keynote presentation by Harvey Mansfield of Harvard University, “Machiavelli on Necessary Evil.” Additional keynote speakers include Jacqueline Rivers of Harvard University; the University of Chicago’s Jonathan Lear; Bishop Godfrey Onah of Nsukka, Nigeria; James Hankins of Harvard University; and the Center for Ethics and Culture Senior Distinguished Research Fellow Alasdair MacIntyre. “Again this year, we are pleased to welcome the world’s leading thinkers to our Fall Conference to grapple with some of the most pressing questions of ethics, culture and public policy,” said O. Carter Snead, director of the Center for Ethics and Culture. “In addition to our impressive array of 112 presenters, we also welcome hundreds of scholars and friends from around the world to join in the discussion about the significance of the distinction between good and evil for human flourishing and the common good.” The conference’s 30 colloquium sessions, chosen from a record number of paper submissions, include presentations on criminal law, education and moral formation, theology, storytelling, the common good, political science, medical ethics, the death penalty, religious freedom and literature. Continuing an initiative began at the 2016 conference, the Thursday colloquium sessions are dedicated to “rising scholars,” providing graduate and postdoctoral students an opportunity to present their research and receive feedback from faculty moderators and experts. The full conference schedule is available at http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/fcschedule. The Center for Ethics and Culture’s Fall Conference, now in its 18th year, is the most important venue worldwide for fruitful dialogue and exchange among the world’s leading Catholic thinkers, as well as those from other traditions. Already established as the largest annual academic conference hosted by Notre Dame, this year’s conference will be among the best-attended in the history of the center. Previous conference themes have included the Catholic imagination, freedom, poverty, the body and human identity, secularism, justice, sin, the family and intercultural dialogue. Notable past speakers include Jean Bethke Elshtain, Charles Taylor, Rev. Julián Carrón, Mary Ann Glendon, Jean Porter, James Heckman, Michael Sandel, Elizabeth Lev, Gerhard Cardinal Müller, Robert P. George, Lorenza Violini, Peter Edelman, John Carr, Lucy Beckett, John Finnis, Rémi Brague, Eva Brann and Sister Helen Prejean. Several keynote lectures are being livestreamed at http://ethicscenter.nd.edu/FCLIVE. Major presentations will be available after the conference for on-demand viewing via the center’s YouTube page at: https://www.youtube.com/user/ndethics. Follow the conference proceedings on Twitter via the hashtag #NDFC17. Originally published by Kenneth Hallenius at ethicscenter.nd.edu on November 09, 2017. Posted In: University News Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 Congresswoman Liz Cheney to speak at Notre Dame on the future of democracy September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 22, 2022 ND Forum keynote event to feature Emmy Award-winning actors in Theater of War Productions’ presentation of ‘The Suppliants’ in Notre Dame Stadium September 21, 2022 In annual address to faculty, Father Jenkins outlines campus-wide vision for elevating excellence September 15, 2022 Lilly Endowment Inc. grant helps to expand Notre Dame pre-college programs for Hoosier high school students For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn