Parish Priests, Stock Traders, and their Limited Moral Reasoning
The parish priest is not an outpost of the CDF, however much he may want to be.
Category: education
Why your bishop didn’t read Aquinas
Notre Dame for many years kept texts on the Vatican’s Index of Forbidden Books locked behind a metal grate, and students needed permission from the university President in order to access them.
Join a Seminar on: The Foundations of Conservatism
We’re all aware of conservatism as a political movement. But what is (and what has been) conservatism as a political and social philosophy?
On poverty and the theology requirement
I recently attended the United Nations 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Representatives from around the worldContinue Reading
Curriculum Problems are Faculty Problems
In the midst of discussions over curricular developments at Notre Dame, I am mindful of a remark made by OttoContinue Reading
Selling oneself to the highest bidder
Am I an intellectual prostitute?
Friendship: The Foundation of Reason
“I will always consider the possibility that I might be wrong.”
On Business Degrees and Free Market Mysticism
The following column was published in The Observer on Thursday, October 2, 2014. “I don’t like to hire students who studied accounting.Continue Reading
On Empty Classrooms
The following column was published in The Observer on Thursday, September 18, 2014. Willis Konick retired in 2007 as one of theContinue Reading
Studying Death
The following column was published in The Observer on Thursday, September 4, 2014. When students first read how Athens put Socrates toContinue Reading
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