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Famine, Affluence, and Aquinas: What Thomism Can Teach Us About Theft, Property, and Our Duties to the Poor

Purdue University

A lecture by Prof. Marshall Bierson (Catholic University of America)

Friday, October 3

Time TBD

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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About the Speaker:

Marshall Bierson is an assistant professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America. His research centers on the intersection of ethics and philosophical anthropology. He is particularly focused on the work of Elizabeth Anscombe and in exploring how her Thomisticly inflected philosophical psychology clarifies moral absolutes.

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