In the words of Charles Camosy, “placing oneself on either side of the typical polarizations — pro-life vs. pro-choice, liberal vs. conservative, Democrat vs. Republican — only serves to further confuse the debate and limits our ability to have fruitful dialogue.”

How can conservatives win with Latinos, given the demographic reality that in many cases they can't win without them? Join us and Texas Public Policy Foundation for a special panel conversation featuring one of our fellows, Dr. Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo.

What is the nature and meaning of human sexual difference? This talk explores the fundamental presuppositions and positions of three rival theories of human sexual difference: The Thomistic, Evolutionary, and Post-structuralist.

Join our seminar series with our A.I. fellow, Dr. Robert Koons, as we explore the compatibility and potential conflicts between Faith and Science!

In a world of infinite needs and scarce resources, this reality stands in the way of promoting the dignity of the human person as the main value of interest. How should we address this problem?

No virtue-signaling: this lecture will be an occasion to engage with the science and to address the inevitable disagreements that exist among reasonable people of goodwill.

In this seminar, Dr. Stuart offers four fundamental experiences of division currently moving American politics. From the status of liberalism to 1619 and MLK to urban and rural politics to God and religion, this seminar will function as a kind of overview and cover a lot of ground.

The two books we are reading offer hypotheses about what truly lies at the root of our contemporary polarizations, with the implicit or explicit goal and hope of renewing civil dialogue.

What if Constitutional Interpretation were a field where “divisions” are much less polarized, and far more civilized, than we are inclined to think? Join Dr. Alan Sager share personal and precious anecdotes about working at the Supreme Court.

More than eighty years ago, it was a scandal—a symbol of presidential overreach. But now the idea is making a comeback. The idea? To dramatically increase the number of Supreme Court justices. In this debate, two of the country’s top legal minds will address these and other questions for you.

If prudence is a decision to act “based on the circumstances,” how did the sexual revolution affect the choices women are to make in order to be happy?

University and graduate students are invited to a special lecture given by Professor Scott Yenor on his latest published book, “The Recovery of Family Life."

Join Father White as he leads us to look at prudence (ethical reasoning) from this particular perspective: as a virtue that is connected with the final end of the human person, and an authentic sense of human freedom.

Is it possible to talk about the law and about lawyers as people whose desire and vocation is justice, whose interests go beyond honoraria and clients’ “victories?" Dr. Orlandi will explore these questions with the eyes of a foreign-trained lawyer and by focusing on the role that prudence plays.

oin us for a panel discussion--and an intellectual contest!--on Prudence. Dr. Erik Dempsey and Prof. J. Budziszewski will tell us something more about Aristotle's and Aquinas' definitions of Prudence, debating over how they differ and to what extent.

Join us in a lecture with our guest presenter, Dr. Stuart Wolf, M.D., on how prudence informs the complex choices at the intersection of personal freedom and societal responsibility with regards to health care.

Join Professor J. Budziszewski in a seminar series on prudence. Prudence is practical wisdom. It isn’t the same as being smart–you could be smart and not have it. Our readings will be drawn from the "Summa" of St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the two or three wisest teachers about the subject in history.

**This is an online event. To attend in person, please click the "Register Now" button and you will find instructions and information about attending in person.** The still ongoing pandemic forced us to look once more deeply into politics, and to seriously reflect on what we expect from our leaders.