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Elections and Authority: Where Does Political Authority Come From?

Saint Vincent College

A lecture by Prof. Thomas Osborne (University of Saint Thomas, Houston)

Tuesday, September 10

7:30 PM

Fred Roger’s Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker:

Prof. Osborne is the Bishop Wendelin J. Nold Chair in Graduate Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. His research focuses on medieval, late scholastic, and contemporary philosophy. He is particularly concerned with the way in which philosophical concepts are changed and created historically. His research focuses on Ethical Theory, Moral Psychology, Ethics, and Metaphysics. He also has related interests in Philosophy of Religion and Political Philosophy. His most recent book is Thomas Aquinas on Virtue (Cambridge, 2022).

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