Collegium Institute and the University of Pennsylvania Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS) are pleased to welcome Graham Hubbs, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Politics and Philosophy at the University of Idaho, for a lecture on GEM Anscombe’s philosophy of money, debt, and usury.

In a 1970 lecture that went unpublished in her lifetime, G. E. M. Anscombe attempts to make sense of ancient and medieval prohibitions on usury and of why those prohibitions have largely since disappeared. Over the course of her argument she makes several points that are relevant to contemporary discussions on the ontology of money, the ethics of debt, and the philosophy of economics. Prof. Hubbs’s talk will address these points and will locate her lecture in her broader practical philosophy.

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM ET

Location: University of Pennsylvania
Irvine Auditorium, Room G7
3401 Spruce Street
Philadelphia PA, 19104

Room G7 is located on the ground floor of Irvine Auditorium and down the hall from the Green Room.

Registration: This event is free and open to Penn students, faculty and staff to attend in person. It will also be live-streamed. Please click the button on the left to RSVP to attend in person and the button on the right to register for the Zoom information.

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