Join Collegium Institute for a conversation with Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb, a philosophy professor at Houghton College specializing in ethical theory, the history of ethics, biomedical ethics, agrarianism, and legal interpretation. He is principally concerned with character formation. Lipscomb has contributed to a collection on Immanuel Kant, and his current project is a group biography on Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch.

These four women converged at Oxford to change the course of intellectual history in the 20th century. In their studies they argued about the “good life” and the values that make it up—courage, discernment, justice, and love. Lipscomb’s new book will engage with these women’s works on ethics for the first time since new avenues for research, like the Collegium Institute’s Anscombe Papers Project, have been opened. On his visit to the Collegium Institute, Lipscomb will talk about the development of Anscombe’s thought and about her significance to her friends.

This event is cosponsored by the Penn Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS).

Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021

Time: 12:00 PM-1:15 PM ET

Location: University of Pennsylvania, Irvine Auditorium, Cafe 58

Registration: This event is open to Penn undergraduate and graduate 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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