Occasional reflections on natural law, faith, philosophy, and anything else I want to talk about
Useful, interesting, some just amusing
Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University, 1981.
M.A., Political Science, University of Florida, 1977.
B.A., Political Science, University of South Florida, 1975.
Before matriculating at the University of South Florida, spent several years at the University of Chicago, followed by several years as a welder.
How the varieties of law are related
James Madison Program, Princeton, 2011
SEMINARS DIRECTED AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Some omitted
"Natural Law and Conscience." Afternoon seminar presented annually to The Blackstone Fellows, Washington, D.C., 2000-2019.
"The Classical Natural Law Tradition." Morning scholarly seminar at American Studies Center Summer Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 2011.
PARTICIPATION IN ROUNDTABLES
“Wages of Sin? How Much Can I Get?” Presentation at an Austin Institute / Thomistic Institute panel, “Getting Away With It? The Natural Consequences of Moral Wrong,” April, 2025.
Roundtable on "Natural Law." Acton Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June, 2018.
James Wilson Institute. Participant in the Wilson Institute’s biennial roundtables on natural law and jurisprudence, chaired by Hadley Arkes, 2011-2015
INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES
Many omitted
“The Philosophical Foundations of Friendship.” Three-day seminar, co-directed by me and Professor Daniel Bonevac, Civitas Institute, University of Texas at Austin, August, 2023.
“The Architecture of Law.” Sołek Academic and Cultural Center, Poznań, Poland, June, 2021.
“Flavors of the Common Good.” Conversations Series, Common Good Project, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, March, 2021.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Some omitted; discussantships follow
“Father Knows Best: Natural Law in the Eastern and Western Fathers.” Invited paper at the conference “A Natural Law Discussion, From the Ancients to Contemporary Thought: The Crisis and Renewal of Natural Law in the Modern World, Key Themes and Challenges,” October, 2026, at Università Europea di Roma.