Religion & Law

I'll be in Dallas November 7-8 for the Thomas More Conference, but I wish I could bi-locate so that I could attend one of my favorite conferences, The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture's Annual Fall Conference to be held Nov. 6-8 at Notre Dame.  The theme for this year's interdiscplinary conference is the family.  I am sure that our own Elizabeth Kirk played an important role in organizing the conference.  Speakers include John Finnis, David Lyle Jeffrey, Janet Smith, Ralph Wood, Lynn Wardle, Bill Saunders, and Thomas Hibbs.  The conference is so jam packed that attendees have to choose between Helen Alvare, Gilbert Meilander, and Francis Beckwith since they are all speaking at the same time.  In touting the conference, I want to single out three speakers.  MOJer Lisa Schiltz will give the Jack Schuster Memorial Lecture on Friday evening.  Her lecture is entitled "Does Sarah + Joe = 3?  The History and Future of Complementarity in Catholic Feminism."  MOJer Richard Stith ("Abortion as Betrayal of Natural Dependents") and my daughter, Anamaria ("Against Dualism of Reason and Feeling") are on different panels from 3:15-4:45 on Saturday afternoon.