de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture
Carter Snead on Public Bioethics
O. Carter Snead, Notre Dame Law School professor, director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, and author of the book “What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the...
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To Console, To Raise, To Give Hope – The Vocation of the Catholic Physician Today
Rooted in an understanding of the human person as imago dei – of being made in the image and likeness of God – the Catholic understanding of health and wellness is informed by...
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Notre Dame, Our Mother – Caring for Women and Children After Dobbs
A panel discussion about building a culture of life, presented at the 2023 Notre Dame Alumni Reunion in collaboration with the Class of 1963. Panelists: Mary FioRito, de Nicola...
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Newman and the Religion of the Future and the Future of the Academy
Archbishop Anthony Fisher, OP, Archdiocese of Sydney, offers a reflection on “Newman and the Religion of the Future and the Future of the Academy,” exploring how Catholic...
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Racism is a Life Issue
A moderated discussion on racism and the culture of life with distinguished panelists G. Marcus Cole, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, Sen....
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The Nature We Ought to Love: A Thomistic Perspective on the Moral Evils of Racism
The topic of racism is extremely complex, and it can be a challenge to figure out how all the relevant dynamics fit into traditional Catholic ethical theories, such as the theory...
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Who Is My Neighbor? Racism and the Catholic Social Tradition
A conversation about race relations with Ernest Morrell, Center for Literacy Education and John Cavadini, McGrath Institute for Church Life, moderated by Diane Desierto, Keough...
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Creation, Complementarity, & St. John Paul II in Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling
Elizabeth Lev of Duquesne University delivers the closing session of the 2022 Notre Dame Fall Conference, “And It Was Very Good: On Creation,” chaired by O. Carter Snead,...
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The Power of Poetry to Connect Us – A Reading with Dan Gioia
The closing keynote address for the de Nicola Center’s 2021 Winter Conference, “We Belong to Each Other,” featuring a conversation with Dana Gioia, former Poet Laureate of...
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“The Thin Blue Line” by Robert Pogue Harrison
Robert Pogue Harrison, Stanford University, delivers the opening plenary session of the 2022 Notre Dame Fall Conference, “And It Was Very Good: On Creation,” chaired by O....
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“Heedlessness” by Alasdair MacIntyre
Keynote address by Alasdair MacIntyre, Permanent Senior Distinguished Research Fellow, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, delivered at the 2014 Notre Dame Fall Conference.
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Dignity and Human Rights: The Problem of Foundations
Closing session of the 2021 Notre Dame Fall Conference presented by Mary Ann Glendon, “I Have Called You By Name: Human Dignity in a Secular World,” chaired by O. Carter...
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