The Witherspoon Institute (where I direct the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution) is now accepting applications for the following seminars:
Moral Life and the Classical Tradition: for rising high school juniors and seniors, with readings in Plato and Aristotle, and discussion of contemporary moral issues from a Judeo-Christian perspective. June 14-20 for young women, June 21-27 for young men, both on the campus of Princeton University; application deadline April 1.
Medical Ethics: A Natural Law Perspective: for medical students, a seminar that covers issues of autonomy, the doctor-patient relationship, the limits of medicine, and other issues. June 21-27 in Princeton; application deadline March 16.
Natural Law and Public Affairs: for advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, a seminar bringing natural law reasoning to bear on contemporary controversies in politics and public policy. July 15-19 in Princeton; application deadline March 2.
First Principles: Natural Law and the Theologico-Political Question: for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, covering readings by Thomas Aquinas, Thomas More, Eric Voegelin, and Pierre Manent, plus documents of the Vatican on p0litical life, and texts of the American founding. July 19 to August 1 in Princeton; application deadline March 1.
Thomistic Seminar: Aquinas and Contemporary Ethics: for graduate students in philosophy and related fields. August 2-8 in Princeton; application deadline March 16.
Moral Foundations of Law: for law students and graduate students in jurisprudence, a seminar in moral and legal philosophy. August 9-15 in Princeton; application deadline March 16.
Dear Reader,
Can I be direct with you?
War abroad. Socialists on the rise. AI upending human life. Endless uproar online. The modern attention economy doesn’t want readers — it wants users enslaved to the tyranny of the present.
First Things is the antidote: literary excellence, timeless truths, and a fixed point of reference in a culture that has lost its bearings.
But we can’t do it without readers like you.
Our goal: Raise $150,000 by November 1 to sustain First Things in the year ahead.
Your gift anchors readers in the permanent things.
Make your Fall Campaign gift now using the button below.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Giovanni Del Piero, Director of the Editor’s Circle, at gdelpiero@firstthings.com or 212-627-1985.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
The Church in the Age of Therapy
In 1966, Philip Rieff wrote in The Triumph of the Therapeutic that “Religious man was born to…
Canada’s Deadliest Blind Spot
On September 20, the Daily Mail ran a story with the provocative headline, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother…
The Faithful Joy of Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen
Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen seem to have had little in common. She favored rhinestones; he wore…
