2017-2018 FOR-CREDIT COURSES Spring Practical reason can be distinguished from theoretical or speculative reason in many ways. Traditionally, some philosophers have distinguished the two by [...]
2018-2019 FOR-CREDIT COURSES Fall Most of us seek to be reasonably good people leading what we take to be successful and satisfying lives. There is a [...]
2019-2020 FOR-CREDIT COURSES Fall Aristotle’s approach to ethics is sometimes termed intellectualist, meaning that it has no room for a notion of the will, understood as [...]
Zack Loveless is Director of Programming and Operations at the Hyde Park Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and his B.A. in Philosophy [...]
Stephen L. Brock is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei. He holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Medieval Studies [...]
Lauris Kaldjian directs the Program in Bioethics and Humanities in the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa, where he is also a professor in the Department of Internal [...]
Teaching for Wisdom Developing Character in the Classroom Are you interested in education and how kids learn? Have you considered how wisdom is taught in [...]
Virtue and the Good Life Collective Reflection on a Well-Lived Life *This is a past program from 2018-2019. For information on this year's program click here. Description: [...]
Virtue and Vice in the Concentration Camps Primo Levi on The Necessity and Limitations of Moral Judgment Under Extreme Oppression Led by Prof. Ben Laurence (bio) [...]
Cinema and Despair HPI Character and Action Seminar Led by Prof. Dan Morgan (bio) Description Robert Bresson is best known for his “transcendental film style” [...]
