Books
Living Dangerously
– AEI Bradley Lecture Series, 14 March 1994.Excerpt: The importance of accepting and fostering personal moral responsibility leads me to say, for openers, that I do not see myself as my foolish brother’s keeper. Neither do I… More
Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? Justice, Compassion, and the Mission of Philanthropy
– In ed. William F. May and A. Lewis Soens, Jr., eds., The Ethics of Giving and Receiving: Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? (Dallas, TX: The Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility and Southern Methodist University Press, 2000), 1-16. Also, "A Response to [critics] Curran, Lovin, and Sverdlik," 42-53.2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters
– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More
The Other War On Poverty
– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More
Seminar on Courage and Self-Sacrifice: “Chamberlain” by Michael Shaara and Speech to the Third Army by George S. Patton
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Courage is a virtue difficult to cultivate, especially among self-interested citizens oriented toward the pursuit of their own happiness. At the extreme, why shouldn’t I prefer the… More
Online Course on The Meaning of America
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More
Essays
Living Dangerously
– AEI Bradley Lecture Series, 14 March 1994.Excerpt: The importance of accepting and fostering personal moral responsibility leads me to say, for openers, that I do not see myself as my foolish brother’s keeper. Neither do I… More
Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? Justice, Compassion, and the Mission of Philanthropy
– In ed. William F. May and A. Lewis Soens, Jr., eds., The Ethics of Giving and Receiving: Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? (Dallas, TX: The Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility and Southern Methodist University Press, 2000), 1-16. Also, "A Response to [critics] Curran, Lovin, and Sverdlik," 42-53.2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters
– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More
The Other War On Poverty
– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More
Seminar on Courage and Self-Sacrifice: “Chamberlain” by Michael Shaara and Speech to the Third Army by George S. Patton
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Courage is a virtue difficult to cultivate, especially among self-interested citizens oriented toward the pursuit of their own happiness. At the extreme, why shouldn’t I prefer the… More
Online Course on The Meaning of America
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More
Commentary
Living Dangerously
– AEI Bradley Lecture Series, 14 March 1994.Excerpt: The importance of accepting and fostering personal moral responsibility leads me to say, for openers, that I do not see myself as my foolish brother’s keeper. Neither do I… More
Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? Justice, Compassion, and the Mission of Philanthropy
– In ed. William F. May and A. Lewis Soens, Jr., eds., The Ethics of Giving and Receiving: Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? (Dallas, TX: The Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility and Southern Methodist University Press, 2000), 1-16. Also, "A Response to [critics] Curran, Lovin, and Sverdlik," 42-53.2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters
– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More
The Other War On Poverty
– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More
Seminar on Courage and Self-Sacrifice: “Chamberlain” by Michael Shaara and Speech to the Third Army by George S. Patton
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Courage is a virtue difficult to cultivate, especially among self-interested citizens oriented toward the pursuit of their own happiness. At the extreme, why shouldn’t I prefer the… More
Online Course on The Meaning of America
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More
Multimedia
Living Dangerously
– AEI Bradley Lecture Series, 14 March 1994.Excerpt: The importance of accepting and fostering personal moral responsibility leads me to say, for openers, that I do not see myself as my foolish brother’s keeper. Neither do I… More
Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? Justice, Compassion, and the Mission of Philanthropy
– In ed. William F. May and A. Lewis Soens, Jr., eds., The Ethics of Giving and Receiving: Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? (Dallas, TX: The Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility and Southern Methodist University Press, 2000), 1-16. Also, "A Response to [critics] Curran, Lovin, and Sverdlik," 42-53.2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters
– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More
The Other War On Poverty
– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More
Seminar on Courage and Self-Sacrifice: “Chamberlain” by Michael Shaara and Speech to the Third Army by George S. Patton
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Courage is a virtue difficult to cultivate, especially among self-interested citizens oriented toward the pursuit of their own happiness. At the extreme, why shouldn’t I prefer the… More
Online Course on The Meaning of America
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More
Teaching
Living Dangerously
– AEI Bradley Lecture Series, 14 March 1994.Excerpt: The importance of accepting and fostering personal moral responsibility leads me to say, for openers, that I do not see myself as my foolish brother’s keeper. Neither do I… More
Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? Justice, Compassion, and the Mission of Philanthropy
– In ed. William F. May and A. Lewis Soens, Jr., eds., The Ethics of Giving and Receiving: Am I My Foolish Brother’s Keeper? (Dallas, TX: The Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility and Southern Methodist University Press, 2000), 1-16. Also, "A Response to [critics] Curran, Lovin, and Sverdlik," 42-53.2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters
– The 2011 Bradley Symposium: True Americanism: What It Is and Why It Matters, Hudson Institute, 11 May 2011.What does it mean to be an American? To what larger community and ideals are we attached and devoted? The editors of What So Proudly We Hail are joined by leading thinkers to consider these… More
The Other War On Poverty
– “The Other War on Poverty: Finding Meaning in America,” 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, 2 May 2012.On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, American educator Leon R. Kass (b. 1939) delivered the 2012 Irving Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. In his… More
Seminar on Courage and Self-Sacrifice: “Chamberlain” by Michael Shaara and Speech to the Third Army by George S. Patton
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Courage is a virtue difficult to cultivate, especially among self-interested citizens oriented toward the pursuit of their own happiness. At the extreme, why shouldn’t I prefer the… More
Online Course on The Meaning of America
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What kind of citizens are likely to emerge in a nation founded on individual rights, equality, enterprise and commerce, and freedom of religion? What virtues are required for a robust… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More