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Academic Freedom: The Grounds for Tolerating Abuses

– In Ralph McInerny (ed.), Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute Vol. 4 (Ignatius Press, 1992).
We are all familiar indeed, all too familiar with abuses of academic freedom. Consider, for example, the following two cases. A controversy currently raging in this city of controversies… More

What Colleges Forget to Teach

– City Journal, Winter 2006.
he university is worth fighting for. No other institution can carry the burden of educating our young people. That’s why we must redouble our efforts to restore integrity, civility, and… More

Academic Freedom and What It Means Today

– In Roger Scruton (ed.), Liberty and Civilization: The Western Heritage (Encounter Books, 2010). Originally published as "Academic Freedom and the Liberal Arts" in The American Spectator 41:7 (September 2008).
When the flower children and anti-war activists of the 1960s came to power in the universities, they did not overthrow the idea of liberal arts education. In a great many cases, they… More

Robert George in Dialogue with Cornel West

– Video recording of discussion at Swarthmore College, February 10, 2014, swarthmore.edu.    
Robert George and Cornel West talk discuss human dignity, the evils of greed, compassion v. love, and building deep democracy

The Nature and Basis of Religious Freedom

– Keynote address at Franciscan University of Steubenville’s conference on “Truth, Conscience, and Religious Freedom,” April 4-5, 2014, YouTube.
Dr. Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University discusses the importance of asking questions in this excerpt from his talk entitled “The Nature and… More

Hauenstein Center American Conversations: Robert P. George and Cornel West

– A Dialogue on "A Workable Armistice in the Culture Wars," between keynote speakers, Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, Grand Valley State University, April 2, 2015, YouTube.
Professors Robert P. George and Cornel West visited GVSU for the Hauenstein Center’s final American Conversations keynote of the 2014-2015 season. Their talk “A Workable… More

Keynote Address at IWP Commencement

– Institute of World Politics, May 16, 2015, YouTube.
Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence a Princeton University, gave the keynote address at The Institute of World Politics Commencement Ceremony on May 16, 2015.

Essays

Academic Freedom: The Grounds for Tolerating Abuses

– In Ralph McInerny (ed.), Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute Vol. 4 (Ignatius Press, 1992).
We are all familiar indeed, all too familiar with abuses of academic freedom. Consider, for example, the following two cases. A controversy currently raging in this city of controversies… More

What Colleges Forget to Teach

– City Journal, Winter 2006.
he university is worth fighting for. No other institution can carry the burden of educating our young people. That’s why we must redouble our efforts to restore integrity, civility, and… More

Academic Freedom and What It Means Today

– In Roger Scruton (ed.), Liberty and Civilization: The Western Heritage (Encounter Books, 2010). Originally published as "Academic Freedom and the Liberal Arts" in The American Spectator 41:7 (September 2008).
When the flower children and anti-war activists of the 1960s came to power in the universities, they did not overthrow the idea of liberal arts education. In a great many cases, they… More

Robert George in Dialogue with Cornel West

– Video recording of discussion at Swarthmore College, February 10, 2014, swarthmore.edu.    
Robert George and Cornel West talk discuss human dignity, the evils of greed, compassion v. love, and building deep democracy

The Nature and Basis of Religious Freedom

– Keynote address at Franciscan University of Steubenville’s conference on “Truth, Conscience, and Religious Freedom,” April 4-5, 2014, YouTube.
Dr. Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University discusses the importance of asking questions in this excerpt from his talk entitled “The Nature and… More

Hauenstein Center American Conversations: Robert P. George and Cornel West

– A Dialogue on "A Workable Armistice in the Culture Wars," between keynote speakers, Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, Grand Valley State University, April 2, 2015, YouTube.
Professors Robert P. George and Cornel West visited GVSU for the Hauenstein Center’s final American Conversations keynote of the 2014-2015 season. Their talk “A Workable… More

Keynote Address at IWP Commencement

– Institute of World Politics, May 16, 2015, YouTube.
Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence a Princeton University, gave the keynote address at The Institute of World Politics Commencement Ceremony on May 16, 2015.

Commentary

Academic Freedom: The Grounds for Tolerating Abuses

– In Ralph McInerny (ed.), Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute Vol. 4 (Ignatius Press, 1992).
We are all familiar indeed, all too familiar with abuses of academic freedom. Consider, for example, the following two cases. A controversy currently raging in this city of controversies… More

What Colleges Forget to Teach

– City Journal, Winter 2006.
he university is worth fighting for. No other institution can carry the burden of educating our young people. That’s why we must redouble our efforts to restore integrity, civility, and… More

Academic Freedom and What It Means Today

– In Roger Scruton (ed.), Liberty and Civilization: The Western Heritage (Encounter Books, 2010). Originally published as "Academic Freedom and the Liberal Arts" in The American Spectator 41:7 (September 2008).
When the flower children and anti-war activists of the 1960s came to power in the universities, they did not overthrow the idea of liberal arts education. In a great many cases, they… More

Robert George in Dialogue with Cornel West

– Video recording of discussion at Swarthmore College, February 10, 2014, swarthmore.edu.    
Robert George and Cornel West talk discuss human dignity, the evils of greed, compassion v. love, and building deep democracy

The Nature and Basis of Religious Freedom

– Keynote address at Franciscan University of Steubenville’s conference on “Truth, Conscience, and Religious Freedom,” April 4-5, 2014, YouTube.
Dr. Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University discusses the importance of asking questions in this excerpt from his talk entitled “The Nature and… More

Hauenstein Center American Conversations: Robert P. George and Cornel West

– A Dialogue on "A Workable Armistice in the Culture Wars," between keynote speakers, Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, Grand Valley State University, April 2, 2015, YouTube.
Professors Robert P. George and Cornel West visited GVSU for the Hauenstein Center’s final American Conversations keynote of the 2014-2015 season. Their talk “A Workable… More

Keynote Address at IWP Commencement

– Institute of World Politics, May 16, 2015, YouTube.
Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence a Princeton University, gave the keynote address at The Institute of World Politics Commencement Ceremony on May 16, 2015.

Multimedia

Academic Freedom: The Grounds for Tolerating Abuses

– In Ralph McInerny (ed.), Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute Vol. 4 (Ignatius Press, 1992).
We are all familiar indeed, all too familiar with abuses of academic freedom. Consider, for example, the following two cases. A controversy currently raging in this city of controversies… More

What Colleges Forget to Teach

– City Journal, Winter 2006.
he university is worth fighting for. No other institution can carry the burden of educating our young people. That’s why we must redouble our efforts to restore integrity, civility, and… More

Academic Freedom and What It Means Today

– In Roger Scruton (ed.), Liberty and Civilization: The Western Heritage (Encounter Books, 2010). Originally published as "Academic Freedom and the Liberal Arts" in The American Spectator 41:7 (September 2008).
When the flower children and anti-war activists of the 1960s came to power in the universities, they did not overthrow the idea of liberal arts education. In a great many cases, they… More

Robert George in Dialogue with Cornel West

– Video recording of discussion at Swarthmore College, February 10, 2014, swarthmore.edu.    
Robert George and Cornel West talk discuss human dignity, the evils of greed, compassion v. love, and building deep democracy

The Nature and Basis of Religious Freedom

– Keynote address at Franciscan University of Steubenville’s conference on “Truth, Conscience, and Religious Freedom,” April 4-5, 2014, YouTube.
Dr. Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University discusses the importance of asking questions in this excerpt from his talk entitled “The Nature and… More

Hauenstein Center American Conversations: Robert P. George and Cornel West

– A Dialogue on "A Workable Armistice in the Culture Wars," between keynote speakers, Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, Grand Valley State University, April 2, 2015, YouTube.
Professors Robert P. George and Cornel West visited GVSU for the Hauenstein Center’s final American Conversations keynote of the 2014-2015 season. Their talk “A Workable… More

Keynote Address at IWP Commencement

– Institute of World Politics, May 16, 2015, YouTube.
Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence a Princeton University, gave the keynote address at The Institute of World Politics Commencement Ceremony on May 16, 2015.

Teaching

Academic Freedom: The Grounds for Tolerating Abuses

– In Ralph McInerny (ed.), Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute Vol. 4 (Ignatius Press, 1992).
We are all familiar indeed, all too familiar with abuses of academic freedom. Consider, for example, the following two cases. A controversy currently raging in this city of controversies… More

What Colleges Forget to Teach

– City Journal, Winter 2006.
he university is worth fighting for. No other institution can carry the burden of educating our young people. That’s why we must redouble our efforts to restore integrity, civility, and… More

Academic Freedom and What It Means Today

– In Roger Scruton (ed.), Liberty and Civilization: The Western Heritage (Encounter Books, 2010). Originally published as "Academic Freedom and the Liberal Arts" in The American Spectator 41:7 (September 2008).
When the flower children and anti-war activists of the 1960s came to power in the universities, they did not overthrow the idea of liberal arts education. In a great many cases, they… More

Robert George in Dialogue with Cornel West

– Video recording of discussion at Swarthmore College, February 10, 2014, swarthmore.edu.    
Robert George and Cornel West talk discuss human dignity, the evils of greed, compassion v. love, and building deep democracy

The Nature and Basis of Religious Freedom

– Keynote address at Franciscan University of Steubenville’s conference on “Truth, Conscience, and Religious Freedom,” April 4-5, 2014, YouTube.
Dr. Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University discusses the importance of asking questions in this excerpt from his talk entitled “The Nature and… More

Hauenstein Center American Conversations: Robert P. George and Cornel West

– A Dialogue on "A Workable Armistice in the Culture Wars," between keynote speakers, Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, Grand Valley State University, April 2, 2015, YouTube.
Professors Robert P. George and Cornel West visited GVSU for the Hauenstein Center’s final American Conversations keynote of the 2014-2015 season. Their talk “A Workable… More

Keynote Address at IWP Commencement

– Institute of World Politics, May 16, 2015, YouTube.
Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence a Princeton University, gave the keynote address at The Institute of World Politics Commencement Ceremony on May 16, 2015.