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Moral Philosopher to Speak at UNCG April 18
GREENSBORO – Dr. Loren Lomaski, the Cory Professor of Political Philosophy, Policy and Law at the University of Virginia and an advocate for a libertarian approach to moral and social issues, will speak at the Bryan School of Business and Economics at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The talk, titled “What Should We be Doing for the World’s Poor?” will be held at 3 p.m. in Room 160 of the Bryan Building. The public is welcome at no charge.
The lecture is part of the BB&T Distinguished Lecture Series on Capitalism. The event is sponsored by the Bryan School and the UNCG Department of Philosophy.
Lomaski received the Matchette Prize for his book “Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community” in which he proposed a rights-based approach to moral and social issues. He has served as a researcher for the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Center for the Study of Public Choice and Bowling Green University’s Social Philosophy and Policy Center.
The BB&T Program on Capitalism, Markets and Morality at UNCG was funded by a $1 million gift from the BB&T Charitable Foundation, was established to promote the study, discussion and debate about the role of capitalism and its moral implications. The program offers undergraduate and graduate students from disciplines across UNCG the opportunity to examine the ethical and philosophical basis for free market economies.
With $130.8 billion in assets and more than 1,500 financial centers in 11 states and Washington, D.C., BB&T Corp. is the nation's 14th largest financial holding company.
The Bryan School is the largest of UNCG’s six professional schools with 450 graduate students and 2,100 undergraduates. It is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and is among the top 10 percent of business schools nationwide that have earned accreditation at the undergraduate and graduate levels in both business and accounting.
For more information, contact UNCG’s BB&T Program on Capitalism, Markets and Morality at (336) 334- 5635, or email mehayek@uncg.edu. ###