Can Beauty Save the World? | Prof. Raymond Hain

<p>This lecture was given on April 11th, 2024, at University of North Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on upcoming events, visit us at <a href="https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events" target="_blank">thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the Speaker: </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Humanities Program at Providence College in Providence, RI. Educated at Christendom College, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Oxford, he is the founder of the PC Humanities Forum and Humanities Reading Seminars and is responsible for the strategic development of the Humanities Program into a vibrant, world class center of teaching, research, and cultural life dedicated to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. His scholarly interests include the history of ethics (especially St. Thomas Aquinas), applied ethics (especially medical ethics and the ethics of architecture), Alexis de Tocqueville, and philosophy and literature (especially Catholic aesthetics). His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Templeton Foundation, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Charles Koch Foundation. His essays have appeared in various journals and collections including </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Thomist, International Journal of Applied Philosophy</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Anthem Companion to Tocqueville.</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> He is the editor of </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Beyond the Self: Virtue Ethics and the Problem of Culture</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and is currently working on a monograph titled </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Lover and the Prophet: An Essay in Catholic Aesthetics</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. He joined Providence College in 2011 and lives just across the street with his wife Dominique and their five children.</span></p>