ABOUT THE EVENT

In this lecture, philosopher Paul Nedelisky (Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia) will survey the history of attempts to find a scientific basis for morality—and explain why such attempts to root the Good in science have failed. When understood and deployed rightly, however, science can be a useful tool in the perennial quest to understand morality and ethics. Nedelisky will delineate this right use of science in moral imagination during the second part of his lecture.

David Robinson, Assistant Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College, will offer a response to Nedelisky’s lecture. The evening will conclude with audience Q&A.

This lecture will be offered onsite in the Regent College Chapel (5800 University Blvd), and will be available via livestream and recording at rgnt.net/live.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Paul Nedelisky is Assistant Director and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. He is also coauthor, with James Davison Hunter, of Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality (Yale University Press, 2018).

Nedelisky’s research interests center on issues in metaphysics and ethics. His work in metaphysics concerns the nature of the fundamental constituents of reality—the basic building blocks of the world. He has won several teaching awards, including being named an honoree of the Seven Society’s Graduate Fellowship for Superb Teaching.

Nedelisky received a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Virginia in 2013.