Natural Law for Real Life Problems

Schedule

Wed Sep 18 2024 at 09:00 am to Fri Sep 20 2024 at 08:00 pm

Location

Tas vezér u. 3-7., Budapest, Hungary, 1113 | Budapest, BU

Registration: https://feliratkozas.mcc.hu/hu/form/natural-law-for-real-life-proble
How does natural law contribute to a better understanding of true human flourishing? What are the hard questions identifying the values of each human being and how can natural law shape the possible answers? What is the role of natural law in solving real human problems? Over the past 75 years, contemporary analytic natural law theory has sought answers to these questions, trying to contribute to the solution of problems related to human action and its consequences, the various human goods and their role in decision-making, the authority of law and its limits, or the role of practical reason in legal philosophy. Analytic natural law theory is itself comprised of diverse approaches, but these theories have not been systematically analyzed in Continental Europe, or the broader Central-Eastern European context. The present conference has therefore two main goals: 1.) first to create an academic space in which some of the most important legal and philosophical problems of today’s society would be discussed in light of the contemporary analytical natural law, and 2.) second, to foment the dialogue between two unique philosophical and cultural milieus, the continental and the common law traditions.
Keynote speakers:
- John Finnis (University of Notre Dame / University of Oxford)
- Christopher Tollefsen (University of South Carolina)
For further information and program: https://mcc.hu/en/event/natural-law-for-real-life-problems
The conference has been organized by the MCC Center for Constitutional Politics and the Research Institute for Politics and Government of the Ludovika University of Public Service.
Organizing committee:
- Johanna Fröhlich (Ludovika University)
- Ferenc Hörcher (Ludovika University)
- Kálmán Pócza (MCC Center for Constitutional Politics)

Where is it happening?

Tas vezér u. 3-7., Budapest, Hungary, 1113

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher Mathias Corvinus Collegium - MCC

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