May 23, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
McDonnell Hall, Room A02

Robert P. George, director of the James Madison Program and the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, and Cornel West, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary, will discuss their new book, “Truth Matters: A Dialogue on Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division.”

Arrive before the event to purchase a book on-site from Labyrinth Books, starting at 10:30 a.m., or bring your own copy — professors George and West will be available to sign books after the event.

In “Truth Matters,” Cornel West and Robert P. George address a range of social issues on which Americans today are bitterly divided. Their book models robust intellectual engagement and civil discourse as they explore vital questions surrounding the idea of truth and its foundational role in our lives. Along the way, they reflect on social conditions — such as respect for freedom of speech — that must be established and maintained if truth is to be seriously pursued. They also explore the virtues — such as intellectual humility and courage —that must be acquired and practiced if we frail, fallible, fallen human beings are to be determined truth seekers and bold truth speakers.

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Sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions