Skip to main content
Intellect

Princeton's Robert P. George to present BYU forum address Oct. 28

Robert P. George, founder and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, will give a Brigham Young University forum address Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

George is author of “Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality” and co-author of “Embryo: The Case for Human Life” (Doubleday). George is also co-editor of “The Meaning of Marriage” with Jean Bethke Elshtain, a past BYU forum speaker.

His articles and essays have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, the University of Chicago Law Review and the American Journal of Jurisprudence. He has also written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the National Review.

George serves on the board of directors of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Institute for American Values, the Institute on Religion and Democracy, the Family Research Council and the Center for Individual Rights.

The forum will be broadcast live on BYU Broadcasting channels. Visit byub.org/devotionals or speeches.byu.edu for rebroadcast information and archived forum audio, video and transcripts.

Writer: Brady Toone

GEORGE-WI.JPG
Photo by Kenny Crookston/BYU Photo

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

Green-thumb dynasty: BYU landscaping wins fifth national championship in six years

March 27, 2024
For the fifth time in six years, BYU students dug, pruned and planted their way to the National Collegiate Landscaping Competition title, the March Madness of college landscaping teams. BYU bested 50 other universities in the four-day event, outscoring the second-place finisher by more than 358 points and breaking the 5000-point total for the first time in the 48-year history of the tournament.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Forum: How to be a confident pluralist

March 26, 2024
In a democracy where people hold many conflicting views, how do we each honor our own values while making decisions together? Grappling with that question in Tuesday’s forum address, Harvard professor Danielle Allen encouraged her audience to meet this challenge by becoming “confident pluralists.”
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

More than money, family and community bonds prep teens for college success

March 21, 2024
Family bonds make the difference in getting teens to college, BYU study says.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=