dCEC Director Carter Snead Reflects on 2020
Dear Friends of the de Nicola Center,
What a difference a year makes. When last I wrote a year-end reflection, back in 2019, no one…
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Nobel Prize–Winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "Between Two Millstones, Book 2," Now Available
“When you read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn you know that you are reading and being read by one of the greatest men of the bloody 20th century.” —The American Conservative…
Snead publishes new bioethics book with Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press has announced the publication of Professor O. Carter Snead’s new book, What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics.
Snead is a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School and director of the University of Notre Dame’s de Nicola Center for Ethics & Culture. He is one of the world’s leading experts on public bioethics — the governance of science, medicine, and biotechnology in the name of ethical goods.
Set for release October 13, What It Means to Be Human promises to propose “a vision of human identity and flourishing that supports those who are profoundly vulnerable and dependent — children, the disabled, and the elderly” and to analyze how that vision would affect three of the most complex issues in bioethics: abortion, assisted reproductive technology, and end-of-life decisions.
dCEC to Present 2021 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Vicki Thorn
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame will present the 2021 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Vicki Thorn, founder of the post-abortion healing ministry Project Rachel and executive director of the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing, at a celebration on April 24.
“Vicki Thorn’s work is a living witness to the unconditional love and mercy that lies at the heart of the Culture of Life,” said O. Carter Snead, the director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. “We originally wanted to honor Vicki this past April at a gala celebration gathered with hundreds of friends and champions of life, but the pandemic and associated safety protocols necessitated a postponement. We look forward to presenting her with the Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal in 2021.”
Celebrating Professor John Finnis as he moves to emeritus status
dCEC to Host Panel Discussion about Racism and the Culture of Life
Announcement About the 2020 Notre Dame Fall Conference
It is with a heavy heart that the de Nicola Center announces the cancellation of our 2020 Fall Conference, originally scheduled to take…
dCEC to Present 2020 Vita Institute Pro-Life Intellectual Formation Program via Webinar Series
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture will present the 2020 Notre Dame Vita Institute, its annual intellectual formation program for pro-life leaders, as a series of five…
NDLS Dean G. Marcus Cole: "I am George Floyd. Except, I can breathe. And I can do something."
The following essay was shared with the Notre Dame Law School faculty by G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law. We are proud to publish it with his permission:
I am George Floyd. Except, I can breathe. And I can do something.
– G. Marcus Cole
Over the past several days, I have received numerous messages of care and support from friends, neighbors, and acquaintances, each of whom simply wanted to express their concern for how I might be feeling in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. For many, I am perhaps one of the only African-American men in their social or business circles. Others, especially those who know me well, are cognizant of my own personal experiences with racial violence. Their expressions of love and support are rooted in the fact that the circumstances surrounding the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery are strikingly similar to my own accounts of an attack on my father over fifty years ago, one I witnessed as a little boy. What my friends may not know, but surely suspect, is that each report of racial violence at the hands of a police officer or group of men brings to the surface the vivid memories of that terrible night.
dCEC Celebrates Our 103 Graduating Sorin Fellows
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture salutes the more than 100 student Sorin Fellows who completed their studies at Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College, and Holy Cross College in 2020. In all, 75 undergraduates and 28 graduate and professional school Sorin Fellows joined their classmates in virtual…
Notre Dame Sends 800 to the 2020 March For Life
On January 24, more than 800 students, faculty, staff, and graduate students from the University of Notre Dame, Holy Cross…
In Memoriam: Sir Roger Scruton (1944–2020)
Sir Roger Scruton by Pete Helme
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture mourns the death of philosopher Sir Roger Scruton, who died of complications…