Can God Force Me to be Good? A Thomistic Answer

1303 E University Blvd,Tucson AZ 85719

19 October, 2021

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A lecture by Prof. Thomas Osborne University of Arizona The Thomistic Institute at the University of Arizona presents a lecture by Prof. Thomas Osborne of the University of St. Thomas, Houston, entitled “Can God Force Me to be Good? A Thomistic Answer.” Location TBD-check this page for updates! Tuesday, Oct. 19 7:00 PM This lecture is free and open to the public. About the speaker: Thomas M. Osborne, Jr. (Ph.D., Duke 2001), is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and a member of the Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (Houston). He has written many articles on medieval and late-scholastic philosophy and other topics, and is the author of Love of Self and Love of God in Thirteenth-Century Ethics (2005), Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and WIlliam of Ockham (2014), and Aquinas's Ethics (2020). The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.  The TI is an academic institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.   You can find all of the Thomistic Institute lecture recordings on https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute or through the Apple Podcast by searching "Thomsitic Institute."