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Wynnewood Institute’s Burke Receives Honors Overseas
By Staff Report
Thomas Patrick Burke, the president of the Wynnewood Institute, recently received two honors overseas.
On Sept. 16, he gave a lecture at the European Parliament during its session in Strasbourg. The title of the invited lecture was "Is 'Social Justice' Just?" The invitation was issued by Mr. Nirj Deva, British MEP, and his chief of staff Benjamin Harnwell on behalf of a new political grouping at the Parliament, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.
The talk was followed by a lively discussion. Later that evening the group hosted Mr. Burke to a dinner at Chez Yvonne, a historic restaurant in the center of the city near the Cathedral. He was invited to continue the lecture begun in the afternoon, and the discussion resumed till late into the night. One of those present was MEP Daniel Hannan, since then awarded the International Policy Network's Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism on behalf of the free society. Mr. Burke was introduced to Nirj Deva and Benjamin Harnwell by Patrick Barron, Wynnewood's outstanding Austrian economist, who has given several lectures to the group.
The previous day, in Blackfriars, Oxford, Mr. Burke passed the oral examination on his dissertation for a second doctorate, in philosophy (his first being in theology). The subject of the dissertation is “The Concept of Justice.” He began work on this with Prof. Roger Scruton in 2004. The Examiners were Prof. Anthony O'Hear, director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and professor of philosophy at the University of Buckingham, which is awarding the degree, and Prof. Robert Grant, professor of intellectual history at the University of Glasgow. The work is currently in the hands of a publisher and it is hoped will appear next year.
By the unanimous vote of its members, the current course on the Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas will continue on for another six weeks.
The Wynnewood Institute is an independent, academic, non-partisan and non-profit organization with 501 (c)(3) status. See its Web site at www.wynnewood.org.
On Sept. 16, he gave a lecture at the European Parliament during its session in Strasbourg. The title of the invited lecture was "Is 'Social Justice' Just?" The invitation was issued by Mr. Nirj Deva, British MEP, and his chief of staff Benjamin Harnwell on behalf of a new political grouping at the Parliament, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.
The talk was followed by a lively discussion. Later that evening the group hosted Mr. Burke to a dinner at Chez Yvonne, a historic restaurant in the center of the city near the Cathedral. He was invited to continue the lecture begun in the afternoon, and the discussion resumed till late into the night. One of those present was MEP Daniel Hannan, since then awarded the International Policy Network's Bastiat Prize for Online Journalism on behalf of the free society. Mr. Burke was introduced to Nirj Deva and Benjamin Harnwell by Patrick Barron, Wynnewood's outstanding Austrian economist, who has given several lectures to the group.
The previous day, in Blackfriars, Oxford, Mr. Burke passed the oral examination on his dissertation for a second doctorate, in philosophy (his first being in theology). The subject of the dissertation is “The Concept of Justice.” He began work on this with Prof. Roger Scruton in 2004. The Examiners were Prof. Anthony O'Hear, director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and professor of philosophy at the University of Buckingham, which is awarding the degree, and Prof. Robert Grant, professor of intellectual history at the University of Glasgow. The work is currently in the hands of a publisher and it is hoped will appear next year.
By the unanimous vote of its members, the current course on the Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas will continue on for another six weeks.
The Wynnewood Institute is an independent, academic, non-partisan and non-profit organization with 501 (c)(3) status. See its Web site at www.wynnewood.org.
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