Loving Strangers: How Would Such a Moral Code Reshape Our Lives?

Social isolation and animosity are arguably the central challenges of our angry age. Can philosophy play a role in overcoming the affective, social, and political alienation that mark our communities today?

Meghan Sullivan focuses her work on the ways philosophy contributes to the good life, and she is currently writing a book on the role love plays in grounding moral, political, and religious reasoning. It is tentatively titled Samaritanism: Moral Responsibility and Our Inner Lives. In this year’s Daniel J. Sullivan Memorial Lecture, she will expound on the central themes of this forthcoming book.

David Gibson, director of Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture, will moderate a discussion after the talk, including questions from the audience.

About the Speaker
Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. She is a popular writer and speaker and founded Notre Dame’s God and the Good Life Program, which introduces undergraduates to essential philosophical questions concerning happiness, morality, and meaning, and key methods for wrestling with them.