On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law

Russell Hittinger, Scott Roniger, Mary Hirschfeld, and R. H. Helmholz on November 7, 2024 at the University of Chicago's Swift Hall. Prof. Hittinger has long been one of the world’s leading scholars of Catholic social teaching and natural law theory. His most recent book, "On the Dignity of Society," presents the fruit of his mature thinking on fundamental issues in Catholic political thought. Rooted in Thomistic philosophy and natural law theory, but also animated by his study of St. Augustine and thus sensitive to historical contexts and arenas for moral and theological disputation, Hittinger articulates the deepest principles of the Church’s social teaching and sheds considerable light on their historical applications. At this symposium, Professors Scott Roniger, Mary Hirschfeld and R. H. Helmholz discuss Hittinger’s latest work, and the panel concludes with a response from Professor Hittinger. --- This event was cosponsored by Catholic University of America Press.