
OHIO community invited to Philosophy Forum Lecture on ‘Justice as a Virtue and its Challenges’ on Oct. 23

will host a special presentation by respected author and philosophy professor Mark LeBar on Thursday, Oct. 23.
Lebar, a , will discuss “Justice as a Virtue, and its Challenges,” at the Annual Philosophy Forum Public Lecture.
All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to the free lecture, which will begin at 4 p.m. in Bentley Hall Room 129.
LeBar works in moral, social, and political philosophy. His book, is a development of contemporary eudaimonist virtue ethical theory.
His most recent book, , extends that account of eudaimonism to questions about the nature and origin of the virtue of justice.
In addition, he has edited a collection on justice as a virtue, “Justice,” (Oxford University Press, 2018), and co-edited “Equality and Public Policy,” (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
LeBar is the editor of Social Theory and Practice, and has published in journals including Ethics, American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.
The Annual Philosophy Forum Lecture is sponsored by the Philosophy Department in the College of Arts and Sciences.