The Virtues as Sources of Moral Guidance

The Aquinas Institute will be co-sponsoring a two day conference with the Thomistic Institute on the 9-10 March, 2026. Held in the Campion Hall Lecture Room, it will discuss the virtues as guidance for morality. Speakers include: Richard Kim; Fr Nicholas Austin; Daniel De Haan; Roger Teichmann; Terence Irwin; John Cottingham; Gabriele De Anna; Sr Blandine Lagrut; and Roger Pouivet. Please see the full schedule below.

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Conference Schedule

Day 1, Monday, March 9, 2026 – Lecture Room, Campion Hall

9:00-9:20         Introduction

9:20-10:20       Blandine Lagrut (Facultés Loyola Paris),
‘Natural Piety, Moral Horror, and Supra-Utilitarian Virtues’

10:20-11:20     Roger Teichmann (St Hilda’s College, Oxford),
‘Practical Wisdom, Language Use and the Erring Conscience’

11:20-11:40    Tea & Coffee break

11:40 -12:40    Gabriele De Anna (University of Udine),
‘Virtues, Practices, and Normativity: Thomas Aquinas and Moral Guidance by the Virtues’

12:40-15:00    Lunch Break

14:30-15:00    Tea & Coffee in Entrance Hall, Campion Hall

15:00-16:00     Daniel De Haan (Blackfriars & Campion Hall, Oxford),
‘Virtue as an Irreducible Source of Normativity’

16:00-17:00     Roger Pouivet (Université de Lorraine),
‘Truth as a Virtue of Justice’

17:00-18:00     Drinks Reception, Campion Hall

19:00                    Dinner for Speakers

Day 2, Tuesday, March 10, 2026 – Lecture Room, Campion Hall

9:00-10:00        Richard Kim (University of Loyola Chicago),
‘Virtues as Sources of Practical Knowledge’

10:00-11:00      Nick Austin (Campion Hall, Oxford),
‘Virtue Theory Gets Practical: An Integrative Reading of Aquinas’s Ethics

11:00-11:30      Tea & Coffee break

11:30-12:45      Terence Irwin (Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford),
‘Vaulting Ambition in Virtue Ethics’

12:50-14:00      Lunch Break

14:30-15:00      Tea & Coffee in Entrance Hall, Campion Hall

15:00-16:00       John Cottingham (University of Reading),
‘A Normative Deficit? Aristotle, Anscombe, MacIntyre, and the Virtues’

16:00-16:15       Break

16:15-17:30       Panel Discussion chaired by Daniel De Haan

18:00-18:45       Drinks Reception, Campion Hall

Venue: Campion Hall - Brewer Street Oxford, OX1 1QS United Kingdom Array ( [lat] => 51.7498727 [lng] => -1.2582929 )

Contact:
Aquinas Institute
aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk