Examing Justice series

The Augusta Coalition for Peace & Justice (ACPJ) is sponsoring a college level mini-course on examining the principles associated with the virtue of justice. The purpose of this course is to help the general public understand that liberty and justice for all can only be attained through civil discourse based on proper reasoning. The course is free and open to the public.
We have hired three philosophy instructors from Mary Baldwin College; Rev. Dr. Edward Scott, Professor Roderic Owen, and Professor Jim Gilman to each present two lecture/discussions (6 total) scheduled for consecutive Monday evenings from October 4th thru November 8th and to be held at the Staunton Public Library.The lectures will be held from 630pm to 830pm each night.
The series is sponsored in conjunction with Joe Dockery Chiropratic Clinic.

Below is a summary of the lecture series

Oct. 4, 11 - Rev. Dr. Edward Scott
Classic Justice Systems
Dr. Scott will review early civilization justice systems, examing Homer's Odyssey, through Socrates/Plato/Aristotle, and touching on the Gospel of Mark and how they deal with the question of "Who we are, as opposed to what we are."
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Oct. 18, 25 - Dr. James Gillman
Through the Enlightenment to the US Constitution
Dr. Gilman will take us through the Enlightenment Period up to our Declaration of Independence and the development of our U.S. Constitution - the first government in the history of the world to have the rights of the individual citizen as its priority.

Nov. 1, 8 - Dr. Roderic Owen
Contemporary Justice Issues
Topics will include the marketplace, distributive justice, affirmative action, discrimination and reverse discrimation among other topics.

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