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Liberty, security, and justice are among the most important issues facing Transylvania faculty and students, as well as the American republic. Questions include

• What change do we need to make in our lives, if any, to protect us from the dangers that have emerged in our world?
• Must we sacrifice certain liberties to implement those protections?
• Can we meet the demands of security and still sustain a just society?
• What have been the successes and failures of international policy, and how have they affected world security?

Communities of reflection and inquiry like Transylvania provide important sites for citizens to consider these and related questions. Transylvania’s imperative to consider them is especially acute because issues of liberty, security, and justice currently press upon those we educate with tremendous urgency. This program provides an opportunity for faculty and students to learn how to respond to these issues thoughtfully, with knowledge and insight, and for faculty to adjust their expertise and find new ways to apply it to discussions of these issues.

Providing this type of program is a proud tradition at Transylvania, an institution that has been home to many active scholars and has educated leaders like Stephen Austin, Cassius Clay, John Cabell Breckenridge, and John Marshall Harlan.

The Liberty, Security, and Justice program is sponsored by an endowment from the Bingham Trust through the Bingham-Young Professorship. The program, its events, discussions, and related activities will take place from fall 2004 through spring 2006.

For more information, contact philosophy professor Peter S. Fosl.