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SCHEMEL FORUM LUNCHEON - RESISTING THREATS TO DEMOCRACY - LESSONS FROM MACHIAVELLI

Wednesday, 11 April, 2018

Wednesday, 11 April, 2018 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon Lecture

Resisting Threats to Democracy: Lessons from Machiavelli

"I'd like to teach them the way to hell so they can steer clear of it," maverick Italian philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli wrote to a friend in 1526. The hell he had in mind was a very earthly kind, one created by bad political choices and institutions that fail to check widespread corruption. What advice might he give to citizens and leaders today about how to save their troubled democracies?

Erica Benner, Ph.D., Fellow in Political Philosophy, Yale University/ Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University

Wednesday, April 11
Brennan Hall, Rose Room, 509; Noon to 1:30 p.m.

FREE to University of Scranton Staff, Faculty and Students

Contact:

Alicen Morrison

Phone: 570-941-6206
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Brennan Hall, Rose Room (509)

320 Madison Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510