Mary Eberstadt delivers the 2017 Wheatley Roundtable on Family Keynote Adress. Dr. Eberstadt discusses how we do live in a pagan time and the impact that has on the family. Apologies for issues with sound recording.

Family and Faith in a Pagan Time

Robert P. George

Robert P. George speaks at the 10th-anniversary celebration for the Wheatley Institution.

The Constitution, Political Culture, and Civic Virtue - Robert P. George

Arthur Brooks, outgoing president of the American Enterprise Institute believes that each American can root out contempt by proactively sharing warm-heartedness.

Bringing America Together

Lee Bird, CEO and Chairman of the Board of the At Home Group shares stories and lessons of moral courage from a long and varied business career.

Distinguished Lecture in Ethics

Catherine Cornille is the Newton College Alumnae Chair of Western Culture, at Boston College. In her presentation of the 2018 Truman G. Madsen Lecture on the Eternal Man, she discusses the need for but challenges of true interfaith dialogue based on empathy.

The Possibility and Limits of Interreligious Empathy

Dr. Bill Martin, Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University in Chicago, discusses the ongoing challenge of modernism and its effect on Marxist thought.

Marxism and the Secular: From Plato to Badiou

Insightful lecture by former president of Alcoa Russia, Bill O'Rourke, at the annual International Association for Business  Society in Park City, Utah.

Seek True North: Stories on Leadership and Ethics

In this Round-table on the Family, Wheatley Fellow, Jenet Erickson Ph.D, tackles a unique perspective on children: instead of why do children need their parents, she looks at all of the positive ways parents are affected and transformed by their children. “This Splendid Inconvenience” 2007, “Young Astronomer” 2017, “Climbing Mother” 2014, “Choosing Everything” 2013, and “Concordia Inter Populum,” copyright Brian T. Kershisnik. Used with permission.

We Need Children Even More Than They Need Us

Dr. Allan C. Carlson, Distinguished Visiting Professor of History at Hillsdale college and President Emeritus of both the Howard Center and the Rockford Institute, discusses the numerous destructive consequences of the dissolution of the traditional family in the last 50 years and what steps we can take in our communities and at a federal level to preserve the family, our nation's most vital institution.

The Natural Family In Peril

Azza Karam of the UN Population Fund describes the fine line between supporting and patronizing religious actors across the world.

Religious Pluralism in a Secular World

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A Golden Age

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Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, discusses some keys to a happy and prosperous life with points from his new book "The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America"

The Conservative Heart

Roger Porter, professor at Harvard University, shares the qualities of great American political leaders, claiming that the greatest leaders have a goal-oriented management style.

What Great Leaders Do

Mark Regnerus, professor at the University of Texas, explores empirical evidence documenting the pivotal importance of family stability and well-being in social life.

The Family Structures Study & The Challenges Of Social Science

LDS author and speaker, and former general Relief Society leader, Dew describes her experiences with the power of Grace.

The Amazing Gift of Grace

Adam Miller

Dr. Miller offers a personal narrative of finding Grace in his spiritual, intellectual, and familial life, and during periods of intense doubt and disbelief.

Contemporary LDS Views of Grace: Adam Miller

Brad Wilcox, professor at the University of Virginia, reflects on the ways a natural law perspective fits what is now known scientifically about how marriage matters and why marriage matters to children.

Why Marriage Matters: A Natural Law Perspective on Marriage and Family Life

Richard N. Williams, director of the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University, delivers this Wheatley Lecture in Civic Virtue entitled, ⿿Scientism: The New Orthodoxy.⿿

Scientism: The New Orthodoxy

David Petraeus, former commander of CENTCOM, provides an update on the military situation in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Update with the CENTCOM Commander

Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus at Princeton University, discusses the necessity of four factors in U.S. strategy: correct number of forces, counterinsurgency, developing an Afghan army, and developing a coherent government.

Symposium on the Challenge of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Jason Carroll, professor at Brigham Young University, shares relationship advice for young single adults, discussing the importance of timing in relationships, the problematic increase in cohabitations, and the sexual chemistry paradox.

Before You Do: Key Lessons for Young Adults Preparing for Marriage

Prof. Daniel Robinson, member of the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University, delivers this Wheatley Lecture in Civic Virtue entitled, ⿿How do Explanations Explain.⿿

Science, Scientism, and the Public Good: Lecture 1

Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor, discusses the then current distribution of global power, claiming that the United States' dominance is coming to an end.

Geostrategic Challenges Facing the United States

Jason Carroll, professor at Brigham Young University, offers six takeaways from the 2014 Wheatley Conference on Family.

Six Key Lessons for Revitalizing Marriage

Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for policy of the U.S., discusses three challenges for the U.S. in 2012: the volatile international environment, budget austerity, and political polarization.

US National Security Priorities After the Election

Lant Pritchett, professor at Harvard University, talks about the consequences of a lack of economic development in the international system, and establishes development as a fourfold transition in rule systems.

WIAC 2013: International Development

Galena K. Rhoades, professor at the University of Denver, discusses the importance of starting a relationship the right way: with commitment.

Sliding vs. Deciding: How Premarital Experiences Affect Future Marital Happiness

Richard Swinburne, emeritus Nolloth professor of the philosophy of the Christian religion at the University of Oxford, delivers this Wheatley Lecture in Civic Virtue entitled, ⿿Implausibility of Physical Determinism⿿.

The Implausibility of Physical Determinism

Lisa Miller, Professor &amp; Director of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University, discusses spiritual development as it pertains to children and adolescents.

The Spiritual Child: Educating the Head and the Heart

Daniel Robinson, fellow at Oxford University, presents the 2009 Truman G. Madsen Lecture on Eternal Man, discussing shifting attitudes on homosexuality to present a faulty model for explaining the human condition.

The Alphabet of Man

Amos Jordan, former CEO at CSIS, defines national power, and discusses the challenges ahead for the U.S. if it is to keep its position as a crucial state in the international system.

Has America Lost It's Mojo? The Changing Nature of Power in the Contemporary World

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