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Adam Smith, Capitalism, and the Good Life Ryan Hanley Professor, Political Science, Boston College Ryan Patrick Hanley is Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Prior to joining the faculty at Boston College, he was the Mellon Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, and held visiting appointments or fellowships at Yale, Harvard, and the University of Chicago. A specialist on the political philosophy of the Enlightenment period, he is the author of Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue (Cambridge, 2009), Love’s Enlightenment: Rethinking Charity in Modernity (Cambridge, 2017), and Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life (Princeton, 2019). His most recent projects include The Political Philosophy of Fénelon, and a companion translation volume, Fénelon: Moral and Political Writings, both of which will be published by Oxford in 2020. The College of the Humanities Wednesday, February 5 th , 2020 6:00 pm, Paterson 303 All are welcome to attend the lecture. Admission is free and open to the public. PUBLIC LECTURE

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Adam Smith, Capitalism,and the Good LifeRyan HanleyProfessor, Political Science, Boston College

Ryan Patrick Hanley is Professor of

Political Science at Boston College. Prior

to joining the faculty at Boston College,

he was the Mellon Distinguished

Professor of Political Science at

Marquette University, and held visiting

appointments or fellowships at Yale,

Harvard, and the University of Chicago.

A specialist on the political philosophy

of the Enlightenment period, he is the

author of Adam Smith and the Character

of Virtue (Cambridge, 2009), Love’s

Enlightenment: Rethinking Charity in

Modernity (Cambridge, 2017), and Our

Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living

a Better Life (Princeton, 2019). His most

recent projects include The Political

Philosophy of Fénelon, and a companion

translation volume, Fénelon: Moral and

Political Writings, both of which will be

published by Oxford in 2020.

The College of the HumanitiesWednesday, February 5th, 2020

6:00 pm, Paterson 303All are welcome to attend the lecture.

Admission is free and open to the public.

PUBLIC LECTURE