89th Session of the Philosophical Foundations of Law and Finance (Friday, Oct 28st, 2011, 18:00 - 20:00, room 516, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London)

Dear all,

For the 89th Session of the Philosophical Foundations of Law and Finance, and thanks to the ever eagle-eyed spotting by Edmond Curtin and Heather Roberts, we shall investigate the Note on the financial reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. See: http://www.news.va/en/news/full-text-note-on-financial-reform-from-the-pontiff and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8846595/Vatican-sides-with-anti-capitalist-protesters-and-attacks-global-financial-system.html.

In a heavy but benign anti-hypnotic antidote to what appears to be the Papal call for a global and therefore dominant political authority, we will also read from Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor. BTW & IMO, the Grand Inquisitor, about 30 pages within The Brothers Karamazov, is the best piece of political-religious-spiritual writing in about 2,500 years--one of the great gifts to humanity.

 Joe

89th Session of the Philosophical Foundations of Law and Finance (Friday, Oct 28st, 2011, 18:00 - 20:00, room 516, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London)