Join us for a lecture with Dr. Aaron Alexander Zubia, Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Florida's Hamilton Center, that will examine the understanding of human nature that Madison learned from John Witherspoon at Princeton. This understanding—based on the Scottish "science of man"—privileges conscience and common sense and, Dr. Zubia contends, rests at the heart of our constitutional order, helping to set limits on our shared pursuit of the common good.

This event is part of the Hillsdale College, Washington, DC Campus America 250 celebration.

Doors Open at 6:00

Event Begins at 6:30

Reception to Follow.

Aaron Alexander Zubia is Assistant Professor in the Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida where he specializes in the moral and political philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment and the American founding. He is the author of The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination (University of Notre Dame Press, 2024) and his scholarly work has appeared in Political Theory, Hume Studies and Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy. He has also written in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, First Things, Law & Liberty, Washington Examiner, and Public Discourse.  He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University, an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Texas at El Paso.