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Lord Acton Essay Competition
2002 Winning Essays
2001 Winning Essays
2000 – Religion, Duty, and Liberty
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1999 – The Limits of Government
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1998 – Ethics and Economics
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1997 – Freedom and Order
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1996 – The Remedy for Poverty
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1995 – Duty and Responsibility
1994 – Beyond the State
1993 – Liberty: Man's Highest
Political End
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1992 – The Role of Religion in Fostering a Free & Virtuous
Society
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The 2001 Lord Acton Essay Competition
“For Centuries it was never discovered that education was a function
of the State, and the State never attempted to educate. But when modern
absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign
power.”
—Lord Acton, “Essay on Irish Education”
Winning Essays:
- 1st Place:
- “Public Education
Versus Liberty: The Pedigree of an Idea”, Michiel Visser
- 2nd Place:
- “The Changing
Relationship of Education and the State: Promise or Peril?”,
Roberto M. Cid
- 3rd Place:
- “War and
Pedagogy: Ending the Sectarian Battle for Young Minds”, Richard
T. Halvorson
- Honorable Mention:
- “Liberty
In Education”, David Muir
- Honorable Mention:
- “The
Changing Idea of a University: American Higher Education and the Illiberal
Use of Knowledge”, Matthew D. Wright
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