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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 1997 Lord Acton Essay Competition

Freedom and Order
Graduate Essays on the Role of Liberty in Political Life

“Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.”
– Lord Acton


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Foreword by Robert A. Sirico
Introduction by Gloria L. Zúñiga

Judges

Winning Essays:

1st Place:
“Freedom to Do That Which Is Right: A Look at the Early American Synthesis of Liberty and Virtue”, Albert Beck
2nd Place:
“The Positive Role of Religion in a Liberal Democracy”, Greg Markey
3rd Place:
“The Political Priority of Freedom: Acton and Murray”, Kelly Alvin Madden
Honorable Mention:
“A Nation in Religious Denial”, Thaddeus Julian Kosens
Honorable Mention:
“Thinking Ethically About Freedom”, Kyle S. Swan

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