Studies have shown the surprising hidden pervasiveness of habit operating in our daily lives.  Aristotle anticipated these findings millennia ago by naming habit the foundation of both virtue and vice. The first function of law, he concluded, was education through habit for the sake of both public and private happiness.

About the Speaker

Judd Owen teaches political philosophy in the Department of Political Science at Emory University. He is director of the Franklin Fellows Program, a selective great books program for undergraduates, and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory.