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William Allen On Freedom, Liberty
William Allen On Freedom, Liberty
Feb 11, 2026 8:25 AM

Tuesday, December 2 marks the final Acton Lecture Series for 2014. Acton es William Allen, Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Political Science and Emeritus Dean, James Madison College, at Michigan State University. Allen will be speaking on “American National Character and the Future of Liberty,” beginning at 11:30 at 98 E. Fulton, Grand Rapids, Michigan. You can register here.

Allen spoke (along with Samuel Gregg, Acton’s Director of Research) in 2008 on “What Is Freedom?” as part of Acton’s Birth of Freedom project.

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