Location: The Heritage Foundation's Allison Auditorium
The welfare state and other policies of the political left have
not achieved the social justice they promised, in the United States
or around the world. By contrast, conservatives have led the fight
to free fellow human beings from some of the gravest injustices of
our day - whether from corrupt governments that squander resources
while their populations suffer or from modern-day enslavement
through sex trafficking.
Conservative policy has focused on restoring human dignity where
it has been eroded by government dependence. It has encouraged
action by institutions of civil society - families, houses of
worship, and civic organizations - as the best means of ensuring
the welfare of individuals, particularly children, the elderly, and
other vulnerable members of society. In short, conservatives have
confronted economic, social, and foreign policy issues with moral
clarity about the condition and ends of human nature - and that
represents the best course to a just society.
Please join us at this inaugural international conference
examining how conservative policy advances social justice.
More About the Speakers
Opening Remarks
The Right Honorable Iain Duncan Smith
Member of Parliament,
United Kingdom
Civil Society and Human Rights
Moderator
Jay Hein
Sagamore Institute
Religious Freedom
Paul Marshall
Center for Religious Freedom,
Freedom House
Human Rights Abuses and Trafficking
Linda Smith
Shared Hope International
Civil Society Alternatives to the Welfare State
Don Eberly
Civil Society Expert
International Trade to Alleviate Poverty
David Willetts
Member of Parliament,
Conservative Party of Britain
Toward Social Justice: The
Evidence
Moderator
The Honorable Daniel Coats
Freedom and Justice
Kim R. Holmes
The Heritage Foundation
The Market and Human Development
Sophia Aguirre
Catholic University of America
The Family and Social Renewal
Greg Fleming
Maxim Institute,
New Zealand
Abraham Lincoln Address
The Honorable Rick Santorum (R-PA)
United States Senate