Waide Center Seminar: Wed, Feb. 11 | Miguel Alzola: “The Virtuous Hypocrite: Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean in Adversarial Contexts.”

Wednesday, February 11 at 4:00-5:30 pm, the Waide Center for Applied Ethics will be hosting Miguel Alzola (Fordham University), who will be giving a seminar on “The Virtuous Hypocrite: Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean in Adversarial Contexts.” The event will be held remotely via Zoom and is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, and community members. Please attend and encourage your students to attend. 

Miguel Alzola

Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Time: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. (EST)

Title: “The Virtuous Hypocrite: Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean in Adversarial Contexts.” 

Zoom link: https://Fairfield.zoom.us/j/95197924493

About the Speaker: Miguel Alzola is Professor and William G. Egelhoff Distinguished Research Scholar in Business Law and Ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. He specializes in ethical theory, particularly virtue ethics, as well as applied ethics. His current research focuses on virtue ethics and moral psychology.

About the series: The Waide Center for Applied Ethics Seminar Series is a forum for building community and advancing research in Applied Ethics. It encourages jargon-free and supportive discussions that will be accessible to participants with serious interest in applied ethics and who come from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. Invited speakers in the series present a work-in-progress or recently published paper on topics relevant to applied ethics. At least half of each meeting is devoted to Q&A and general discussion. Please contact the Director of the Waide Center for Applied Ethics, Gregg D. Caruso, for more information.