Mark LeBar, a visiting ethicist and professor of philosophy at Florida State University, will give a talk at Coastal Carolina University about equality as a political ideal on Thursday, March 30, at 4:30 p.m. in the Wall Boardroom in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. The event is free and open to the public.

"Equality as an Ideal" explores how equality, or the lack of it, has played an outsized role in recent political discourse in the United States.

LeBar is the author of "Equality and Public Policy and "The Value of Living Well." He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona. His research interests include moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, and ancient Greek philosophy.

The Wall Boardroom is in Room 222 of the Wall College of Business, located at 119 Chanticleer Drive E. on the main Conway campus.

For more information on the event, contact Brian Edgerton, assistant director of the Jackson Family Center, at bjedgert@coastal.edu or 843-349-4149.