Vanderbilt School of Medicine

The Thomistic Institute at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine presents a lecture by Prof. Christopher Kaczor of Loyola Marymount University titled “Conscientious Objection and Health Care.”

Tuesday, February 28

5:00 PM

Eskind Biomedical Library Room 324

This lecture is limited to Vanderbilt students, faculty, and staff.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar,  Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University.  He is an award-winning author of sixteen books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage,  A Defense of Dignity,  The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life Issues, Medical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; and his most recent best-selling book, Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life. Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show.