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The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate

University of Rochester

The Thomistic Institute at the University of Rochester, an affiliate of the Undergraduate Philosophy Council, presents a lecture by Prof. Angela Knobel of the University of Dallas titled “The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate.”

Thursday, March 30

5:30 PM

Goergen 101 - Sloan Auditorium

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the Speaker:

Angela Knobel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. She received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2004. From 2004 to 2020, she taught philosophy at her alma mater, the Catholic University of America. Her work focuses primarily on Aquinas’ theory of infused virtue, virtue ethics and applied ethics. Her book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues was published by the University of Notre Dame Press in 2021.

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