Elizabeth Harman (philosopher)

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Elizabeth Harman
Education Harvard University (A.B.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Analytic philosophy
Institutions Princeton University
Thesis Moral Status  (2003)
Doctoral advisor Joshua Cohen
Main interests
Ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics
Website http://www.princeton.edu/~eharman/

Elizabeth Harman is an American philosopher and Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University.

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Biography

Harman's father is Gilbert Harman, professor of philosophy. Harman's mother was Lucy Harman, a psychotherapist at Princeton University. [1]

As a professor of philosophy, Harman is known for her expertise on ethics, specifically on ethics of abortion. [2] [3]

Harman's husband, Alex Guerrero, is Henry Rutgers Term Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Elizabeth Harman joins father on the philosophy faculty - 10/23/2006 - PWB - Princeton". Princeton University.
  2. Kaczor, Christopher (2014-12-05). The Ethics of Abortion: Women's Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice. Routledge. ISBN   9781317907947.
  3. Roberts, Melinda A. (2010-08-09). Abortion and the Moral Significance of Merely Possible Persons: Finding Middle Ground in Hard Cases. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9789048137923.
  4. "Lucy, Olivia, Elizabeth, and Gilbert Harman". Princeton University. Retrieved 15 October 2018.