Jennifer A. Herdt | |
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Education | Princeton University (MA, PhD), Oberlin College (BA) |
Era | 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
Institutions | Yale Divinity School |
Thesis | Fatal divisions: Hume on religion, sympathy, and the peace of society (1994) |
Doctoral advisor | Jeffrey Stout |
Main interests | moral philosophy |
Jennifer A. Herdt is an American philosopher and Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Yale Divinity School. [1] She is known for her works on moral philosophy. [2] [3]
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