Biography:Jennifer Herdt

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Short description: American philosopher
Jennifer A. Herdt
EducationPrinceton University (MA, PhD), Oberlin College (BA)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsYale Divinity School
ThesisFatal divisions: Hume on religion, sympathy, and the peace of society (1994)
Doctoral advisorJeffrey 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]

Books

  • Forming Humanity: Redeeming the German Bildung Tradition (Chicago, 2019)
  • Putting On Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices (Chicago, 2008)
  • Religion and Faction in Hume’s Moral Philosophy (Cambridge, 1997)

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