Sherman, Nancy, 1951-

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Name (Latin)
Sherman, Nancy, 1951-
Date of birth
1951-06-20
Associated country
United States
Occupation
College teachers
Philosophy teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 264412032
Wikidata: Q15699663
Library of congress: n 88021914
Sources of Information
  • Aristotle's ethics, 1999:title page (Nancy Sherman) page 331 (Nancy Sherman is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and inaugural holder of the Distinguished Chair of Ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy. She is the author of The Fabric of Character and Making a Necessity of Virtue. She is coeditor of Ethics for Military Leaders)
  • Phone call to author, 9-14-88(Nancy Sherman; born 6-20-51)
  • Her The fabric of character, 1989:CIP t.p. (Nancy Sherman) pub. info. (assoc. prof. of philosophy, Yale University)
  • Phone call to author, 9-14-88(Nancy Sherman; b. 6-20-51)

Wikipedia description:

Nancy Sherman (born 1951) is an American philosopher and Distinguished University Professor of philosophy at Georgetown University, where she also holds an affiliate appointment with Georgetown Law's Center on National Security and the Law. She works in ethics, military ethics, the history of moral philosophy, ancient philosophy, the emotions, moral psychology, and psychoanalysis. She is the author of seven books, including Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience (2021), Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers (2015), and The Untold War (2010), a New York Times Notable Book. Her forthcoming book, Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well, is scheduled for publication by Yale University Press in January 2027. From 1997 to 1999, Sherman served as the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022.

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