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

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

Biography

Harman's father is

Gilbert Harman Gilbert Harman (May 26, 1938 – November 13, 2021) was an American philosopher, who taught at Princeton University from 1963 until his retirement in 2017. He has published widely in philosophy of language, cognitive science, philosophy of min ...

, professor of philosophy. Harman's mother was Lucy Harman, a psychotherapist at

. As a professor of philosophy, Harman is known for her expertise on

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns ...

, specifically on ethics of abortion. Harman's husband, Alex Guerrero, is Henry Rutgers Term Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and wa ...

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Elizabeth Harman at Princeton
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