Nancy Sherman holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard
University and an M.Litt. in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh.
Professor Sherman is a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown, and
currently serves as a visiting Distinguished Chair of Ethics at
the United States Naval Academy. She is a fellow of the Kennedy
Institute of Ethics. Before coming to Georgetown, she taught at
Yale University, where she was an Associate Professor. She has also
held visiting positions at the University of Maryland and Johns
Hopkins University. Dr. Sherman has served as a consultant to the
United States Navy and Naval Academy. She has appeared on numerous
television and radio programs discussing military ethics, and ethics
in general. She is the recipient of numerous scholarly awards, among
which include NEH, Mellon, and ACLS Fellowships. She appears in
the Who’s Who of American Women.
Professor Sherman’s
research interests include 1) moral philosophy, 2) the history of
moral philosophy, 3) moral psychology and the emotions, 4) ancient
philosophy, 5) ancient ethics, 6) psychoanalysis, and 7) military
ethics.
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