Parental Rights from the Natural Law Tradition to Skrmetti and Mahmoud: Foundations and Applications with Professor Melissa Moschella

Professor Melissa Moschella of the University of Notre Dame joins us to discuss the contents of her recently published book titled, " Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law: Principles for Human Flourishing ." A rich yet cogent articulation of New Natural Law Theory (NNLT), Moschella's work has been described as "the clearest, most readable exposition and defense of contemporary natural law theory yet to appear" by Dr. Robert George. Professor Moschella provides an overview of the ideas in her book with respect to the subject of parental rights and two recent landmark decisions currently shaping its discourse. Melissa Moschella is Professor of the Practice in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life. Her work spans the fields of ethics, political philosophy, and law, and her areas of special expertise include natural law theory, biomedical ethics, and the family, especially parental rights. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, earned a Licentiate in Philosophy summa cum laude from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, and received her Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from Princeton University.

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Parental Rights from the Natural Law Tradition to Skrmetti and Mahmoud: Foundations and Applications with Professor Melissa Moschella is an episode from James Wilson Institute Podcast by James Wilson Institute.

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This episode was published on Oct 23, 2025.

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