Jorge Garcia
Professor of Philosophy
Boston College
Jorge Garcia joined the philosophy faculty of Boston College in 2000. He received his B.A. from Fordham and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1980. Since then, he has taught at the University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University, Rutgers, and Boston College. His interests include ethics, the history of moral theory, and Black philosophy. He has authored “Topics in the New Natural Law Theory," American Journal of Jurisprudence; "Lies and the Vices of Deception," Faith and Philosophy; and “Liberal Theory, Human Freedom, and the Politics of Sexual Morality” in Religion and Contemporary Liberalism. His book, The Heart of Racism: Essays on Diversity, Race, and Relativism, which deals with virtues as the basis of moral theory, was published in August 2004 by Rowman & Littlefield.
Professor Garcia has participated in our "Culture of Death," "Culture of Life," "From Death to Life," and "Formation and Renewal" conferences. He was also an invited speaker for our 2004 conference, "Epiphanies of Beauty," and for the 2006 conference, "Modernity: Yearning for the Infinite." He is a regular resource participant in the annual Medical Ethics Conference, and in 1995, he delivered the J. Philip Clarke Family Lecture on Medical Ethics.
