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Raymond Dennehy, speaking on Humanae Vitae: Explained and Defended

Speaker Bio

Dr. Raymond Dennehy

Raymond Dennehy is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco where he teaches metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and social ethics. After serving in the U.S. Navy abroad the heavy cruiser, USS Rochester (CA 124) as a radarman, principally in the South China Sea, from 1954-58, he attended the University of San Francisco, obtaining a B.A. in philosophy in 1962; he did graduate study in philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, 1962-64, before entering the graduate philosophy program at the University of Toronto, getting a Ph.D. in philosophy from that school in 1973.

Dennehy is frequently called upon to address contemporary ethical issues by universities and the media. April 14th of this year marked his 44th consecutive semester at the University of California, Berkeley, debating abortion before a class of 500 students.

Besides many scholarly articles, he has published: Reason and Dignity, Anti-Abortionist at Large, and Soldier Boy: the War Between Michael and Lucifer; he has also edited the book, Christian Married Love. In 1999 United For Life of San Francisco gave him their "Human Life Award," in 2003, the American Maritain Association awarded him their "Humanitarian" medal, and in 2004, he received the first Annual St. Luke's Award "for outstanding contribution to Catholic medical ethics and practice" from the San Francisco Guild of the Catholic Medical Association. His essay, "The Illusion of Freedom Separated from Moral Virtue" was judged best essay in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies for 2007. He is married to Maryann Dennehy and has four children and eleven grandchildren.

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