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Professor James E. Helmer, PhD

19th April 2019

is Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Xavier University (USA).  Trained in philosophy and theology, with a doctorate in Christian Ethics from the University of Notre Dame (USA), he specializes in legal and political theory and in issues at the intersections of bioethics (biomedical ethics, neuroethics, and animal ethics) and the law.  His research within the area of animal ethics has focused on questions of animal consciousness and moral standing, animal agency, and the moral and legal rights of non-human animals, and he is presently developing a monograph in this last area.  He frequently teaches an advanced-level undergraduate course in which he engages with students fundamental philosophical and theological questions within the areas of ecological and animal ethics.