Jennifer A. Frey

Jennifer A. Frey

Jennifer A. Frey is an assistant professor in the philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Prior to joining the philosophy faculty at U of SC, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, where she was a member of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts and an affiliated faculty in the philosophy department. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and her B.A. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies (with Classics minor) at Indiana University-Bloomington. Her research lies at the intersection of philosophy of action and ethics, with a particular focus on the Aristotelian-Thomist tradition. 

Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates (1787). Though famous for leading a virtuous life, Socrates was condemned to death by the Athenian government.