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'In one of her most persuasive passages, Moschella offers '[a]n Aristotelian account of the moral prerequisities for autonomomy,' in which, drawing not only on Aristotle's Ethics but on modern child development literature as well as recent discoveries in adolescent neuroscience, she argues that genuine autonomy depends upon cultivating moral virtue, the ability to resist impulses and to act thoughtfully, weighing the consequences of one's choices.' James R. Stoner, Jr, Claremont Review of Books 'Moschella has given us an excellent start. Her well-written and tightly argued book is an important intellectual achievement on an issue to which philosophers have not given adequate attention.' Christopher O. Tollefsen, Public Discourse

'In one of her most persuasive passages, Moschella offers '[a]n Aristotelian account of the moral prerequisities for autonomomy, ' in which, drawing not only on Aristotle's Ethics but on modern child development literature as well as recent discoveries in adolescent neuroscience, she argues that genuine autonomy depends upon cultivating moral virtue, the ability to resist impulses and to act thoughtfully, weighing the consequences of one's choices.' James R. Stoner, Jr, Claremont Review of Books

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Melissa Moschella is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, Washington DC. She speaks and writes for both scholarly and popular audiences on topics including marriage, parental rights, reproductive technologies, and religious freedom.

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