Sean Haefner
Sean Haefner
Contact
Stokes N230B
Email: haefners@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts
- Joint M.A. in Philosophy and Theology, Boston College
Courses
Philosophy of the Person I & II
Perspectives I
Research Interests
Husserl's Ethics and Value Theory
Ethics of Love and Vocation
Phenomenology of Religion
Medieval Epistemology
Thomas Aquinas
Bernard Lonergan
Department
Biography
Sean Haefner is a doctoral candidate and teaching fellow at Boston College, where he also received his Joint M.A. in Philosophy and Theology. His research interests focus upon phenomenology and ethics, phenomenology of religion, and medieval epistemology. Sean's dissertation project explores Edmund Husserl's phenomenological treatment of the "moral ought" in relation to love and vocation. His other projects include studies of St. Thomas Aquinas's theory of contemplation, Bernard Lonergan's value theory, and phenomenological approaches to knowledge of God. Sean earned his B.A. in philosophy at Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, where he studied the philosophy of Josef Pieper and the metaphysics of Aquinas.
Publications
Peer Reviewed:
“The Unconditional in the Broken World: Gabriel Marcel on Hope and Revelation.” Münchener Theologische Zeitschrift 76, 2 (2025): 115-128.
Additional:
“To Pierce the Dome: Josef Pieper on Transcendence in Post-War Germany.” Journal of the History of Ideas Blog (December 2021). https://jhiblog.org/2021/12/13/to-pierce-the-dome-josef-pieper-on-transcendence-in-post-war-germany/.
“The Right Way to be Selfish: On Self-Interest and Responsibility for the Other,” in Röpke- Wojtyła Fellowship Edited Volume. The Catholic University of America, 2020.