# Melissa Moschella / The New Natural Law

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Podcast: [The Theology Mill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-theology-mill-5741564)
Published: 2025-10-13T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

KEYWORDS: - new natural law – moral philosophy – ethics – Aquinas – Aristotle – subsidiarity – political philosophy BIO: Melissa Moschella is a professor of the practice in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life. She is the author of To Whom Do Children Belong? Parental Rights, Civic Education, and Children’s Autonomy (2017) and Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law: Principles for Human Flourishing (2025). PODCAST LINKS: - Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law (book): https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268209261/ethics-politics-and-natural-law/ NEWSLETTER: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter and get ***40% OFF*** any Wipf and Stock book: ⁠http://eepurl.com/cMB8ML⁠ . (Be sure to check the box next to “Podcast Updates: The Theology Mill” before hitting Subscribe.) CONNECT: Website: ⁠https://wipfandstock.com/blog/category/podcast/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Wipfandstockpublishers⁠ X/Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/TheologyMill⁠ *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast’s transition music. Link to license: ⁠https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/⁠ .

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