Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast) Can You Define Happiness? (with Dr. Jennifer Frey)
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Dec 20, 2023 
Dr. Jennifer Frey, a Professor of Philosophy specializing in ethics, joins Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle to discuss happiness and the role virtue plays in attaining it. They explore the importance of avoiding sin, rejecting self-help in favor of seeking help from God, the challenges of moral conversion, unlocking political debate, and the pursuit of true happiness.
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Twitter Reply Turned Job Offer
- Brad Carson followed Dr. Frey on Twitter and invited her to visit University of Tulsa, which led to a dean offer.
- That exchange culminated in her moving to Tulsa and revitalizing the philosophy program.
Grant Led To Yale Dialogue
- Dr. Frey described receiving a multidisciplinary grant studying virtue, happiness, and meaning.
- That project raised her profile and led to a Veritas forum invitation at Yale.
Yale Exchange With Laurie Santos
- Dr. Frey spoke at Yale with Laurie Santos about happiness as a mental state versus a teleological end.
- She found Santos' materialist, life-hack approach shallow and normatively empty.