Oxford students demand university fire famed philosophy prof for ‘homophobia’
A leading Catholic moral theologian and natural law expert are facing a campaign from college students to oust him from a faculty position for his purported “extremely discriminatory views against groups of disadvantaged people” and for “being particularly homophobic and transphobic.” A petition for John Finnis to be removed from his academic position at Oxford University cites his “discriminatory conduct.” The petition lists “hateful statements” from Finnis regarding homosexuality made between 1992 and 2011, and also accuses him of racism and xenophobia. Finnis, a renowned legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar, is an emeritus professor of law and legal philosophy at the University of Oxford and Biolchini Family Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. He has mentored several Ph.D. students, including Neil Gorsuch and Robert P. George. The petition looking to expel him from Oxford also asks the university to clarify its policy on “discriminatory professors.