William E. May

Who is William E. May?

William E. May is the Michael J. McGivney Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC where he taught from 1991 to 2008. He previously taught moral theology at The Catholic University of America from 1971 to 1991. Dr. May has also lectured and taught at various universities around the world and taught courses for the Catholic Distance University. Along with John Finnis, Joseph Boyle, Robert P. George and Germain Grisez, he is one of the major proponents of the new natural law theory, which draws on the ethics of Thomas Aquinas.