Adeline A. Allen is a contributing writer for Public Discourse, Professor of Law at Trinity Law School, and Associate Fellow at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. Her scholarship focuses on the natural law foundations of contract law and the family, the view of the human person in bioethics, and the nature of contracting. She was a 2017-18 Visiting Fellow at the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. Some of her scholarship and writings have been published on Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Public Discourse, First Things, Church Life Journal, World, and CiRCE Institute.
Marriage and family are among the basic goods of the good life, of flourishing, of delights. Shakespeare is cheering us on. May we take heart and enter the dance.
Date posted: 2026-05-04
As parents, may we each choose what is real, no matter the cost, that we may come to know real love and pour it out for our children.
Date posted: 2025-09-06
"I know it when I see it" - But could we keep at least the kids from seeing it and knowing it?
Date posted: 2025-03-05