Background
Vaz Ferreira, Carlos was born on October 15, 1972 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Carlos Vaz Ferreira
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Career
At age 25, awarded Chair in Philosophy, University of Montevideo, following a universitywide competition. Law degree in 1903; a public educator par excellence and involved with primary, secondary and higher education throughout his life. Among his most important appointments at the University of Montevideo were Professor of Philosophy of Law, 1924-1929.
Rector, 1929-1930, 1935-1938, 1938-1943. Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1952-1955, 1955-1958.
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One of Latin America’s most influential social philosophers in the early twentieth century, Vaz Ferreira distinguishes ‘factual’ issues from ‘normative’ issues and develops a moral and social philosophy based on both. For example, in his work on feminism, first published in 1933 but written between 1914 and 1921, Vaz Ferreira analyses ‘factual’ differences between the sexes such as physical strength, the effects of pregnancy and childbirth, and historical achievements of men and women, and then speculates about 'normative' issues such as the political and civil rights of women, the social life of women and the organization of the family within society. Vaz Ferreira’s philosophical method stimulates reflection, well ahead of his time, on topics such as the equitable division of household tasks, divorce, artificial insemination and abortion.
