is full professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Perugia. He was a researcher in philosophy at the University of Rome-Tor Vergata, then Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Lecce. He taught Aesthetics, Ethics and Philosophical Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure in Rome. He later taught Philosophy and Religion at the Pontifical Urbanian University. He is a member of the scientific council and consultant to prestigious journals and editor of book series. A speaker at many conferences in Italy and abroad, his books are translated into several languages.