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Maria Judith Sucupira da Costa Lins is Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She received her master’s degree in education at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and her Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil in 1996. Before coming to the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Professor Maria Sucupira taught at the Universidade Santa Ursula, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil till 1995. Since 1996 she won the tenure at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she continues to teach undergraduate and graduate students. She coordinates the Grupo de Pesquisa em Ética e Educação (GPEE) – Group of Research on Ethics and Education – since 2015. Her main domain of studies is on Ethics and Moral Education. She is member of the Academia Brasileira de Educação – Brazilian Academy of Education – since 2009. She is currently doing research on Philosophy of Education according to Dietrich von Hildebrand’s philosophy.