Chair, Department of Philosophy
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D., 1996
M.M.S., 1994
A.B., 1992
James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University, 2014-2015
A Defense of Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life, and Protecting the Rights of Conscience, Catholic Press Association 2014
Biola University, Center for Christian Thought, Fall 2013
University of Cologne, Germany, 2002-2003
Alexander von Humbolt Foundation, Germany, 1996-1997
James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University
2014-2015
Biola University, Center for Christian Thought
Fall 2013
University of Cologne, Germany
2002-2003
Alexander von Humbolt Foundation, Germany
1996-1997
Ethics
Thomas Aquinas on God and the Virtues [graduate course]
Critical Thinking and Logic
The Development of the Natural Law Tradition [graduate course]
Ethics of Love and Marriage
Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics [graduate course]
Bio-Ethics
Ethical Theories [graduate course]
Philosophy and Christianity
Medieval Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
Philosophy and Literature: Dante and Aquinas
Major Thinkers: Thomas Aquinas
Journal of Medical Ethics
“Against Euthanasia for Children: A Response to Bovens” forthcoming in Journal of Medical Ethics.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology" Separating Conjoined Twins forthcoming in National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly.
Christian Psychology
“Philosophical Anthropology and Positive Emotion” Christian Psychology Vol.8, no.1 (2014) 20-22.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Artificial Gametes National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 15 no. 1 (Spring 2015) 169-174.
Journal of Psychology and Christianity
“Happiness According to Aristotle, Aquinas, and Seligman” Journal of Psychology and Christianity Vol. 34, No.3 (2015) 194-202.
Theology Needs Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Ralph McInerny
“Reading St. Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics” forthcoming in Theology Needs Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Ralph McInerny, ed. Matthew Lamb, The Catholic University of America Press.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Duties to Children National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 14 no. 4 (Winter 2014) 753-758.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Is Giving Birth More Dangerous than Aborting? National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 14 no. 3 (Autumn 2014) 561-566.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” End of Life Questions National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 14 no. 2 (Summer 2014) 365-370.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Insurance Coverage for Elective Abortion National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 14 no. 1 (Spring 2014) 163-169.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” The Time-Relative Interest Account National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 13 no. 4 (Winter 2013) 753-758.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Responses to ‘After-Birth Abortion’ National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 13 no. 3 (Fall 2013) 539-544.
Diametros
“The Parts of Prudence and Scientific Solutions for Weakness of Will” Diametros 38 (December 2013) 127-132.
Nova et Vetera
“John Paul II on the Development of Doctrine” Nova et Vetera 11.4 (2013) 1173-1192.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Reductio Arguments National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 13 no. 2 (Summer 2013) 351-357.
New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy
“Double Effect Reasoning” and “Choice” in the New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy. Ed. Robert L. Fastiggi. 4 vols. Detroit: Gale, 2013.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Reproductive Rights National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 13 no. 1 (Spring 2013) 197-203.
Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Review of David DeGrazia, Creation Ethics: Reproduction, Genetics, and Quality of Life appearing in Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy Vol.123, no.2 (January 2013) pgs.357-361.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” After-Birth Abortion National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 12 no. 4 (Winter 2012) 739-745.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Disability National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 12 no. 3 (Autumn 2012) 533-539.
Christian Bioethics
“Conscientious Objection and Health Care: A Reply to Bernard Dickens” Christian Bioethics 18, no. 1 (2012) 59-71.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Contemporary Discussions of Parenthood National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 12 no. 2 (Summer 2012) 349-358.
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
“Can it be Morally Permissible to Assert a Falsehood for a Good Cause?” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 86, no. 1, (2012) 97-109.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” What Justifies the Right to Live? National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 12 no. 1 (Spring 2012) 173-178.
Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy
“Infanticide” in the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy. Edited by Richard S. Myers et al. Volume Three. Scarecrow Press of Rowman & Littlefield (2012) 152-153.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
“Philosophy and Theology” Notes on Fetal Interventions, National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 11 no. 4 (Winter 2011) 789-794.