Saint Paul University

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Courses taught

PHI 2181 - Human Knowledge
- Study of the traditional, universalist, approach to knowledge as well as contemporary standpoint approaches, such as feminist and postmodernist.
PHI 3183 - Moral Philosophy
- Survey of the major ethical systems in the Western world. Relationship between philosophical and religious thinking in ethical matters. Fundamental questions facing contemporary moral consciousness.
PHI 4114 - Process Metaphysics and God
- The relationship between process metaphysics and metaphysics with a special focus on the development of process thought and its relationship to God as primarily a 20th-century phenomenon
  
  Prerequisite: PHI 3112.
EPE 6300 - MAIN ETHICAL THEORIES I
- Study of the classic and canonical works of Aristotelian or virtue ethics, deontology, contractualism, and consequentialism including utilitarianism. Initiation to the basic concepts grounding each theory and assessment of their strengths and weaknesses.
EPE 6301 - MILITARY AND PEACEKEEPING ETHICS
- Examination of the thought on ethics by philosophers and military personnel. Readings from Cicero, Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius before turning to renaissance and modern thinkers. Contemporary ethics of war, the nature of the soldier and the peacekeeper. Theoretical discussions and a detailed look at current policies and thinking at the Department of National Defence.
EPE 6310 - SEMINAR IN PUBLIC ETHICS I
- Acquiring essential skills for developing a research question in public ethics. Methodologies include literature review, case-study approaches and critical analyses of texts. Preparation and approval of research plan.
  
  Prerequisite: EPE6307 Main Ethical Theories II.

Education

Select conferences

“Overturning Orthodoxy: The Case by Case Just War”

Invited to Ottawa, Canada, November 16th Dominican University College, Ottawa, Canada 2012
“War and the History of Philosophy”

Invited to Mumbai, India, June 8th Address to Philosophy Department 2012
“War and the History of Philosophy”

Invited to Delhi, India, June 9th Address to Philosophy Department 2012
“Do We Need E-Values and E-Virtues? Confucianism, Buddhism and “Socratism” in the Age of Social Media” International

Invited to Beijing, China. International Conference on Traditional Values and Virtues and Contemporary Society in a Global Age, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, 2012. June 2-3
“Defragmenting Education: “Life” as an Organizing Idea,”

Invited to Wuhan, China. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Dialogue and Cooperation Among Cultures and Civilizations, May 29-30, 2012.
“The Indecisive Nature of Battle: Montesquieu and Counter-Insurgency,”

Invited to North Carolina, USA Keynote Speaker -- The Moral Psychology of Terrorism: Implications for Security, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, April 19-20, 2012.
Roundtable Discussion: Contemporary Values and Responsibility Catholic

Invited to Washington, DC, USA Participant. University of America September 15, 2011
“Building and Maintaining Trust in Cultural Contexts: The Essential Ingredients for Organizational Success,”

Invited to Xi’an, China. Philosophy and Culture, Jiatong University, The College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an, China, July 5, 2009.
“Citizens and Government: A Particular Canadian Experience with the Notion of ‘Accountability’”

Invited to Xi’an, China. Ethics in Public Administration and Citizen Participation, Jiaton University, School of Public Administration, Xi’an, China, July 6-10, 2009.
“Ethics and Living,”

Invited to DND. May 30,2009.
“St. Paul and the Cynics”

Organized conference at Saint Paul University: Exploring Paul. April 30, 2009
Organized: Canadian Jacques Maritain Association Conference Society—Politics/Religion and Beyond

October 29-30,2008.
“Jaspers and Whitehead: Experience as the Source for Philosophical Concepts,”

Invited Presentation: Karl Jaspers Society of North America, APA Central Division Annual Meeting, Philosophy, Psychology and Psychopathology, Chicago, April 17,2008.
“Whitehead’s View of Religious Experience”

Co-organizer: Canadian Jacques Maritain Association Conference The Nature of Religious Experience, June 2 & 3, 2008, Vancouver
Natural Law & Applied Ethics

Organized: Canadian Jacques Maritain Association Conference. November 2 & 3, 2007, Ottawa
The Public Service in the Age of Scrutiny

Organized: Saint Paul University Ethics Centre. May 12, 2007 Ottawa
The History of Philosophy “Matter: From Evil to Subjectivity,”

Canadian Jacques Maritain Assocation. Oct 12, 13, 2006
International Conference on Weyl: Aix-en-Provence

France, Invited Presentation December 15—17, 2005 “War and Epistemology: Weyl as a Case Study”
“Applied Aquinas: Virtue as an Entire Way of Life”

Canadian Jacques Maritain Association: Maritain and Historical Traditions in Philosophy, November 4 and 5, 2005

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