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.Peter A. Redpath
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Curriculum Vitae
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Table of Contents:
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    I.     Professional Experience
    II.    Awards and Honors
    III.   Program Appearances
    IV.   Publications
    V.    Conference Organization
    VI.   Service to St. John's
           University
    VII.  Membership in
           Professional Societies
    VIII. Other Relevant Activities

I. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Full Time

1. St. John's University, Staten Island, New York. Position: Full Professor of Philosophy. Dates of Employment-January 1979 to present

2. Lock Haven State University, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Position: Assistant Professor of Philosophy (tenured). Dates of Employment: January 1974 to January 1979

Part-time 3. St. John's University, Staten Island, New York, Arthur Kill Correctional Facility Program. Position:
Associate Professor of Philosophy. Dates of Employment-January 1980 to May 1994

4. St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York. Position: Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy. Dates of Employment-January 1991 to May 1991

5. Bethlehem Area School District, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Position: In-Service Teacher-trainer for Institute for Advancement of Philosophy for Children. Montclair State University. 5 January 1987 (honorarium)

6. Bethlehem Area School District, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Position: In-Service Teacher-trainer for Institute for Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State University, 12 August 1986 (honorarium)

7. St. John's University, Staten Island, New York, Arthur Kill Correctional Facility Program. Position:
Assistant to Coordinator. Dates of Employment-September 1985 to May 1987

8. Borough of Totowa, Board of Education, Totowa, New Jersey. Position: Teacher-trainer in Philosophy for ChiIdren-September 1984 to May 1985

9. Borough of Totowa, Board of Education, Totowa, New Jersey. Position: Teacher-trainer in Philosophy for ChiIdren-January 1984 to May 1984

10. Bethlehem Area School District, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Position: In-Service Teacher-trainer for Institute for Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State University, 6 November 1984 (honorarium)

11. Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children. Teacher-trainer and Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy, Graduate School, 1983-1985

12. St. John Neumann Seminary, Riverdale, New York. Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Thomistic Ethics, Summer 1982

13. St. John's University, Staten Island, New York, Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, September 1978 to December 1978)

14. SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Position: Part4ime Instructor, September 1972 to January I~)74)

I5. Millard Fillmore College, Buffalo, New York. Position: Part-time Instructor, September 1969 to May 1971)
 
 

II. AWARDS AND HONORS 16. St. John's University research reduction, fall and spring 1997

17. St. John's University Faculty Merit Award, 1997, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989

18. Appointed Editor, Studies in the History of Western Philosophy (SIIWP), and Associate Editor, Value Inquiry Book Series (VIBS), for Dutch scholarly publishing house Editions Rodopi, B.V., 1997

19. Appointed Editorial Advisor to journal Contemporary Philosophy, 1997

20. Vice President, American Maritain Association, 1994 to 1996

21. Appointed Associate Editor, Contemporary Philosophy, 1994 to 1996

22. Inaugural Inductee as Distinguished Alumnus of Xaverian High School (other inductees included CEOs of Dreyfus, Woolworth, and Amgen), 1993

23. St. John's University research leave, spring semester 1993

24. Appointed Full Professor of Philosophy, St. John's University, 1992

25. Article "Romance of Wisdom: The Friendship between Jacques Maritain and Saint Thomas Aquinas" favorably reviewed by Frederick C. Copleston, S. J., in The Heythrop Journal, 32, n. 3 (1991), p.444

26. Appointed member of Advisory Board of Yves R. Simon Institute (other members include Jude P. Dougherty, Dean, School of Philosophy, the Catholic University of America, and Olivier Lacombe, Sorbonne), 1990

27. Recipient of $3,500 grant from the De Rance Foundation for publication of book From Twilight to Dawn: The Cultural Vision of Jacques Maritain

28. St. John's University Outstanding Achievement Award, 1989

29. Elected to Executive Committee, American Maritain Association, 1988

30. Appointed Co-moderator, Institute for Advanced Philosophical Research, 1988

31. Appointed to Board of Trustees, Institute for Advanced Philosophical Research, 1988

32. Appointed to Board of Advisors, Institute for Advanced Philosophical Research, 1979

33. Graduate Fellow SUNY at Buffalo


III. PROGRAM APPEARANCES

International:

34. Panelist-Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Topic: "Conscience at War-The Israeli Soldier as a Moral Critic," Merrill House, New York City, 3 September 1997

35. Symposium participant, "The Reception of 'Centesimus Annus' on its Fifth Anniversary," Ethics and Public Policy Center, Union League Club, New York City, 15 February 1997

36. PaneIist-Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Topic: "Moral Judgment and Cold War History," Merrill House, New York City, 13-14 December 1996

37. Panelist-Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Topic: "Models of Public Philosophy, East and West," Merrill House, New York City, 14-IS November 1996

38. "Why Descartes is not a Philosopher," International Conference, American Maritain Association, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2 November 1996

39. Panelist-Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Topic: "An Ethic of Forgiveness-Conflict Resolution in Theory and Practice," Merrill House, New York City, 17 October 1996

40. Panelist-Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Topic: "Tribe, Nation, World-Self-Identification in the Evolving International System," Merrill House, New York City, 19 September 1996

41. "1~o Dream the Impossible Dream: Some Reflections on the Ethics of Humanitarian Involvement." Ethics and Humanitarian Intervention: A Faculty Development Seminar. Sponsored by the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs in Cooperation with the United States Air Force Academy and Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 12 June1996

42. Panelist-Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Topic: "Thinking Out Loud: The Israeli-Hezbollah Conflict--Goals, Methods, Strategies, Moral Choices," 14 May 1996

43. "Learning as RecolIectio-A Thomistic Approach to Recovering Higher Education," International Conference, American Maritain Association, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, I December 1995

44. Panelist-Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Topic: "Ethics and the Clinton Foreign Policy," 8 December 1994

45. "A New Political World Disorder?", Institut International "Jacques Maritain," Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches, Treviso, Italy, 7 December 1990. Only American on a program which included representatives of various governmental parliaments, university dons, entrepreneurs, and bank presidents (expenses paid for accommodations and meals)

46. PaneIist-Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Topic: "Normative Standards for the Twenty-first Century," 10-11 November 1992

47. "Bergsonian Recollections in Maritain," joint meeting of the American and Canadian Maritain Associations, Montreal, Canada, 31 October 1987

48. Invited by Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams to be one of 200 participants from the United
States and abroad to participate in International Conference on Religions Liberty, United States
Department of State, Washington, DC, 15-16 April 1985. Conference speakers included Secretary of
State George P. Schultz and President Ronald Reagan

49. "The Epistemological Status of Morals for St. Thomas: Is it Virtually and Formally Practical?", Nineteenth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 10 May 1984

50. "Some Neo-Platonic Aspects in the Thought of St. John of the Cross," Eighth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 6 May 1983

51. "How did the Principle of Double Effect get Lost in St. Thomas?", Eighth International Congress on Patristic. Medieval, and Renaissance Studies, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 24 September 1983

52. "The Analogy of Religious Expression in Aquinas and Postel," Colloque International Guillaume Postel, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy, 9 September 1982 (subvention provided)

53. "Meditations on Descartes and Ginsberg," International Association of Neo-Latin Studies, St. Andrew's University, St. Andrew's, Scotland, 31 August 1982.

54. "Nominalism in the Moral Teaching of Hobbes," International Association of Neo-Latin Studies, St. Andrew's University, St. Andrew's, Scotland, 31 August 1982

55. Participant in seminar session on "Nominalism in Hobbes," directed by Paul G. Kuntz, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, International Association of Neo-Latin Studies, St. Andrew's University, St. Andrew's, Scotland, 26 August 1982

56. "Natural Law, Old Law, and New Law in the Moral Teaching of Aquinas," Sixteenth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 9 May 1981.

57. "The Nature of Woman and Her Role in Religion According to Guillaume Postel," Colloque International Guillaume Postel, Avranches, France, 9 September 1981

58. "The Relation of Law to Morality for Aquinas," Tenth International Congress of Philosophy of the American Philosophical Association, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 23 October 1981

59. "The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas-Natural Law, or the Law of Love?", Fifteenth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, I May 1980

60. "The Moral Teaching of Aquinas and Bonaventure," Fifth International Congress on Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 5 October 1980
 
 

National: 61. Panelist-Institute for American Values. Topic: "Closed Hearts, Closed Minds: The Textbook Story of Marriage, Carlyle Hotel, New York City, 17 September 1997

62. "Is There a Modern Philosophy?", Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 19 August 1996

63. "Are There Non-Natural Law Views of Rights and Responsibilities?", Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 18 August 1995

64. "Classical Reflections on Crime and Punishment," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 18 August 1994

65. Commentary on John C. Cahalan's paper, "Maritain and Wittgenstein: Truth, Intention, and Existence," Maritain Session at Annual National Conference of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, St. Louis Missouri, 27 March 1993

66. "Private Morality and Public Enforcement," Annual National Conference, American Maritain Association, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri, 7 November 1992

67. "Democracy, Capitalism, and the Separation of Church and State," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 19 August 1992

68. "The Nature of Democratic Authority," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 18 August 1991

69. "Battle of the Disciplines-The Growth of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages," Plymouth State College, Medieval Studies Forum, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 20 April 1990

70. Panelist-Annual National Conference, American Maritain Association. Topic: "The Closing of the American Mind." University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 27 October 1989

71. "Poetic Revenge and the Roots of Modem Totalitarianism," Annual National Conference, American Maritain Association, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 27 October 1989

72. "The Nature and Historical Roots of Wilderness Philosophy," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 19 August 1989

73. "Ethics as the Science of Political Leadership," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 22 August 1988

74. "Maritain and the Phenomenologists-From Philosophy to Ideosophy" (commented on by Gerald McCool, Fordham University), Annual National Conference, American Catholic Philosophical Association, Buffalo, New York, 27 March 1987

75. "The Idea of Christian Philosophy-Is it Self-contradictory?", Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 21 August 1986

76. "St. Thomas on Cognition and Order in the Human Passions," Plymouth State College, Medieval Studies Forum, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 20 April 1990

77 "The Method of Moral Reasoning," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 14 August 1985

78. "Moral Relativism and Mental Health," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Re search, Estes Park, Colorado, 27 August 1984

79. "Maritain and Political Averroism," Annual National Conference, American Maritain Association, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 2 October 1984

80. "From Enemies to Citizens-Higher Education in American Prisons," National Conference Co-sponsored by the Association for General and Liberal Studies and the Association for Integrative Studies, San Francisco, California, 25-27 October 1984

81 Commentary on James Giles's paper, "William James's Theory of Rationality," Annual National Conference, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 7 March 1981

82. "Workshop on Philosophy for Children," Annual National Conference, American Catholic Philosophical Association, St. Louis, Missouri, 4 April 1981

83. 'Natural Law and Revelation in St. Thomas," Plymouth State College, Medieval Studies Forum, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 24 April 1981

84. "Some Factual Requirements in Justifying Moral Systems," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 1 August 1980

85. "The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas-Beyond Natural Law," Plymouth State College, Medieval Studies Forum, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 18 April 1980

86. "Toward a Viable World Order-Some Practical Considerations," Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 16 August 1979
 
 

Local/Regional: 87. "Ethics-lts Subject Matter and Method," American Catholic Philosophical Association (Metropolitan Roundtable of Philosophy), St. John's University, Queens, New York, 7 December 1985

88. "William James: A Radical Subjectivist?", American Catholic Philosophical Association (Metropolitan Roundtable of Philosophy), College of Mount St. Vincent, Riverdale, New York, 4 December 1982

89. "Changing the Focus in the Abortion Debate," American Catholic Philosophical Association (Metropolitan Roundtable of Philosophy), Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut, 12 March 1980

90. "The Real Status of Time in the Sentences of St. Thomas," American Catholic Philosophical Association (Metropolitan Roundtable of Philosophy), Fordham University, Bronx, New York, 6 December 1980

91. "Daniel Callahan on Pernissive Abortion Laws and Women's Rights in Eastern Europe: A Critique," American Catholic Philosophical Association (Metropolitan Roundtable of Philosophy), Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, 5 May 1979

92. "The Meaning of the Term 'Safe' When Used in the Abortion Debate," American Catholic Philosophical Association (Metropolitan Roundtable of Philosophy), St. John's University, Staten Island New York, 8 December 1979
 
 

Special Guest Appearances: 93. Invited by Joel H. Rosenthal, President of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, to give
symposium presentation , "To Dream the Impossible Dream: Some Reflections on the Ethics of
Humanitarian Involvement," at Ethics and Humanitarian Intervention: A Faculty Development Seminar.
Sponsored by the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs in Cooperation with the United
States Air Force Academy and Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 12 June 1996
(honorarium provided, including travel expenses, meals and accommodations)

94. Invited by J. A. DiNoia, editor The Thomist, to participate as panelist in special colloquium related to publication of papal encyclical Veritatis Splendor. National Council of Catholic Bishops Headquarters, Washington, DC, 7 March 1994

95. Invited Guest Lecturer, Philosophy Department, Rockhurst College, 29 March 1993. Topic: "Rights and Duties-Contemporary Debates"

96. Invited to deliver annual lecture by a "nationally recognized scholar in fields of Ancient, Medieval, and
Neo-Thomistic philosophy" at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa. Presentation topic: "The New World
Disorder-lts Roots and Remedies." 19-20 March 1992. Interviewed by Dubuque daily newspaper the
Telefgraph Herald regarding lecture (honorarium provided, including travel expenses, meals, and
accommodations)

97. Invited by Roberto Papini, General Secretary of the Institut International "Jacques Maritain," to represent the American Maritain Association at an international colloquium on the "Transition in Eastern Europe, Treviso, Italy, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches. Delivered a paper on "A New Political World Disorder?", 7 December 1990 (expenses paid for accommodations and meals)

98. Invited by Professor Matthew Lipman, Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State University, to represent organization as a guest panelist on WNET award. winning public affairs television program "Caucus New Jersey." Topic: "Ethical Education-Teaching Values and Ethics to New Jersey's Children." Newark, New Jersey. 16 May 1990

99. Invited to deliver paper on "Psychotheology and Western Freedom," as part of the Center for Thomistic Studies Lecture Series, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. 16 March 1989

100. Invited to deliver paper on "Identity and World Freedom," co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department and the Human Rights Association of Niagara University and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, in observation of World Freedom Recognition Day. Lecture was followed by an appearance on the John Otto radio show (honorarium provided, including travel expenses, meals, and accommodations)

101. Invited to deliver first annual "James Collins Lecture" at Elms College, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Topic: "A Christian Phi1osopher~an There be Such an Animal?" 7 November 1985 (honorarium provided)

102. Invited by Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Elliott Abrams, to be one of 200 participants from the United States and abroad at the International Conference on Religious Liberty, held at the United States Department of State, Washington, DC. Conference speakers included Secretary of State George P. Schultz and President Ronald Reagan. 15-16 April 1985

103. Invited to deliver Keynote Address and First Invited Guest Lecture for the Maritain Lecture Series, funded by the De Rance Foundation, Franciscan University, Steubenville, Ohio. Topic: "The Relationship of Religion to Politics." 29 November 1984 (honorarium provided, including travel expenses, meals, and accommodations)

104. Invited by Marion Leathers Kuntz, Regents Professor of Classics at Georgia State University, to present a paper on "The Analogy of Religious Expression in Aquinas and Postel," Colloque International Guillaume Postel. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy. 9 September 1982 (subvention provided)

105. Invited by Professor Richard Schoeck, distinguished past-president of the International Association of Neo-Latin Studies, to present a paper on "Nominalism in the Moral Teaching of Hobbes," St. Andrew's University, St. Andrew's, Scotland. 31 August 1982

106. Invited to deliver a paper on "The Law of Love in the Moral Teaching of St. Thomas" for the Philosophy Lecture Series, sponsored by the Philosophy Department, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut. 4 December 1980 (honorarium)

Note: Above panel and symposia appearances have involved such scholars as: Daniel Bell, Sissela Bok, Robert Bork, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Amitai Etzione, Thomas Franck, John Lewis Gaddis, William Galston, Robert George, Mary Ann Glendon, Russell Hittinger, Paul Oskar Kristeller, Anthony Lewis, Herbert I. London, David Little, John Lukacs, Alasdair Maclntyre, Ralph McInerny, Richard John Neuhaus, Michael Novak, John O'Sullivan, Paul Ricour, Robert Royal, Oscar Schacter, Donald Schriver, Jr., Paul Sigmund, James Weisheipl, Ken Woodward, Daniel Yankelovich

IV. PUBLICATIONS

Books Published

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Monographs:

107.  Masquerade of the Dream Walkers: Prophetic Theology from the Cartesians to Hegel (Amsterdam and Atlanta: Editions Rodopi B.V., 1998)

108. Wisdom’s Odyssey from Philosophy to Transcendental Sophistry (Amsterdam and Atlanta: Editions Rodopi B.V., 1997)

109. Cartesian Nightmare: An Introduction to Transcendental Sophistry (Amsterdam and Atlanta: Editions Rodopi B.V., 1997)

110. The Moral Wisdom of St. Thomas (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1982)

111. A Simplified Introduction to the Wisdom of St. Thomas (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1982)

Edited Works: 112. Charles B. Crowley, Aristotelian- Thomistic Metaphysics and the International System of Units (S!), ed. with a prescript by Peter A. Redpath (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1996)

113. From Twilight to Dawn: The Cultural Vision of Jacques Maritain (Notre Dame and London: Distributed for the American Maritain Association by the University of Notre Dame Press, 1990)


Articles Published

114. "Private Morality and Public Enforcement," in Freedom Virtue and the Common Good, ed. Curtis L. Hancock and Anthony 0. Simon, Notre Dame Indiana, University of Notre Dame Press, 1995), pp.332-341

115. "Are There Non-Natural Law Views of Rights and Responsibilities," in Contemporary Philosophy, 17, n. 4 (1995), pp.5-10

116. "The Nature of Democratic Authority," in Contemporary Philosophy, 16, n. 1, 1994, pp.7-10

117. The New World Disorder: A Crisis of Philosophical Identity," in Contemporary Philosophy, 16, n. 6, (1994), pp. 19-24

118. "The Unity of Thomistic Experience-A Gilsonian Rejoinder to Gerald McCool, S.J.," in Thomistic Papers VI, ed. John F. X. Knasas (Houston: Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas, 1994), pp. 69-90

119. "Anti-Semitism, Capitalism, and Democracy," Jacques Maritain and the Jews, ed. Robert Royal (Notre Dame: Distributed for the American Maritain Association by the University of Notre Dame Press, 1994), pp.228-245

120. "Saving the Academic Soul: the 'Fallacy of Misplaced Historicity,' the Wisdom of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, and the Via Media," in Measure, 106, 1992, pp.1, and 8-11

121. "Looting Democratic Capitalism" in Crisis, November 1992, pp., 8-10

122. "Poetic Revenge and Modern Totalitarianism," in From Twilight to Dawn: The Cultural Vision of Jacques Maritain (Notre Dame and London: Distributed for the American Maritain Association by the University of Notre Dame Press, 1990), pp.227-240

123. "Bergsonian Recollections in Maritain," Jacques Maritain: The Man and His Metaphysics, ed. John f. X. Knasas (Notre Dame and London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988)

124. "The Analogy of religious Expression in Aquinas and Postel," in Postello, Venezia e il suo mondo, ed. Marion L. Kuntz (Florence, Italy: Leo Olschki, 1988), pp.281-290

125. "Ethics-The Science of Political Leadership," in Contemporary Philosophy 10, n. 7(1985), pp. 6-9

126. "Romance of Wisdom: The Friendship between Jacques Maritain and Saint Thomas Aquinas," in Understanding Maritain, ed. Deal W. Hudson and Matthew Mancini (Atlanta: Mercer University Press, 1987), pp.91-113

127. "Classifying the Moral Teaching of St. Thomas," in The Medieval Tradition of Natural Law, ed. Harold J. Johnson. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1987), pp. 137-148

128. "Nominalism in the Moral Teaching of Hobbes," in Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Sanctandreani, ed. I. D. McFarlane (Binghamton, New York: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1986), pp.471479

129. "The Method of Moral Reasoning," in Contemporary Philosophy, 11, n. 2 (1986), pp.24

130. "Moral Relativism and Emotional Health," in Contemporary Philosophy, 10, n. 7(1985), pp.6-9

131. "Justifying Moral Systems," in Contemporary Philosophy, 8, n. 7 (1981), pp.6-9

132. "Toward a Viable World Order, in Contemporary Philosophy, 8, n. 4 (1981), pp.15-16
 
 

Abstracts of Articles Published 133. "The Relation of Law to Morality," in Human Rights: Abstracts of Papers from the Tenth Interamerican Congress of Philosophy (Tallahassee, Fl.: Florida State University, 1981)

134. "Natural Law and Revelation in St. Thomas," Proceedings of the Second Medieval Forum (Plymouth, New Hampshire: Plymouth State College, 1981)
 
 

Book Reviews:

Requested by Publishers:

135. Magic and Witchcraft in the Dark Ages, for the University Press of America, 1995 April (honorarium)

136. Consultation requested by publisher regarding reprinting of various Thomistic texts, University Press of America, 1992 (honorarium)

137. Invitation to Philosophical Inquiries, University Press of America, 6 August 1992 (honorarium)

138. St Thomas Aquinas: Exposition of the Metaphysics of Aristotle, University Press of America, 10 January 1990 (honorarium)

139. Essays on the Existence of God, University Press of America, 10 January 1987 honorarium)

140. The Metaphysics of Good and Evil According to Suarez, Philosophia Verlag, 8 October 1986

141. The Doctrine of the Trinity in St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure, University Press of America, 23 July 1985 (honorarium)

142. Magic and Witchcraft in the Dark Ages, for the University Press of America, April 1995
 
 

Reviews in Journals: 143. Capitalism with Morality, in The Review of Metaphysics, Winter 1996, pp.23-24 (solicited by editor)

144. Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions, in The Thomist, Summer 1995 (solicited by editor)

145. Moral Foundations of Constitutional Thought: Current Problems, Augustinian Prospects, in The Review of Metaphysics, Summer 1995 (solicited by editor)

146 God and Subjectivity, in International Philosophical Quarterly, 32, n. 4 (1992), pp.522-523 (solicited by editor)

147. Man: Computer, Ape, or Angel?, in Homiletic and Pastoral Review, FaIl 1991, pp.78-79 (solicited by editor, honorarium)

148. Proofs for the Eternity, Creation, and the Existence of God in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy, in The Thomist, 53, n. 3 (1990), pp.528-531 (solicited by editor)

149. The Definition of Moral Virtue, in The New Scholasticism, 62, n. 4 (1989)

150. Dissertations in Philosophy Accepted at American Universities, 1861-1975, in Contemporary Philosophy,7,n. 11(1980)

151. Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy, in Teaching Philosophy, 3, n. 2 (1979)

152. Gabriel Marcel, in Contemporary Philosophy, 7, n. 2 (1979) (solicited by editor)
 
 

V. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION 153. Conference Chair-Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 16-22 August 1995

154. Conference Chair-International Conference, American Maritain Association, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, 30 November 2 December 1995

155. Conference Chair-International Conference, American Maritain Association, New York University,

156. New York, New York, 9-12 November 1 994~ Co-organized with Joel H. Rosenthal, President, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Co-sponsored by the American Maritain Association, the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, the Institut International "Jacques Maritain," and the Yves R. Simon Institute. Hosted by Olin Professor of Humanities, and current President of the Hudson Institute, Herbert 1. London. Topic: "Human Rights, Human Nature, and Politics"

157. Conference Chair and Organizer-AnnuaI National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 17-23 August 1994. Topic: "Crime and Punishment-Natural Law, Positive Law, and National/International Moral Norms"

158. Conference Chair and Organizer-Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 18-23 August 1992

159. Conference Chair and Organizer-Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, 9-14 August 1992
 
 

VI. SERVICE TO ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY 160. Member, Faculty Senate, 1995-1997

161. Member, Departmental Personnel and Budget Committee, 1983 to Present

162. Member, Education Policy Committee, 1983 to 1992

163. Member, Academic Fairness Committee, 1986-1987

164. Member, Programs and Programs Evaluation Committee, 1983-1984

165. Organized visiting faculty lecture for Philosophy Department Faculty Lecture Series by Distinguished Seton Hall University Professor Stanley L. Jaki, 1995

166. Organized visiting faculty lecture for Philosophy Department Faculty Lecture Series by University of Notre Dame Fulbright Fellow W. F. H. Holdring, 1991

167. Organized visiting faculty lecture for Philosophy Department Faculty Lecture Series by Professor Raphael Waters, Philosophy Department, Niagara University, 1991

168. Organized visiting faculty lecture for Philosophy Department Faculty Lecture Series by Father Edward Synan, Director, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of Toronto, 1991
 
 

VII. PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 169. American Catholic Philosophical Association (former Chair, Membership Committee)

170. American Maritain Association (former Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee)

171. American Philosophical Association

172. Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs

173. Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research (Member, Board of Trustees, National Board of Advisors former Co-moderator)

174. Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children (former Teacher-trainer, New York State Representative)

175. International Association of Neo-Latin Studies

176. International Metaphysical Society

177. International Neo-Platonic Society

178. International Society for St. Thomas Aquinas

179. Metaphysical Society of America

180. National Association of Scholars (Organizer, Philosophy subsection)

181. Northern New England Philosophical Association

182. Santayana Society

183. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy

184. Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
 
 

VIII. RELEVANT ACTIVITIES 185. Chaired session, Annual International Conference, American Maritain Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 23 October1997

186. Served a class representative for Xaverian High School's 1991 - 1992 Campaign for X-cellence. Helped raise over $120,000 from class as part of $3,000,000 fund-raising effort. Have been active with Xaverian Alumni and fund-raising activities for years

187. Chaired session, Annual National Conference, Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research, Estes Park, Colorado, August 1991

188. Chaired session, Sixteenth International Congress on Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 21 September 1991

189. Chaired session, sponsored by the Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, at Twenty-fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 12 May 1990

190. Chaired session, Annual National Conference, American Maritain Association, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 28 October 1988

191. Chaired session, Annual National Conference, American Maritain Association, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia, 13 October 1985

192. Delivered lecture on "Ways of Preventing Child Abduction" to the Faculty-Family Fellowship, St. Rita's School, Staten Island, New York, 7 March 1984

193. Delivered lecture on "Ways of Preventing Child Abduction" to the Federation of Catholic School parents, Staten Island, New York, 22 January 1984

194. Delivered lecture on "Ways of Preventing Child Abduction" to the Faculty-Family Fellowship, St. Joseph Hill Academy, Staten Island, New York, 10 January 1984

195. Chaired session at International Association of Neo-Latin Studies, St. Andrew's University, St. Andrew's, Scotland, 30 August 1982

196. Member, local organizing committee, 57~ Annual National Conference, American Catholic Philosophical Association, New York City, New York, 1982

197. Delivered lecture on "Philosophy Made Simple for Children" at the Catholic Update, St. Andrew's Parish, Queens, New York, 21 March 1981

198. Delivered lecture on "Philosophy Made Simple for Children" at the Catholic Update, St. John's University, Staten Island, New York, 21 March 1981

199. Acted in an advisory capacity to the Federal Government's Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1981

200. Chaired session at the Sixteenth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, I May 1981

201. Delivered lecture on "Philosophy Made Simple for Children" at the Faculty-Family Fellowship, St. Joseph Hill Academy, Staten Island, New York, 12 May1981

202. Conducted 8 lessons on Philosophy for Children to students of PS 53R in Staten Island, March 1980

203. Interviewed by Staten Island Advance regarding some of the moral implications of genetic engineering, 2 November 1980


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