Biography
Associate Professor; Chair, Religious Studies
BA (Catholic University of America); PhD (Toronto)
Dr. Koritansky was born in Chardon, Ohio, where most of his family members still reside. After attending the Catholic University of America (in Washington DC) as an undergraduate, he went on to the University of Toronto in 1996 to pursue a PhD in Philosophy. In December of 2001, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled "The Question of Punishment and the Contemporary Relevance of Thomas Aquinas". He taught at Malone College and Walsh University before coming to UPEI.
Recent Publications
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[Review of the book Politics for a pilgrim church: A Thomistic theory of civic virtue, by Thomas J. Bushlack]
- Theology, 2017
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Human nature, contemplation
- Catholic University of America Press, 2014
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Introduction: Recovering Maritain’s personalism amidst the challenge of modernity
- Human nature, contemplation and the political order: Essays inspired by Jacques Maritain’s scholasticism and politics, 2014
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Thomas Aquinas and the philosophy of punishment
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012, 2012
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Natural inclination as the basis for natural law
- Reading the cosmos: Nature, science, and wisdom, 2012
Research Classification
- no classification
Research Interests
- Medieval moral and political philosophy
- Catholic moral theology
- Biomedical ethics
- History of political thought
- Philosophical and theological attempts to provide a basis for punitive justice