Joseph M. Boyle
Joseph M. Boyle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 |
| Died | 2016 |
| Spouse | Barbara Dean |
| Children | Marion, Thomas, MaryAnne |
| Education | |
| Thesis | The Argument from Self-Referential Consistency: The Current Discussion (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Germain Grisez |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Toronto, College of St. Thomas, Aquinas College (Michigan), St. Fidelis College |
| Main interests | ethics |
| Notable ideas | new natural law theory[1] |
Joseph M. Boyle (1942 – 2016) was an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is known for his works on ethics. Boyle is a former president of the American Catholic Philosophical Association.[2][3][4][5]
Books
- Free Choice: A Self-Referential Argument, with Olaf Tollefsen and Germain Grisez, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979
- Nuclear Deterrence, Morality, and Realism, with John Finnis and Germain Grisez, Oxford: Oxford University, 1987
- Catholic Sexual Ethics: A Summary, Defense, and Explanation, with Ronald David Lawler and William E. May, Huntington, Ind.: Our Sunday Visitor, 1984; updated 1996; 2nd ed. 1998
- Life and Death with Liberty and Justice: A Contribution to the Euthanasia Debate, with Germain Grisez, Notre Dame; University of Notre Dame, 1979
References
- ^ "New Natural Law Theory". Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American Constitutionalism.
- ^ "Joseph Boyle". The Way of the Lord Jesus.
- ^ "REVIEW ARTICLE: Free Choice: A Self-Referential Argument by J. M. Boyle, Jr., G. Grisez, and O. Tollefsen". Review of Metaphysics.
- ^ Bradley, Gerard (1 January 1989). "Forum Juridicum: Church Autonomy in the Constitutional Order - The End of Church and State?". Journal Articles.
- ^ Kremer, Elmar J.; Tollefsen, Christopher (2017). "Joseph M. Boyle, Jr., 1942–2016". Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association. 91: 232–234. ISSN 0065-972X.