Dr Patrick Riordan SJ
Political Philosophy
Email: p.riordan@heythrop.ac.uk
My graduate studies in philosophy were in Munich and Innsbruck. I was awarded the doctorate in philosophy by the University of Innsbruck in 1985 for a thesis entitled The Senses of Justice: A Critical Reconstruction of Justice-Talk in Practical Discourse. My M.A. studies had been at the Hochschule für Philosophie, Munich, where I submitted a Masters Thesis in 1981 entitled Das Entstehen des Geistes. Karl Rahner’s Theorie der Selbstüberbietung.
Sabbatical leave
In the Michaelmas term 2010/11 I will be on sabbatical leave, at Loyola University Chicago.
I teach the following courses:
Undergraduate:
‘PH103 Introduction to Value’: I teach the section on Political Issues for first year BA students
‘PH307 Political Philosophy’, and ‘Marx and Marxism’ to BA students
Graduate:
Together with Dr Anna Abram I lecture on ‘Ethical Issues Today’ for MA students taking the MA in Contemporary Ethics, and other degrees.
For those taking the MA in Philosophy I lecture on ‘Political Philosophy’
My research interests are:
Religion and politcs
The common good
Philosophical issues connected with punishment
The philosophy of justice
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS since January 2008
Monograph:
A Grammar of the Common Good: Speaking of Globalization. London: Continuum, 2008.
Edited books or journals:
Words in Action: In Ten Thousand Places, edited with ‘Introduction.’ The Institute Series 12. London: Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life, 2009.
Words in Action: Finding the Right Words, edited by with ‘Introduction.’ The Institute Series 11. London: Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life, 2008.
Words in Action: Speaking in Our Own Words, edited with ‘Introduction.’ The Institute Series 10. London: Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life, 2008.
Chapter in edited collection:
‘Human Happiness as a Common Good: Clarifying the Issues’, in The Practices of Happiness. Political Economy, Religion and Wellbeing. Edited by John Atherton, Elaine Graham and Ian Steedman, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 207-215.
‘Condemning Greed? Catholic Perspectives’, in Greed. Edited by Alexis Brassey and Stephen Barber, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, pp. 123-142.
‘Doing Business for the Common Good? Lessons from the Credit Crisis’, in Ethics in Economic Life: Challenges to a Globalizing World. Edited by Ivo de Gennaro, Josef Quitterer, Christian Smekal, Barbara Tasser, Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press, 2009, pp. 101-113.
‘Ethics Making Sense’ in An Irish Reader in Moral Theology. The Legacy of the Last Fifty Years. Vol. I: Foundations. Edited by Enda McDonagh and Vincent MacNamara, Dublin: Columba Press, 2009, pp. 277-284, originally published in Studies 91 (2002) 7-14.
‘Talk and Terror: the Value of Just-War Arguments in the Context of Terror’, in: Israel, Palestine and Terror. Edited by Stephen Law, London: Continuum, 2008, pp. 163-174.
‘Five Ways of Relating Religion and Politics or Living in Two Worlds, Believer and Citizen’ in The New Visibility of Religion. Studies in Religion and Cultural Hermeneutics. Edited by Graham Ward and Michael Hoelzl, London: Continuum Press, 2008, pp. 30-44.
‘Characteristics of Christian Ethics. A Catholic Perspective’, in A Catholic Shi’a Dialogue: Ethics in Today’s Society. Edited by Anthony O’Mahony, Timothy Wright and Mohammad Ali Shomali, London: Melisende, 2008, pp. 69-83.
Journal Articles:
‘Natural Law Revivals: A Review of Recent Literature’ in The Heythrop Journal 51 (2010) 314-323.
‘Paul, Citizen of Tarsus, Political Actor’, in Pavol z Tarzu. Jeho Odkaz vo Filozofii, Spiritualite a Umení. Edited by Šimon Marinák, Orientalia et Occidentalia Vol. 5, Košice, Slovakia: Centrum spirituality Východ, 2009, 31-46.
‘Religious Experience in Lonergan’s System’ in Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie 131 (2009) 441-457.
‘Europe’s Common Good: The Contribution of the Catholic Church’, in Religion: Problem or Promise? The Role of Religion in the Integration of Europe. Edited by Šimon Marinák, Orientalia et Occidentalia Vol.4, Košice, Slovakia: Centrum spirituality Východ, 2009, 279-294.
‘At a Loss for Words’ in Words in Action: Finding the Right Words. The Institute Series 11. London: Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life, 2008, 31-43.
Book Reviews:
Religion in Public Life. Must Faith be Privatized? By Roger Trigg. Pp. 262, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. The Heythrop Journal 51:4 (2010) July, 687-689
Transforming Conflict through Insight. By Kenneth R. Melchin and Cheryl A. Picard. Pp. 156, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2008.
Love and Objectivity in Virtue Ethics. Aristotle, Lonergan, and Nussbaum on Emotions and Moral Insight. By Robert J. Fitterer. Pp. 133, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2008.
The Relevance of Bernard Lonergan’s Notion of Self-Appropriation to a Mystical-Political Theology. By Ian B. Bell. Pp. 221, New York, Peter Lang, 2008.
The Subjective Dimension of Human Work. The Conversion of the Acting Person According to Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and Bernard Lonergan. By Deborah Savage. Pp. xiii + 290, New York, Peter Lang, 2008. The Heythrop Journal 51 (2010) 356-359.
Lonergan’s Quest: A Study of Desire in the Authoring of Insight. By William A. Mathews, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. The Heythrop Journal.
Martin Buber’s Journey to Presence. By Phil Huston, New York: Fordham University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv + 258. The Heythrop Journal 50, 1061-2.
Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations. Edited by Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M. et al. Washington DC, Georgetown University Press, 2005.
An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought. By Michael P. Hornsby-Smith. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Catholic Social Teaching and the Market Economy. Edited by Philip Booth. London, The Institute of Economic Affairs, 2007, The Heythrop Journal 49, 494-498.