SCHOLAR DETAILS
Name
Peter Koritansky
Email
pkoritansky@upei.ca
Position
Faculty Member
Department(s)
Religious Studies
Philosophy
Phone
902-566-0978
Building
SDU Main Building 512
Status
Current
Biography
Professor
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 Citations
Theology,
2017
Human nature, contemplation and the political order: Essays inspired by Jacques Maritain's scholasticism and politics,
2014
Catholic University of America Press,
2014
Reading the cosmos: Nature, science, and wisdom,
2012
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012,
2012
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