Matthew R. Petrusek 
Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Education in Theological Studies | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Biography
Dr. Petrusek’s interests and specializations include meta ethics, the intersection of philosophical and theological ethics, Christian ethics, ethics and political theory, natural law, virtue theory, distributive justice, and human dignity. He has published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, the Journal of Moral Philosophy, and Philosophy and Theology, and has served as an on-air analyst for Noticias MundoFox and CNN Español.
Education (3)
University of Chicago Divinity School: Ph.D., Religion and Ethics 2013
Yale University: M.A., Religious Ethics 2005
Washington and Lee University: B.A., Medieval and Ren. Studies 2002
Areas of Expertise (10)
Meta Ethics
Philosophical and Theological Ethics
Christian Ethics
Ethics and Political Theory
Natural Law
Virtue Theory
Human Rights
Distributive Justice
Domestic and International Poverty
Globallization
Industry Expertise (3)
Religious Institutions
Research
Education/Learning
Languages (2)
- English
- Spanish
Articles (4)
The Image of God and Moral Action: Challenging the Practicality of the Imago Dei
Studies in Christian Ethics2017
Making the Fundamental Option Fully Free: How Human Capabilities Help Clarify Karl Rahner’s Conception of Justice
Philosophy and Theology2017
Human Capacities and the Problem of Universally Equal Dignity: Two Philosophical Test Cases and a Theistic Response
Journal of Moral Theology2016
The Relevance of Karl Rahner’s View of Dignity for the Catholic Social Thought Tradition
Philosophy and Theology2015
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