The Undergraduate Faculty

John A. Cuddeback
Associate Professor
Chairman, Department of Philosophy

Where were you educated?
B.A., Christendom College
M.A., Catholic University of America, Philosophy
Ph.D., Catholic University of America, Philosophy

What classes do you teach?
Introduction to Philosophy
Logic
Philosophy of Human Nature
Metaphysics
History of Medieval Philosophy
History of Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
Ethics
Recent Philosophy
Philosophy of God
Society and the Common Good

What is your favorite class to teach?
Ethics and Philosophy of Human Nature

Where have you been published?
Friendship: the Art of Happiness. Greeley, CO: Epic Publishing, 2003.

"Law, Pinackaers, and the Definition of Ethics" in Nova et Vetera, English Edition, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2009): 301-26.

"Yves R. Simon on Willing the Common Good" in Maritain in America. Ed. Christopher Cullen, Washington D.C.: The Catholic University Press, 2009.

"A Free Culture: Living the Primacy of the For-Itself" in The Human Person and a Culture of Freedom. Ed. Peter Pagan, Washington D.C.: The Catholic University Press, 2009.

"Natural Law and the Moral Life," forthcoming in volume on the anthropological bases for the psychological sciences, edited by. Romanus Cessario, O.P., forthcoming.

"Truth and Friendship: The Importance of the Conversation of Friends," in Truth Matters. Ed. John G. Trapani. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004.

"Dating, as Christians," Single Catholics Online Magazine, Spring 2001.

"Thomas Aquinas's Notion of Law," in Liberty, Life & Family Vol.3.1, 1997.

"Are Natural Law and Moral Autonomy Compatible?" American Maritain Association, 1994.

"The Enduring Influence of Aristotle on Philosophy and Theology," in Veritas: A Journal of the Natural Law Study Center, Sept/Oct 1997.

Review of Friendship and the Moral Life, by Paul J. Wadell, appearing in The Review of Metaphysics, vol. XLVI, no. 4, June 1993.

Review of Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P., Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Person and His Work, trans. R. Royal (Washington, D.C.: The The Catholic University of America Press, 1996) in Faith and Reason XXVI, No. 1, Spring 2001.

Review of James F. Keenan, S.J., Goodness and Rightness in Thomas Aquinaas's Summa Theologicae (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press,1992) in The Thomist. Vol. 58, No. 2, 1994.

What kind of professional activities and associations are you active in?
Scholar, Anthropology Project, The Institute for Psychological Sciences
Lecturer and Formation Advisor, The Fellowshipe of Catholic University Students
Editorial Advisor, Faith and Reason
Visiting Scholar, Thomas Institut, Munich, Germany
Hanns Seidel Stiftung grant for doctoral research in Germany
Graduate Fellowship to The Adler Symposium at Aspen, The Aspen Institute
Dissertation Fellowship, The Catholic University of America
Board of Trustee's Scholarship, The Catholic University of America
Graduate Fellowship Special Award, The Catholic University of America
Pi Gammu Mu, the International Social Science Honor Society

Contact Information:
Dr. John A. Cuddeback
134 Christendom Dr.
Front Royal, VA 22630
(800) 877-5456 ext. 1332

Office Location: Madonna Hall #18

Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and 10:00-11:00 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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