Joseph Rice , Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology
Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology
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Joseph Rice, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology
Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology
Biography
Joseph P. Rice, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology, earned his Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. He also holds degrees from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (Rome) and the University of Notre Dame. Prior to earning his doctorate, he was Assistant to the President of Anáhuac University (Mexico City). A classically-trained specialist in the philosophical thought of Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), Dr. Rice’s primary interests lie in investigating questions of intersubjectivity, conditions for authentic participation in community, the ethics of marriage and family and the experience of conscience as related to self-constitution. He has presented and published internationally on the ethics of globalization, questions of faith and reason, issues in intersubjectivity and a personalist account of phenomenological self-constitution. He has held research fellowships from the Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Dr. Robert R. Banville Foundation and the Earhart Foundation and has served on the editorial staff of The Review of Metaphysics and Sacerdos. His classes include History of Philosophy III, Philosophy of Being, Philosophical Ethics and Theory of Knowledge.
Area of Specialization: Philosophical Theology
Professional Interests: Freedom of Conscience; Philosophy; Pope Saint John Paul II; Ethics, Faith and Reason; Totalitarianism; Human Ecology; Marriage and Family; Globalization
Education
- PhD, The Catholic University of America, 2007.
Major: Philosophy
Dissertation Title: "Karol Wojtyła on Acting 'Together with Others'"
Publications
Book
- Rice, J. P. (2021). The Non-Exchangeable Man: Economic Renewal Following the Mind of Pope John Paul II. Polish Economic Institute.
Journal Article
- Rice, J. P. (2020). Not Merely as a Means, Nor Merely as an End: Wojtyla's Reformulation of the Categorical Imperative and the Human Aperture to Hope.". Philoosphical News, New Series(17), 149–177.
- Rice, J. P. (2020). Conscience, Consciousness, and the Person: Karol Wojtyla's 'Trans-Phenomenological Approach to Subjectivity, Intersubjectivity, and Participation.". Philosophical News, New Series(16), 165–176.
Presentations
Oral Presentation
- Rice, J. P., “That All May Be One”: Catholic Models of Inclusion by the Light of the Love of God, "Catholic Models of an Inclusive Economy," Seton Hall University, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, United States. (April 15, 2021).
Other
- Rice, J., The 18th Annual Fall Conference: Through Every Human Heart, "The Common Good of a Common Home: Ecology and the Family in Recent Papal Teaching," Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States. (November 10, 2017).
Paper
- Rice, J., 21st Annual Fall Conference, “I Have Called You by Name”: Human Dignity in a Secular World, "“From Homo Curans to Homo Curator: The Dignity Formula of John 13 at the Foundation of a Post-Pandemic Economy”," de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Notre Dame, IN, United States. (November 13, 2021).
- Rice, J. P., Homo Curator: The Ethics of Consumption, "A Deeper Humanity: The Family as the School of an Inclusive Economy," Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, England. (April 21, 2021).
Notable Courses Taught
- PLTL 2218: Philosophy of Being
PLTL 2241: Philosophical Ethics
PLTL 2243: Theory of Knowledge
PLTL 3214: Philosophy of Person
THEO 2515/CAST 3010: The Teachings of John Paul II
CAST 1001: Search for Human Fulfillment
CAST 3024/CORE 3764: Literature of Catholic Conversion