Member Profiles
Richard Feist
Associate Professor, Saint Paul University
Education
Ph.D., Philosophy of Science, University of Western Ontario (1999)
M.A., Philosophy, University of Ottawa (1993)
B.A., Philosophy, University of Ottawa (1991)
B.Ed., Physical Sciences, University of Alberta (1988)
AMA Presentations
(2024) “Aquinas, Maritain, and the Ongoing Role of Conscience in Just War Ethics.”
Publications
Edited Books
(2016) Essays on Religious and Political Experience, with C. Beauvais and R. Shukla. Peters Publications.
(2010) Technology and the Changing Face of Humanity, with W. Sweet. University of Ottawa Press.
Academic Articles
(2019) “Voices and the Bicameral Mind: Thoughts on Philip K Dick and Julian Jaynes,” in Philip K. Dick, Here and Now, ed. David Sanders. Open Court Press.
(2018) “Thinking about Touch,” in Touch in the Helping Professions: Clinical, Research, Practice and Ethical Issues, eds. M. Rovers, J. Malette, M. Guirguis-Younger. University of Ottawa.
(2017) “McTaggart’s Metaphysics and Epistemology,” Maritain Studies 27: 19-37.
(2016) “Victory—A Vacuous Concept?” in Advancing Non-Violence and Social Transformation, ed. Heather Eaton. Equinox Publishing.
(2016) “Science, Something and Nothing: Some Remarks Concerning Whitehead on Religious Experience,” in Essays on Religious Experience, eds. Richard Feist and R. Shukla. Peters Publications.
(2015) “Thinking Intervention: From Westphalian Non-Intervention to Military Humanitarian Intervention,” Philosophy, Culture and Tradition 9: 23-40.
(2015) “The Indecisive Nature of War: Some Reflections on the Concept ‘Victory,’” in The Moral Psychology of Terrorism: Implications for Security, eds. Jalil Roshandel and Nathan Lean. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
(2011) “Back to the Cave: Personal Ethics and Public Moralizing,” in Responsibility Personal and Social: Foundations for Life in a Golden Age, ed. Hu Yeping. Council for Research and Values in Philosophy.
(2011) “Musing on Music,” in Vintage Enthusiams: Essays in Honour John L. Bell, eds. D. Devidi, M. Hallett, and Peter J. Clark. Springer.
(2011) “PKD: Just Who and How Many Do You Think You Are?” in Philip K. Dick and Philosophy. Open Court Press.
(2010) “Police Brutality and Human Rights: A Dialogue,” with Gregory Walters, Science et Esprit 62 (2-3): 373-94.
(2010) “The Changing Faces of War and Humanity,” in Technology and the Changing Face of Humanity, eds. Richard Feist, C. Beauvais, and R. Shukla. University of Ottawa Press.
(2007) “Matter: From Evil to Subjectivity,” Maritain Studies 22: 44-55.
(2007) “War and Early Modern Philosophy: Montaigne’s Reactions to France’s Religious Wars,” Journal for Philosophical Practice: 10-25.
(2006) “Aquinas and War,” Maritain Studies 22: 55-67.