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Theology \ Faculty \
Charles C. Camosy
Assistant Professor
Duane Library 139
(718) 817-3207
camosy@fordham.edu
Research Interests:
Bioethics, Healthcare and Clinical Ethics, Moral Anthropology, Catholic Social Teaching, Distributive Justice, Biotechnology and the Philosophy of Biology, Intersection of Christian and Secular Ethics (especially Peter Singer), Intellectual Solidarity
Dr. Camosy’s early work has focused especially on medical and clinical ethics with regard to stem cell research and, the focus of his first book, treatment of critically ill newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit. His second book uses intellectual solidarity in an attempt to begin a sustained and fruitful conversation between Peter Singer and Christian ethics. His current book project tries to bridge the gap between liberals and conservatives by re-imaging the ‘Consistent Ethic of Life’ for issues of the 21st Century.
Background:
Dr. Camosy is interested in fostering intellectual solidarity between binary groups which typically or sometimes find conversation difficult. The Roman Catholic moral traditions from which his work flows are a powerful wedge for breaking these often polarized impasses because, often with one foot planted firmly in either camp, they can light the way toward finding common ground useful for beginning fruitful interaction. In particular, a Roman Catholic moral anthropology balances the dignity of the human person in its individual and social aspects—and can therefore serve as a bridge between ‘moral status conservatives’ and ‘social justice liberals.’
He currently serves on the ethics committee of the Children’s Hospital of New York and on the advisory boards of New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good and of New Wine, New Wineskins. Dr. Camosy also convenes the bioethics section for the Catholic Theological Society of America and the ethics section for the College Theology Society.
Publications:
Too Expensive to Treat?—Finitude, Tragedy, and the Neonatal ICU (Eerdmans, 2010)
• Awarded: Second place in the ‘Social Issues’ category by the Catholic Press Association (2011)
Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
‘Toward a Magenta Bioethics Discourse: Bart Stupak and Health Care Reform’ American Journal of Bioethics (December 2011)
‘La périnatalité au regard de la qualité de vie et des considérations économiques,’ in Marie-Jo Theil (ed.) Quand la vie naissante se termine (Strasbourg Université Press, 2010)
‘No Need for Embryos?—How Recent Discoveries About Amniotic Fluid Have Dramatically Changed the Stem Cell Debate’ Journal of the Catholic Health Association (March/April 2008)
Faculty Fellowship, Spring 2012
Curriculum Vitae
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