Dr. Laurence Reardon
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Government and Political Philosophy
- The Catholic University of America, Ph.D., Political Theory
- The Catholic University of America, M.A., Political Theory
- John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family,
- Master of Theological Studies
- University College Dublin (Ireland), B.S., Computer Science
- Government and Political Philosophy
- “The Parental State: Individualism, Collectivism and Authority in Rousseau” – 37th Annual Meeting of Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA,
November 17, 2005 - “Rousseau’s Theory of the Family” – Politics and Lunch Series,
The Catholic University of America, Department of Politics, March 30, 2005
(Panelist) Liberty Fund Conference “Liberty and Culture in Irving Babbitt”, Indianapolis, IN, February 21-24, 2008 - “The Intellectual Origins of the Parental State” at Academy of Philosophy and Letters Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD May 31, 2009
- “Taxes and the Common Good” as part of panel discussion on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, for Constitution Day, Belmont Abbey College, September 17, 2010
- “The Fight against Illness and the Rights of the Unborn: Some Background” at Crusaders for Life Panel Discussion, Belmont Abbey College, February 7, 2012
- “Collision Course? The Traditional Family and the 21st –Century State” Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Conference, Uniondale, Long Island, NY, October 27, 2012
- “The Little Platoons vs. The State: Edmund Burke and the Catholic Response to Mass Society”
Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Conference, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, October 25, 2013 - “New Christendom or New Secularization? : Jacques Maritain’s Vision of Western Democracy Revisited”, Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Conference, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, October 24, 2014
- “The United States of Europe? The Complex Past and Uncertain Future of the European Union,” Belmont Abbey College Faculty Lecture Series, February 25, 2015
(upcoming) “Beyond Tolerance?: Implications and Lessons of the Irish Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Referendum,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Conference, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, October 24, 2015
Publications Articles:
- “The Ethics of Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research: A Review” The Linacre Quarterly (Journal of the Catholic Medical Association), vol.66, no.3 (August 1999), p.21-34
- “Inequality” in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-2013: Ethics and Philosophy, Vol. 2. (2013)
- “Tolerance” in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-2013: Ethics and Philosophy, Vol. 4. (2013)
- Book: (upcoming) The State as Parent: Locke, Rousseau and the Transformation of the Family – University of Scranton Press.
- Reading, writing, and some conversational competency in French, Spanish, Irish.
- Honors/Scholarships:
- Earhart Foundation: Fellowship Research Grant, February 2008
- Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society: Kohler Fellowship Grant, June 2007
- The Catholic University of America:
- Defended dissertation (with distinction), November 2006
- Full Tuition Scholarship M.A./Ph.D. Program, 1998
- John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family:
- Graduated (Summa Cum Laude), May 1998
- McGivney Scholarship (partial), 1997