Joseph G. Trabbic

Joseph G. Trabbic is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ave Maria University. His interests include Aquinas, continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and political philosophy. He has published on these topics in various scholarly journals. He is also a regular contributor to Thomistica, a site for the academic study of Aquinas.

May 2, 2018
Education & Culture, Politics & Law, The Human Person

May 2, 2018
Integralism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion

The Catholic Church, the State, and Liberalism

By Joseph G. Trabbic

According to previous papal teaching, a Catholic confessional state is the ideal, even if in most modern situations it’s not a practical possibility, and prudence would steer us away from it. That teaching continues to be normative for Catholics.

March 2, 2017
Education & Culture

March 2, 2017
Philosophy

In Defense of Plato’s Republic

By Joseph G. Trabbic

For Socrates, the city isn’t only an arbitrarily chosen device for illuminating the soul’s mysteries but an essential means for creating and sustaining justice and the other virtues in the soul.

February 9, 2017
Politics & Law, The Human Person

February 9, 2017
Foreign Affairs, Islam

Trumpism, Terrorism, and Thomism

By Joseph G. Trabbic

On Thomistic principles, Trump’s ban on Syrian refugees whose lives are in danger is not morally justifiable. Bans on other travelers and immigrants, however, are not as problematic.

August 22, 2016
Politics & Law, The Human Person

August 22, 2016
2016 Election, Islam, Politics

Banning Muslim Travel to the US? A Thomistic Perspective on Donald Trump’s Proposal

By Joseph G. Trabbic

Is there a moral obligation for the US not to enact Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim travel into the US?

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