David Cloutier
Professor
Primary Field of Study: Moral Theology/Christian Ethics
Education
Ph.D. Duke University
Research and Training Interests
Catholic Social Thought, Economic Ethics, Fundamental Moral Theology
Selected Publications
“How Consumers and Firms Can Seek Good Goods,” In Business Ethics and Catholic Social Thought, ed. Daniel Finn (Georgetown University Press, 2021).
“Beyond the Law-Conscience Binary in Catholic Moral Thought” (with Robert Koerpel), Journal of Moral Theology 10, no. 2 (2021), 160-193.
“Beyond Judgmentalism and Non-Judgmentalism: A Theological Approach to Public Discourse About Social Sins,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 39, no. 2 (2019), 269-285.
The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2015).
Walking God’s Earth: The Environment and Catholic Faith (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2014).
Biography
David Cloutier (B.A., Carleton; Ph.D. Duke) is Professor of Moral Theology with a concurrent appointment in the Business, Ethics, and Society program of the Mendoza College of Business. He is the author of a number of books, including the award-winning The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age (Georgetown UP) and Walking God’s Earth: The Environment and Catholic Theology (Liturgical Press). He has written for Commonweal, America, and writes a quarterly column on Catholic social ethics and everyday life for US Catholic. His current writing project aims at articulating more fully a Catholic social imaginary for contemporary society, beyond partisan divisions. He is married to Melissa Moschella, a philosopher in the McGrath Institute. He runs, sings in church choirs, follows baseball, and served for 8 years as Board President of the Common Market, a large consumer food co-operative in Frederick, MD.
Contact
432 Malloy
(574) 631-4118
dcloutie@nd.edu