PROFESSOR
Department of Philosophy
St. John Hall, Room B30-4
Queens Campus
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439
Phone: (718) 990-5435
Fax: (718) 990-1907
califanj@stjohns.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Ph.D., Philosophy, St. John’s University, 1968
- M.A., Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada, 1963
- B.S., Accounting/Economics/Finance, Fordham University,
1961
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Ethics: Social Justice and Modernization
- History of philosophy
- Social justice
- Medical ethics
- Energy ethics: the ethics of applied technology
- Contemporary Thomism
PROFILE
Joseph Califano has been a member of the Philosophy Department
since 1963. Dr. Califano has taught a variety of courses
across disciplines, including history, science, and economics. He
has published on such topics as “Integrity, Wealth, Poverty and
Peace” and “Technology and Violence in the 21st Century” in The
Journal of Contemporary Philosophy. He has given
presentations at national and international scholarly convocations
that have appeared in publications in Asia, Europe, and Latin
America. Dr. Califano has presented on “The Person, the
Energy Crisis and the Common Good” at the International Commission
on Energy Use Management, “The Use of Extraordinary Means in the
Treatment of Children” at the American Cancer Society, and “The
Credibility Crisis in the Teaching of Moral Philosophy in the 21st
Century” at the World Congress of Philosophy. He was a
co-founder of the American Maritain Association and has served as
its Chancellor for 2 years as well as in other executive
positions. Dr. Califano has received grants from the National
Science Foundation and the De Rance Foundation. Dr. Califano
was ordained to the order of the permanent diaconate in 2002.