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John Berkman

McDonald Centre Visiting Fellow
Regis-St. Michaels Faculty of Theology, University of Toronto & Ecclesiastical Faculty of Regis College
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John Berkman is Professor of Moral Theology at Regis-St. Michaels Faculty of Theology, University of Toronto, Professor Ordinarius in the Ecclesiastical Faculty of Regis College, and Associate Fellow in Moral Theology, Campion Hall, Oxford.  Before taking up his position in Toronto, he taught at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA.  He has been a visiting professor/scholar at Duke University, North Carolina, USA; Christ Church College, Oxford; Blackfriars Hall, Oxford; and Campion Hall Oxford.

John's research interests are in various topics in fundamental moral theology, healthcare ethics, questions of war and peace, animal ethics, and questions at the intersection of moral theology and moral philosophy.  Many of his publications can be found on his webpages at academia.edu and researchgate.net.

  • The Oxford Handbook for Theological Bioethics (forthcoming 2027)
  • Theological Ethology: A New Theological Vision for the Flourishing of All Creatures (forthcoming 2027)
  • Anscombe on Wittgenstein: Reminiscences of a Philosophical Friendship (Oxford: OUP, 2026).
  • "Adoption as a Spiritual Status and a Social Practice: Contextualizing the Catholic Practice of Prenatal and Postnatal Adoption" (Horn et al. eds. Human Embryo Adoption, Vol. 2, 2025).
  • "The Function of the Church in a Time of War: The Resolute Voices of Donald MacKinnon and Elizabeth Anscombe" (Studies in Christian Ethics, 2024).
  • "Euthanasia and Christian Tradition: a Critique of 'MAID'" (Faith Seeking Understanding: Medical Assistance in Dying, Anglican Church of Canada, 2024).
  • "Aquinas' Ethics Beyond Thomistic Virtue Ethics: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Spiritual Instinct, and Complete Human Perfection," (Nova et Vetera, 2023).
  • "Justice and Murder: The Background to Anscombe's 'Modern Moral Philosophy,' (Oxford Handbook of Elizabeth Anscombe, 2022).
  • "The Influence of Victor White and the Blackfriars Dominicans on a young Elizabeth Anscombe," (New Blackfriars, 2021).