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Cormac Nagle

Australia
Institution Mercy Health
Position Clinical Ethicist
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Email Address cnagle@franciscans.org.au
Prior Educational Background
  • Secondary Education: St Anthony’s College, Robertson, NSW
  • Tertiary Education: St Paschal’s College, Box Hill, Vic.
  • Post-graduate Education: Pontificium Antonianum (University of St Anthony), Rome.
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Catholic University of America, Washington DC, 1976-1977.
  • Studies in Bioethics Certificate, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1991-1992.
Research Interests
  • Biblical Ethics
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • Gender and Sexual Ethics
  • Law
  • LGBTQ Theologies
Past Events
  • Trent 2010
  • Padua 2006
Recent Publications
  • “A Natural Law Approach to Ethics and Morals,” in Chisholm Health Ethics Bulletin 12:4(2007)4-7.
  • “Freedom in the End of Life Context,” in Chisholm Health Ethics Bulletin, 13:4(2008)4-7.
  • "Giving Due Emphasis to the Human Person in Catholic Moral Teaching", in Australasian Catholic Record 90(2013:1)47-59.
  • "Public policy and morality", in Compass 38(2004:4)9-14.
  • "The Groundwork of the Catholic Ethical Vision," Cormac Nagle OFM, Catholic Health Australia Online Course, 2015.
  • "The Freedom of the Children of God", in Australian Catholic Record 93(2016:1)15- 30.
  • “The ‘for life’ Position of the Church," Cormac Nagle, in Code of Ethical Standards; Supplementary Papers. Catholic Health Australia, Canberra, 2016, 23 - 25.
  • "Ectopic Pregnancies: Some Moral Questions," Cormac Nagle, in Code of Ethical Standards; Supplementary Papers. Catholic Health Australia, Canberra, 2016, 32 - 34.
  • "Church Tradition, Authority, and Pastoral Decisions," Cormac Nagle OFM, in The Canonist 9(2018:2) 220-228.
  • "Beauty as a Formative Principle of Moral Living" Cormac Nagle OFM in T he Australasian Catholic Record , 96(2019:1)56-65.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • Teaching Experience: Secondary teacher at Padua College, Kedron, Q’ld, 1958-1959.