Faculty Directory
Daniel J. Daly
Associate Professor of Moral Theology
Executive Director, Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic Health
Daniel J. Daly
Ph.D.
Contact
Simboli Hall 327
Telephone: 617-552-2285
Email: daniel.daly.3@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Saint Anselm College
- M.A., Boston College
- Ph.D., Boston College
Research Interests
Virtue Ethics; Issues in Contemporary Clinical Medical Ethics; Social Structures and Moral Agency
Expertise
- Moral Theology and Christian Ethics
- Medical Ethics
Profile
Daniel J. Daly is Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Clough School of Theology and Ministry and the founding Executive Director of the Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic Health. The Center is sponsored by the Catholic Health Association and provides theological and ethical guidance to Catholic healthcare. He is the co-host of the podcast Ethics on Call.
Dr. Daly earned his Ph.D. in Theological Ethics at Boston College in 2008. Before joining the CSTM he was Associate Professor of Theology at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. He served as the Theology department chair for five of his thirteen years at Saint Anselm.
His academic work focuses on healthcare ethics, virtue ethics, and the ethics of social structures.
His monograph, The Structures of Virtue and Vice, was published in 2021 by Georgetown University and Press and was awarded First Place in the Theological and Philosophical Studies category by the Catholic Media Association in July of 2022.
Although his role as Executive Director is his full-time position, he continues to teach one course a semester at the CSTM.