Ga毛lle Fiasse
Associate Professor;
Joint appointment with The School of Religious Studies
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University of Louvain (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve), Belgium
PhD, Philosophy, 2002 (summa cum laude)
MA, Philosophy, 1998
BA, Classical Philology, 1998
BA, Philosophy, 1995
Fulbright fellow, CUA (Washington, D.C.), 2001-2002
In terms of the history of philosophy and ethics, Prof. Fiasse is a specialist in Aristotle and Paul Ric艙ur. She is one of the Canadian correspondents for the .
In the department of philosophy, she teaches ancient philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Stoicism) and contemporary European philosophy (Paul Ric艙ur, Hannah Arendt, Vladimir Jank茅l茅vitch, Jacques Derrida). In religious studies, she is responsible for the program in bioethics and she also uses her philosophical approach to study personal relationships in Christianity (Augustine, Aquinas, Kierkegaard, Martin Luther King) and Christian mysticism.
Her major research, as well as her different publications and collaborations, concentrates on the interpersonal relationship as a core element in the foundation of morality. This particular approach to ethics focuses on the relationship with another person as playing a central role for the will and for the development of meanings and values. The themes that she examines are friendship, otherness, justice, forgiveness (FQRSC 2008-2011), and fragility (SSHRC 2009-2013), just distance in relationships, spiritual and sexual abuses (2024/2025).
After her book on love and fragility Amour et Fragilit茅. Regards philosophiques au c艙ur de l'humain, she wrote a book on spiritual and sexual abuses of adults听 that will come out in French in March 2025.
Ancient Philosophy (Ethics and Metaphysics)
Contemporary Ethics (Paul Ricoeur)
Theological Ethics and Christian Spirituality (School of Religious Studies)
Books
, Qu茅bec, Presses Universitaires de Laval,听 2015; Paris, Hermann, 2016.
, ed. Ga毛lle Fiasse.Paris: Presses Universitaires de France (D茅bats philosophiques), 2008.听[Articles from 听Jeffrey Andrew Barash, Jean Grondin, Johann Michel, Alain Thomasset, Ga毛lle Fiasse, Richard Kearney].
Translated in Spanish:听Paul Ric艙ur. Del hombre falible al hombre capaz, Buenos Aires: Nueva vision, 2009.
L'autre et l'amiti茅 chez Aristote et Paul Ric艙ur. Analyses 茅thiques et ontologiques, Louvain: Peeters, 脡ditions de l'Institut sup茅rieur de Philosophie (Biblioth猫que philosophique de Louvain, 69), 2006.
Articles
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鈥淩ic艙ur鈥�, in Encyclopedia of Phenomenology, directed by Nicolas de Warren and Ted Toadvine (Springer), 2025, 9 pages. (first published online in December 2024)
鈥淐hapter 18: Ethics and Ontology in French Hermeneutics: The Case of Ric艙ur鈥�, in The Oxford Handbook for French Philosophy, dir. by D. Whistler and M. Sinclair, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2024, 284-299.
鈥淟'incognito du pardon 脿 soi-m锚me chez Ric艙ur鈥�, in Le pardon dans tous ses 茅tats, directed by Lorraine Angeneau, Guilhem Causse, Paris, 脡ditions Facult茅s j茅suites de Paris, 2024, 121-132.
Felix Pageau, Ga毛lle Fiasse, Lennart Nordenfelt, Emilian Mihailov, 鈥淐are of the Older Person and the Value of Human Dignity鈥�, in Bioethics (2023), 1-8.
鈥�Analyse philosophique du dialogue existentiel et du respect de la diff茅rence 脿 partir des r茅flexions de Pierre Claverie et Christian de Cherg茅鈥�, in Laval th茅ologique et philosophique 71, 1 (f茅vrier 2021): 45-60. (Published May 16, 2022)
"Passions, Imagination, and Ethical Consideration of the Other鈥�, in Paul Ric艙ur and the Lived Body, ed. by Roger. W.H. Savage, Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020, 17-41.
鈥淎ristote : la d茅couverte de l'ami, du bien et de l'alt茅rit茅鈥�, in La naissance d'autrui. De l'Antiquit茅 脿 la Renaissance, dir. by J茅r么me Lagouan猫re, Paris: Garnier (Classiques Garnier), 2019, 63-96.
鈥淟a conception 茅thique et politique du mal chez Paul Ric艙ur. Cons茅quences pratiques 脿 l'aune du contexte contemporain鈥�, Science et Esprit 70/3 (2018), 363-379.
鈥淔orgiveness in Ric艙ur鈥�, in Phenomenology and Forgiveness, ed. by Marguerite La Caze, London: Rowman and Littlefield International, 2018, 85-101.
鈥淟'acte d'aimer: tensions entre la capacit茅, la passivit茅 et l'activit茅鈥�, in Vuln茅rabilit茅 et Empathie. Approches ph茅nom茅nologiques de la relation, dir. by E. Boublil, Paris: Hermann, 2018, 117-139.
鈥淩especter la fragilit茅 du patient: d茅fis et enjeux. R茅flexions sur la souffrance comme non-devoir-锚tre鈥�,听Les Cahiers francophones de soins palliatifs 17/2 (2017), 20-25.
Affleck, W., Fiasse, G., Macdonald M.E., 鈥淣arrative, Trauma, and Self-Interpretation鈥�,听Narrative Inquiry 26/1 (2016), 108-129.听
鈥淟'amiti茅. Vouloir le bien de l'autre, et r茅ciproquement鈥�, in听Philo & Cie, 2014, 17-19.
鈥淩ic艙ur's Hermeneutics of the Self. On the In-Between of the Involuntary and the Voluntary, and Narrative Identity, 鈥澨�Philosophy Today 58 (2014), 39-51.
鈥淗. Jonas.听L'impact du dix-septi猫me si猫cle: la signification de la r茅volution scientifique et technologique,鈥� in H. Jonas,听Essais philosophiques. Du credo ancien 脿 l'homme technologique, 茅d. par D. Bazin et O. Depr茅, Paris: Vrin, 2013, 75-117.
鈥淟'amiti茅 et la fragilit茅 chez Aristote et Thomas d'Aquin,鈥� in听J茅rusalem, Ath猫nes et Rome.听Liber amicorum X. Dijon, ed. by J. Fierens, Bruxelles: Bruylant, 2012, 109-129.
鈥淩evisiting Jank茅l茅vitch's Dichotomy between Excusing the Ignorant and Forgiving the Wicked,鈥澨�Philosophy Today 56/1 (2012), 3-15.
鈥淩ic艙ur's Medical Ethics: the Encounter between the Physician and the Patient,鈥� in听Reconceiving Medical Ethics, ed. by C. Cowley, New York: Continuum Press, 2012, 30-42.
鈥淭he Golden Rule and Forgiveness.鈥� In听A Passion for the Possible. Thinking with Paul Ric艙ur, ed. Brian Treanor and Henry Venema, Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy, New York: Fordham University Press, 2010, 77-89.
鈥淔orgiveness and the Refusal of Injustice,鈥澨�Proceedings of the ACPA听82 (2008), 39-48.
鈥淒roit naturel, finalit茅, nature et esclavage chez Aristote,鈥� in听Droit naturel. Relancer l'histoire?, sous la dir. de L-L Christians, F. Coppens, X. Dijon, P. Favraux, G. Fiasse, J.-M. Longneaux et M. Ruol, Brussels: Bruylant, 2008, 133-154.
鈥淟a听phron猫sis听dans l'茅thique de Paul Ric艙ur,鈥� in听Le jugement pratique. Autour de la notion de phron猫sis. Sous la direction de D. Lories et L. Rizzerio, Paris: J. Vrin (Biblioth猫que d'histoire de la philosophie), 2008, 349-360.
鈥淎ristote. Physique,鈥� in听Philosophie de la substance.听Ousia听dans la philosophie grecque des origines 脿 Aristote. Travaux du Centre d'茅tudes aristot茅liciennes de l'Universit茅 de Li猫ge, ed. A. Motte et P. Somville, avec la collaboration de M.-A. Gavray, A. Lefka et D. Seron, Louvain: Peeters (Aristote. Traductions et 茅tudes), 2008, 209-228.
鈥淧aul Ric艙ur et le pardon comme au-del脿 de l鈥檃ction,鈥澨�Laval th茅ologique et philosophique, 63/2 (2007): 363-376.
鈥淟e tragique de l'action. Ricoeur et Antigone,鈥� in:听Le projet d'Antigone.听Parcours vers la mort d'une fille d'Oedipe, ed. Louise Grenier, Montr茅al: Liber, 2005, 139-153.
鈥淎ristote. 脡thiques,鈥� in:听Philosophie de la forme. Eidos, Id猫a, Morph猫 dans la philosophie grecque, des origines 脿 Aristote, ed. Andr茅 Motte, Louvain: Peeters (Aristote. Traductions et 茅tudes), 2004, 508-537.
鈥淟es fondements de la philanthropie dans le sto茂cisme imp茅rial, deux cas concrets : l鈥檈sclavage et la gladiature, 鈥澨�Les 脡tudes Philosophiques听4/2002: 527-547.
鈥淎ristotle's phronesis: A True Grasp of Ends as Well as Means?,鈥澨齌he Review of Metaphysics听55 (2001): 323-337.
鈥淧aul Ricoeur, lecteur d'Aristote,鈥� in听脡thique 脿 Nicomaque VIII-IX, ed. Guy Samama, Paris: Ellipses, 2001, 185-189.
鈥淟a probl茅matique de l'amour-茅ros dans le sto茂cisme: confrontation de fragments, paradoxes et interpr茅tations,鈥澨�Revue Philosophique de Louvain,听97 (1999): 459-482.
Book reviews
Review of Love and Christian Ethics. Tradition, Theory, and Society. Edited by Frederick V. Simmons with Brian C. Sorrells. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2016, p. 400, in Touchstone. A Journal of Mere Christianity 31.4 (2018). (Invited Book Review).
鈥淎n encounter with Charles L. Griswold, Forgiveness. A philosophical exploration. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007, 268 pages, 鈥� in听PhaenEx.听Journal of existential and phenomenological theory and culture 3/2: 2008, 195-208. (Invited Book Review).