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Joseph Shaw | |
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| Born | Alexander Joseph Ranald Shaw 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Nationality | British |
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| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Authority and Obligation (2000) |
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| Discipline | Philosophy |
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| School or tradition | Traditionalist Catholicism |
| Institutions | St Benet's Hall,Oxford |
| Website | casuistrycentral |
Alexander Joseph Ranald Shaw FRSA (born 1971) is a British philosopher. He serves as chairman of the Latin Mass Society,an organisation devoted to propagation of the Catholic Church's Tridentine Mass,and as president of Una Voce .
Shaw is the son of the late Thomas Shaw,3rd Baron Craigmyle and Anthea Craigmyle (née Rich). He was educated at Ampleforth College and the University of Oxford.
He was a tutorial fellow in philosophy at St Benet's Hall,Oxford, [1] until its closure in September 2022. His main areas of interest are practical ethics,the philosophy of religion and medieval philosophy. [2] In 2015,he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. [3] A traditionalist Catholic,Shaw was a signatory of the 2017 "filial correction" Correctio filialis de haeresibus propagatis ,which ascribed heretical content to Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia . Shaw was also an early critic of Pope Francis’s motu proprio Traditionis custodes ,which abrogated permissions for celebration of the Tridentine Mass. [4]
