John Aloysius Mahoney (14 January 1931 – 23 October 2024) was a Scottish

Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

, moral theologian, and academic, specialising in

applied ethics Applied ethics is the practical aspect of morality, moral considerations. It is ethics with respect to real-world actions and their moral considerations in private and public life, the professions, health, technology, law, and leadership. For ex ...

and

business ethics Business ethics (also known as corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics, that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business c ...

. Mahoney was

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Heythrop College, London Heythrop College, University of London, was a constituent college of the University of London between 1971 and 2018, last located in Kensington Square, London. It comprised the university's specialist faculties of philosophy and theology with so ...

from 1976 to 1981, F. D. Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology at

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from 1986 to 1993, and Dixons Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at the

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from 1993 to 1998. He was also Gresham Professor of Commerce between 1988 and 1993. Mahoney died in

Boscombe Boscombe () is a suburb in Bournemouth England. Historically in Hampshire, but today in Dorset, it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne. Originally a sparsely inhabited area of heathland, from around 1865 ...

on 23 October 2024, at the age of 93.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahoney, Jack 1931 births 2024 deaths Scottish Jesuits Scottish ethicists Academics of Heythrop College Academics of King's College London Academics of London Business School Academics of Gresham College Scottish Roman Catholic theologians 20th-century Scottish theologians 21st-century Scottish theologians Roman Catholic moral theologians Jesuit theologians