Originally from the North of Ireland, he completed his PhD in 1993 on the ‘Philosophy of Love and Friendship’ and since then has taught at a number of institutions including University of Ghana, Melbourne University, Deakin University, Swinburne University, Edith Cowan University and the University of Notre Dame Australia. His major research interests are in Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy and Ancient Philosophy. Professor Mooney has recently published Understanding Teaching and Learning (St Andrew’s Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs), and Aquinas, Education and the East (Springer) is forthcoming.