Michael Shute

Michael R. Shute (21 September 1951 - 3 January 2020 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a Canadian scholar and Professor of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He was known for his research on the works of Bernard Lonergan^{[1][2][3][4][5]} and moral decision-making.^[6] Shute was a co-editor of Journal of Macrodynamic Analysis.^[7]

Michael Shute
Born	(1951-09-21)21 September 1951
Died	January 3, 2020(2020-01-03) (aged 68) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nationality	Canadian
Academic background
Alma mater	Acadia University Atlantic School of Theology Regis College, Toronto
Thesis	The Origins of Lonergan's Notions of the Dialectic of History (1991)
Doctoral advisor	Robert M. Doran
Influences	Bernard Lonergan
Academic work
Discipline	Religious studies
Sub-discipline	Social ethics legal theory economic theory theological aesthetics
Institutions	Memorial University of Newfoundland

Shute received a diagnosis of ALS. As a result, he retired from teaching in September 2019, and died on January 3, 2020.^[8]

Books

• Lonergan's Discovery of the Science of Economics, University of Toronto Press, 2010
• Lonergan's Early Economic Research, University of Toronto Press, 2010
• Improving Moral Decision-Making (with William Zanardi). Axial Press, 2003
• The Origins of Lonergan's Notion of the Dialectic of History, University Press of America, 1993