Richard J. Arneson
Office: H&SS 8057 Email: rarneson@ucsd.edu
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley,
1975.
Richard J. Arneson has been a professor in the Department of
Philosophy
at the University of California, San Diego since July, 1973. He
received
the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley,
1975.
He was department chair from 1992-1996. He has also been
departmental
graduate advisor. His UCSD rank since July, 2008 is Professor, Above
Scale (Distinguished Professor). As of July, 2011, he holds the Valtz
Family Chair in Philosophy here at UCSD.
Starting in November, 2011 he has an affiliation as Visiting
Research Professor at the the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom and
Department of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He visited there
in winter, 2013.
He is a Co-Director of the Institute for Law and Philosophy at the
School of Law, University of San Diego.
He has been visiting professor at the University of
California, Davis
(1990) and at the Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics at Yale
University
(1996). In spring 1999 he was a visiting fellow at the Research School
of Social Sciences, Australian National University. In
January-February 2007 he was visiting professor (unpaid) at Charles
Sturt University, the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics,
Australian National University branch. From August-December, 2008, he
was Adjunct Professor at the School of Law, University of San Diego.
Teaching interests:
He teaches ethics and social and political philosophy.
Research interests:
His recent current research is on distributive justice. Some of this
work
explores how one might best incorporate a reasonable account of
personal
responsibility into a broadly egalitarian theory of justice. He also
considers
how consequentialist morality (one ought always to do an act the
consequences
of which are no worse than those of any alternative available act)
might
be developed in a version that is appealing and appropriately
responsive
to its critics. This latter project involves exploring the
structure
of moderate deontology to identify the best rival of
consequentialism. He does some applied ethics.
Recent and forthcoming publications
- "Four Conceptions of Equal Opportunity," Economic Journal (2017).
- "Freedom and Religion, in
David Schmidtz and Steven Wall, eds., Oxford
Handbook of Freedom.
- "Resolving the
Responsibility Dilemma," in Saba Bazargan and Samuel Rickless,
eds., The Ethics of War: Essays (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2017).
- "Exploitation,
Domination, Competitive Markets, and Unfair Division, Southern Journal of Philosophy (2016).
- "Extreme
Cosmopolitanism Defended," in Critical
Reviews in Social and Political Philosophy (2016).
- "Elitism," Oxford
Studies in Political Philosophy, vol. 2, (2016)
- "Applied Moral
Philosophy," in Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, ed., Routledge Companion to Applied Philosophy.
- "Does Fairness
Require a Multidimensional Approach?", in Matthew Adler and Marc
Fleurbaey, eds. Oxford Handbook of
Well-Being and Public Policy (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2016).
- "What Do We Owe to Poor
Families?", in LEAP, on-line journal, University of
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (2015).
- "Ronald Dworkin and
Luck Egalitarianism: A Comparison," in Serena Olsaretti, ed., Oxford
Handbook of Distributive Justice (Oxford: Oxford University
Press, probably 2015).
- "Nudge and Shove," Social Theory and Practice 41
(2015), pp. 668-691.
- "Why Not Capitalism?",
in Alexander Kaufman, ed., Distributive Justice and Access to
Advantage (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015), pp.
207-234.
- " Comments [on Pogge]," Yale Human Rights and Development
Journal 17 (2014), pp. 88-98.
- "Critical Notice: Justice for Earthlings," Analysis
Reviews (2014), pp. 1-9.
- "Rejecting the Order of Public Reason," Philosophical
Studies 170, No. 3 (2014), pp. 537-544.
- "Neutrality and Political Liberalism," in Daniel Weinstock and
Roberto Merrill, eds., Political Neutrality: A Reevaluation
(Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan,
2014), pp. 25-43.
- "Basic Equality: Neither
Rejectable nor Acceptable," in Uwe Steinhoff, ed., volume on Basic
Equality (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014),
- "Liberalism and
Equality," in Steven Wall., ed., Cambridge Companion to
Liberalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, probably 2015.
- "Locke and the Liberal
Tradition," forthcoming in Mathew Stuart, ed., A Companion to
Locke (Oxford: Blackwell).
- "Political
Liberalism, Religious Liberty, and Religious Establishment," Hanoch
Dagan, Shahar Lifshitz, and Yedidia Z. Stern, eds., The Role of
Religion in Human Rights Discourse (Jerusalem: Israel Democracy
Institute, 2014), pp. 117-144.
- "Discrimination,
Disparate Impact, and Theories of Justice," in Sophia Moreau and
Deborah Hellman, eds., Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination
Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 87-111.
- "International Clinical Trials Are Not Inherently Exploitative,"
in Arthur L. Caplan and Robert Arp. eds., Contemporary Debates in
Bioethics (Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell, 2014), pp.
485-494 along with "Reply to Watson," pp. 498-500.
- "The Enforcement of Morals
Revisited," Criminal Law and Philosophy 7, No. 3
(October, 2013), pp. 435-454.
- "Exploitation and Outcome," Politics,
Philosophy, and Economics 12, No. 4 (2013), pp. 392-412.
- "Equality of
Opportunity: Derivative Not Fundamental," Journal of Social
Philosophy 44, No. 4 (Winter, 2013), pp. 1-15.
- "Is Patriotism Immoral?", Philosophic Exchange 43,
Issue No. 1 (2013).
- "From Primary Goods to
Capabilities to Well-Being," review essay on work of Amartya Sen, Critical
Reviews in Social and Political Philosophy (2013).
- "Paternalism and the
Principle of Fairness," in Christian Coons and Michael
Weber, eds., Paternalism: Theory and Practice (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 134-156.
- "Democratic
Equality and Relating as Equals," in Justice and Equality,
Colin Macleod, ed., supp. vol. 36, Canadian Journal of Philosophy,
supp. vol. 36 (2010), pp. [Actual date of publication: 2012.]
- "Theories,
Types, and Bounds of Justice," forthcoming in Darrel Moellendorf
and Heather Widdows, eds., Handbook of Global Ethics (Durham,
UK: Acumen Publishing Limited, 2013).
- "Rethinking Luck
Egalitarianism and Unacceptable Inequalities," Philosophical
Topics 40, No. 1 (Spring, 2012), pp. 153-169.
- "Justice," forthcoming in
David Estlund, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
- "Side
Constraints, Lockean Individual Rights, and the Moral Basis of
Libertarianism," in Ralf. M. Bader and John Meadowcroft, eds., The
Cambridge Companion to Nozick's 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia' (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 15-27.
- "Liberalism,
Capitalism, and 'Socialist' Principles," Social Philosophy and
Policy 28, No. 2 (Summer, 2011), pp. 232-261.
- "Good, Period," review essay on
Judith Thomson, Normativity, in Analysis, supp.
vol. (2010).
- "Against
Freedom of Conscience, "San Diego Law Review, 47, No. 4
(Fall, 2010), pp. 1015-1040.
- "Luck
Egalitarianism--A Primer," in Carl Knight and Zofia Stemplowska,
eds., Responsibility and Distributive Justice (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2011), pp. 24-50..
- "Disadvantage, Capability,
Commensurability, and Policy," review of Jonathan Wolff and Avner
de-Shalit, Disadvantage, in Philosophy, Politics, and
Economics 9 (2010), pp. 339-357.
- "Self-Ownership and World
Ownership: Against Left-Libertarianism," Social Philosophy and
Policy 27, No. 2 (Winter, 2010), pp. 168-194.
- "Meaningful Work and Market
Socialism Revisited," Analyse & Kritik 31, Issue 1
(2010), pp. 139-151.
- "Value
Pluralism Does Not Support Liberalism," San Diego Law Review
46, No. 4 (Fall, 2009), pp. 925-940.
- "The Supposed Right to a
Democratic Say," in John Christman and Thomas Christiano, eds., Contemporary
Debates in Contemporary Political Philosophy (Oxford:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), pp. 197-212.
- "Justice Is Not Equality," review
essay on book by G. A. Cohen, in Ratio 21, No. 4 (2008), pp.
379-391.
- "Two Cheers for Capabilities,"
forthcoming in Harry Brighouse and Ingrid Robeyns, eds., Measuring
Justice: Primary Goods and Capability (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2010).
- "What Do We Owe to Distant
Needy Strangers?", in Jefrey A. Schaler. ed., Peter Singer
under Fire (Chcago and La Salle: Open Court, 2009), pp. 267-293.
- "Rawls, Responsibility,
and Distributive Justice," in Justice, Political Liberalism,
and Utilitarianism: Themes from Harsanyi and Rawls, Marc Fleurbaey
and John A. Weymark, eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.)
- "What
Is Wrongful Discrimination?", San Diego Law Review 43
(2006), pp. 775-807
- "Does
Social Justice Matter? Brian Barry's Applied Political Philosophy,"
Ethics 117 (April, 2007).
- "Just
Warfare and Noncombatant Immunity," in Cornell International
Law Journal, 39, No. 3 (2006), pp. 663-688..
- "Shame, Stigma,
and Disgust in the Decent Society,"Journal of Ethics 11
(2007), pp. 31-63.
- "Luck Egalitarianism: An
Interpretation and Defense," Philosophical Topics 32, Nos.
1 & 2 (Spring-Fall 2004), pp. 1-20 .[Actual date of publication:
September, 2006.]
- "Joel
Feinberg and the Justification of Hard Paternalism," Legal
Theory 11 (2005), pp. 259-284.
- "Desert
and Equality," in Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, eds. Egalitarianism: New Essays on the Nature
and Value of Equality
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 262-293.
- "The Meaning of Marriage and
State Efforts to Facilitate Friendship, Love, and Child-Rearing," San
Diego Law Review 42, No. 3 (Summer 2005), pp. 979-1001.
- "Broadly Utilitarian Theories of
Exploitation and Multi-National Clinical Research," in Ezekiel
Emanuel and Jennifer Hawkins, eds., volume on exploitation in medical
research (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007).
- "Desire Formation and
Human Good," Royal Institute of Philosophy, supp. vol. 59, Preferences
and Well-Being, Serena Olsaretti, ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2007), pp. 9-32.
- "Justice after Rawls," in John Dryzek and Anne Phillips, eds., Oxford
Handbook of Political Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2006).
- "Distributive Justice and
Basic Capability Equality: 'Good Enough' Is Not Good Enough," in
Alexander Kaufman, ed., Capabilities Equality: Basic Issues and
Problems (London: Routledge, 2005).
- "Sophisticated Rule Consequentialism:
Some Simple Objections," Philosophical Issues, supp. vol.
to Nous (2005).
- "Do Patriotic Ties Limit
Global Justice Duties?", Journal of Ethics 9 (2005), pp.
127-150.
- "The
Shape of Lockean Natural Rights: Pareto, Fairness, and Consent," Social
Philosophy and Policy 22, No. 1 (Winter, 2005), pp. 255-285.
- "Cracked Foundations of Liberal
Equality," in Justine Burley. ed., Ronald Dworkin and
His Critics (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2005), pp. 79-98.
- "Democracy Is Not
Intrinsically Just," in Justice and Democracy, ed. by
Keith Dowding, and Robert E. Goodin, and Carole Pateman (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 40-58.
- "Moral Limits on the Demands of
Beneficence?", in The Ethics of Assistance: Morality,
Affluence, and the Distant Needy, ed. by Deen K. Chatterjee
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 33-58.
- "Opportunity for
Welfare, Priority, and Public Policy," in Globalization,
Culture, and the Limits of the Market: Essays in Economics and
Philosophy, ed. by Steven Cullenberg and Prasanta K. Pattanaik (New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004), pp. 177-214.
- "Consequentialism
versus Special-Ties Partiality," The Monist 86, No. 3
(July, 2003), pp. 382-401.
- "Liberal Neutrality on the Good: An
Autopsy," in Perfectionism and Neutrality: Essays in Liberal
Theory, ed. by George Klosko and Steven Wall (Rowman and
Littlefield, 2003), pp. 191-208.
- "Equality, Coercion,
Culture, and Social Norms," in Politics, Philosophy, and
Economics 2, No. 2 (June, 2003), pp. 139-163.
- "The Smart Theory of
Responsibility and Desert," in Desert and Justice, ed. by
Serena Olsaretti (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003), pp. 233-258.
- "Defending the Purely Instrumental
Account of Democratic Authority," The Journal of Political
Philosophy 11, No. 1 (March,2003), pp. 122-13.
- "Is Moral Theory Perplexed by New
Genetic Technology?", San Diego Law Review 39, No. 3
(August/September, 2002).
- "Why Justice Requires
Transfers to Offset Income and Wealth Inequalities," Social
Philosophy and Policy 19, No. 1 (2002), pp. 172-200x.
- "The End of Welfare as We Know
It? Scanlon versus Welfarist Consequentialism," Social
Theory and Practice 28, No. 2 (April, 2002).
- "Luck and Equality," Proceedings
of the Aristotelian Society, supp. vol. (2001), pp. 73-90.
- "Against Rights," Philosophical
Issues, vol. 11(December, 2001).
- "Critical Notice" of Equality,
Responsibility, and the Law by Arthur Ripstein, Canadian
Journal of Philosophy 31, No. 2 (June, 2001), pp. 245-262.
- "Welfare
Should Be the Currency of Justice," Canadian Journal of
Philosophy 30, No. 4 (December, 2000), pp. 497-524.
- "Disability, Priority, and Social
Justice," in Americans with Disabilities: Exploring the
Implications of the Law for Individuals and Institutions, ed. by
Leslie A. Francis and Anita Silvers (London: Routledge, 2000).
- "Perfectionism and Politics," Ethics
111, No. 1 (October, 2000), pp. 37-63.
- "Economic Analysis Meets
Distributive Justice" (review essay), Social Theory and
Practice 26, No. 2 (Summer, 2000).
- "Egalitarian Justice versus the
Right to Privacy," Social Philosophy and Policy 17, No. 2
(Summer, 2000), pp. 91-119.
- "Rawls versus Utilitarianism in the
Light of Political Liberalism," in The Idea of a Political
Liberalism: Essays on Rawls, ed. by Clark Wolf and Victoria Davion
(Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littelfield, 2000).
- "Luck Egalitarianism and
Prioritarianism," Ethics 110, No. 2 (January, 2000).
- "Egalitarianism
and Responsibility," Journal of Ethics 3, No. 3 (1999),
pp. 225-247.
- "What, If Anything, Renders All Humans
Morally Equal?," in Peter Singer and His Critics, ed. by
Dale Jamieson (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999).
- "Equal Opportunity for Welfare Defended
and Recanted," Journal of Political Philosophy 7, No. 4
(December, 1999).
- "Human Flourishing versus Desire
Satisfaction," Social Philosophy and Policy 16, No. 1
(Winter, 1999).
- "Against Rawlsian Equality
of Opportunity," Philosophical Studies 93, No. 1 (January,
1999).
- "What Sort of Sexual
Equality Should Feminists Seek?", Journal of Contemporary Legal
Issues 9 (Spring, 1998).
- "Real Freedom and Distributive
Justice," in Freedom in Economics: New Perspectives in
Normative Analysis, ed. by Jean-Francois Laslier, Marc Fleurbaey,
Nicolas Gravel, and Allain Trannoy (London and New York: Routledge,
1998).
- "Feminism and Family Justice," Public
Affairs Quarterly 11, No. 4 (October, 1997).
- "Egalitarianism and the Undeserving
Poor," Journal of Political Philosophy 5, No. 3 (1997).
Work in progress:
Essay on basic equality, rational agency capacity, potential, and
personhood.
Essay on "Self-Defense and Culpability."
Essay on "Moderate Deontology, Aggregation, and Rights"
Essay on "BOL!--Defending the bare objective list theory of
well-being."
Essay on patriotism and nationalism as forms of wrongful discrimination.
Essay on friendship.
Essay on "Varieties of Cosmopolitanism and the Ideal of Global
Justice."
Essay on "Moral Worth and Moral Luck."
Unpublications:
"Cracked
Foundations of Liberal Equality."
This
essay was written in 1994 and in 2004 finally appeared in
print.
(I revised this essay in September, 2002.) Strictly speaking,
this
is a former unpublication.
"Rawls,
Responsibility,
and Distributive Justice." This essay was written for a
conference
that occurred in June, 1996. The essay is supposed to appear
in Justice,
Political Liberalism, and Utilitarianism: Themes from Harsanyi and Rawls,
ed. by Maurice Salles and John A. Weymark (Cambridge: Cambridge
University
Press). The CUP Web Site used to say the volume was forthcoming in
2004.
News flash: The volume is now in print (2008). So this is also demoted
to "former unpublication" status. Or one might revise the idea of an
unpublication, as follows: any writing delayed from publication for
more than ten years is an unpublication. Even if eventually printed,
it's a zombie or ghost.
Current Undergraduate Courses:
- Philosophy 160 Spring 2014 Syllabus
- Philosophy 160 Winter 2015 Syllabus
- Philosophy 167 Spring 2015 Syllabus
- Philosophy 13 Fall 2015 Syllabus
- Philosophy 1 Fall 2016 Syllabus
Graduate seminars:
Graduate students I am currently working with (or recently
supervised):
- Cory Davia advanced to
candidacy in fall, 2015. His topic is "Being a
Rational Agent and Being a Particular Agent: on the Sources of
Normativity." Dana Nelkin and David Brink are cochairing the
dissertation committee; I'm a member of the thesis committee.
- J. P. Messina is
working on a
project on "Kant's Provisional Politics of Freedom." He plans to
advance to candidacy in fall, 2016. I hope to be involved as co-chair
of his dissertation committee.
- Ryan Stringer is
working on a project on love, friendship, and other
forms of
association. He plans to advance to candidacy in late summer or
fall, 2016. I wil be a member of his dissertation committee.
- Danny Weltman is
currently working on the topic of political secession
and advanced
to candidacy in December, 2014. I'm supervising his dissertation.
- Nanhee Byrnes advanced
to candidacy in September, 2012 and completed her Ph.D. in October,
2015. Her thesis topic is "The Best Results
Argument for Democracy." I chaired her dissertation committee.
- Amy Berg advanced
to candidacy in June, 2013 and completed her Ph.D. in September, 2015.
Her dissertation is on "Ideal and
Non-Ideal Moral Theory." With David Brink I co-chaired her
dissertation committee. Beginning fall 2016 she has a post-doctoral
fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Daniel Pilchman
advanced to candidacy in May, 2012 at UC Irvine and in June, 2014
successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation in the area of
international law. The title of his project is "A New Vision of Law:
Legal Authority for the World as We Know it." I was a member of his Ph.
D. Committee; Aaron James was the chair.
- Theron Pummer advanced
to candidacy in spring, 2010. In October, 2013 he successfully
defended his Ph.D. dissertation on the principle of equal consideration
of interests and the defense of utilitarianism. David Brink and I
co-chaired of his dissertation committee. His first academic
appointment was a post-doc fellowship at Oxford University. He
currently has a tenure-track faculty position at St. Andrew's
University, Scotland.
- Erick Ramirez
advanced to candidacy in 2008 and in October, 2011 completed a Ph.D.
thesis on the topic, "Toward a Sensible Sentimentalism." David Brink
and Dana Nelkin were co-chairs. I was a member of the dissertation
committee.
- Per-Erik Milam advanced to
candidacy in 2009 and in November, 2013 successfully defended his Ph.D.
dissertation on "Abolitionism and the Value of the Reactive Attitudes."
Dana Nelkin was chair of his committee, of which I was a member.
- Casey Hall
of UC Irvine advanced to candidacy in 2009 and as of May, 2013 has
completed a Ph.D thesis on "Shame, Humiliation, and Punishment in the
Liberal Society." Her supevisor was Professor Bonnie Kent of UC Irvine.
I was a member of her committee.
- Michael Tiboris
advanced to candidacy in September, 2007 and successfully defended his
Ph.D. dissertation in March, 2012. His topic was "Youth and Diminished
Responsibility." Dana Nelkin and I co-chaired his doctroral committee.
He currently is working on iossues concerning autonomy in education. He
is being supported by a post-doctoral fellowship from the Spencer
Foundation.
- Eric Campbell
advanced to
candidacy in September, 2007. In June, 2012 he successfully defended
his Ph.D. dissertation on "Breakdown of Morality" and now has the Ph.D.
degree in hand. David Brink and I co-chaired his dissertation
committee. He obtained a post-doctoral fellowship at Georgetown
University and is now assistant professor at The University of
Maryland, Baltimore County.
- Erin Frykholm successfully
completed her Ph.D. requirements in July, 2011, after advancing to
candidacy in 2009. Her thesis topic is "Hume's Account of Character."
Donald Rutherford and I co-chaired her thesis committee. As of 2011,
she is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Kansas.
- Kory Schaff
advanced to candidacy in June, 2002 and successfully defended his
thesis in June, 2005. His Ph.D. dissertation is on "Work,
Freedom, and Community: Hegel's Normative Economics." Michael
Hardimon and I served as co-chairs of his committee. His first
academic appointment was as assistant professor of philosophy at
Occidental College.
- Charles (Charlie) Kurth advanced to candidacy
in
fall quarter, 2006 and has now completed a thesis about objectivity in
ethics. His thesis supervisor is David Brink. I am a member
of the dissertation committee. He is assistant professor of philosophy
at Washington University in St. Louis as of fall, 2011.
- Jeff Stedman advanced to candidacy in
December,
2002
and successfully defended his thesis in June, 2006. His Ph.D.
dissertation project is on objective theories of human good.
David Brink and I were co-chairs.
- Dale Dorsey
advanced to candidacy in spring quarter, 2005. His thesis topic
is "Thresholds and the Good: A Program of Political Evaluation."
He successfully defended his dissertation in June, 2007. I chaired his
dissertation committee. His first employment was as assistant
professor of philosophy at The University of Alberta, Canada. As of
July, 2015, he is full professor with tenure at the University
of Kansas.
- Brad McHose at UCLA advanced to candidacy in
September, 2005 and completed all Ph. D. requirements in August, 2007.
His dissertation was on on "Justice and Desert." I served
as a member of his dissertation committee. In 2007-2008 he has a
teaching post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University.
- Nina Brewer-Davis completed her PhD.
requirements in
December, 2009. Her thesis was on "Political Obligation through
Connectedness." I was a member of her dissertation committee. Her
first academic appointment was at Auburn University.
- Veronica Pear completed requirements for the
M.
A, degree in spring, 2013.
- Evan Moreno-Davis has completed a M. A.
thesis on moral responsibility. Dana Nelkin, Pat
Churchland,
and I worked with him. I served on the dissertation
committee of Anna
Alexandrova,
who advanced to candidacy in March, 2003 and successfully defended her
thesis in March, 2006. Her Ph.D. dissertation is on
"Methods and Causes in Social Science." Nancy Cartwright was her
dissertation supervisor. Her first academic position was as assistant
professor at the University of Missouri-St.Louis starting in 2007; her
current academic affiliation is at Cambridge University.
With Professor Dana Nelkin, I recently supervised
the work on free will and responsibility of Christopher Bignell,
who successfuly completed an M.A. thesis in fall, 2005.
I recently served on the dissertation committee of Luke
Robinson. In October, 2005 he successfully defended his
Ph.D. dissertation on "The Metaphysics of Morality: A Dispositionalist
Account." He is now assistant profesor of philosophy at Southern
Methodist University.
I recently served as co-supervisor, with Gerald
Doppelt, on the M.A. thesis project of Victor Atkins.
He was awarded an M.A. desgree in spring, 2005. I recently served on
the dissertation committee of James Anderson. He has written a
Marx-inspired critique of liberal theories of justice. The
dissertation title is "The Role of Interdependence in Moral
Theory: Liberalism and its Critics." He successfully defended the
dissertation on December 5, 2002.
I recently served on the dissertation committee of Jonathan
Gunderson. His dissertation title is "Action and
Interaction: The Reality of Reasons and Limits of Physicalism."
He successfully defended his thesis on May 6, 2003.
Informal supervision:
In
July, 2015, I ran a preliminary thesis exam for Lars Christie, who
received a Ph.D. from the University of Oslo in Fall, 2015. From
September, 2014 to June, 2015 I worked with Eyyeon Park, a graduate
student from South Korea working on global justice. During spring
quarter, 2010, I supervised the research of Audrey Cahill,
a visiting graduate student from the National University of Ireland,
Galway. In prior years I did the same for Kalle Grill
from Sweden and before that, Carl Knight who was then
finishing a Ph.D. degree at the University of Manchester.
Undergraduate Mentoring
- Christopher Brigante did
undergraduate study with me in 2014-2015. He wrote an honors
thesis on "The Equality of Equal Harms: An Account of Moral
Status." He gradauated in Philosophy from UCSD with honors,
highest distinction. He is currently in law school.
- Alex Campbell did
undergraduate study with me in 2014-2015. He wrote an honors
thesis on "Ronald Dworkin on Ethics, Paternalism, and Liberal
Neutrality: Rejecting Dworkoin's Comprehensive
Anti-Perfectionism." He graduated in Philosophy from UCSD with
honors, highest distinction. He is currently in graduate
school in philosophy.
Undergraduate courses:
SPRING 2006
Undergraduate
seminar--The Morality of Terrorism (Philosophy 87 Spring 2006)
Classics
in Political Philosophy (Philosophy 166 Spring 2006)
Introduction
to Philosophy (Philosophy 1 Spring 2006)
Fall, 2007
Winter 2008
Spring 2008
Fall 2008
Winter 2009
- Philosophy 160. This
material is superseded. To see web site for this course, go to
http://webct.ucsd.edu/
USD SCHOOL OF LAW COURSES
Fall, 2008
Below, pictures of granddaughters Emma
and
Sarah.
Thanks to Melissa and Michael Esquivel (parents of Emma and Sarah ) for
these images.


Further pictures of family and friends.