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CURRICULUM VITAE
Thomas L. Carson
April 2014
PERSONAL:
Born March 20, 1950, Chicago, Illinois
Married: 2 children
ADDRESS:
9444 Keystone Avenue
Skokie, Illinois 60076
PHONE:
(847) 679-7415 (Home)
(773) 508-2729 (Office)
E-MAIL
tcarson@luc.edu
EDUCATION:
B.A. Saint Olaf College, 1972
M.A. Brown University, 1975
Ph.D. Brown University, 1977
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University/Chicago, 1994- Present
1985-1994).
(Associate Professor,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 19771985.
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, U.C.L.A., Spring and Summer Quarters, 1976.
PUBLICATIONS:
AUTHORED BOOKS:
The Status of Morality, (Reidel, Philosophical Studies Series in Philosophy, 1984, xxiii + 203
pages).
Value and the Good Life, (University of Notre Dame Press, 2000, ix + 328 pages).
Lying and Deception: Theory and Practice, (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2010, xix +280
pages) (Paperback Edition with corrections, 2012)
Lincoln’s Ethics: A Philosophical Approach, (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2014).
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ANTHOLOGIES:
Morality and the Good Life, (Anthology co-edited with Paul Moser), (Oxford University Press:
1997, vi + 528 pages).
Moral Relativism ,(Anthology co-edited with Paul Moser), (Oxford University Press, 2001, ix +
337 pages).
PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS:
1. "Strawson on Other Minds," The Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy, Volume IV, numbers
1 & 2, May 1972, pp. 59-67.
2. "Happiness and Contentment: A Reply to Benditt," The Personalist, Volume 59, Number 1,
January 1978, pp. 101-107.
3. "Happiness and the Good Life," Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, Volume IX, Number 3,
November 1978, pp. 73-88.
4. "Happiness and the Good Life: A Reply to Mele," Southwestern Journal of Philosophy,
Volume X, Number 2, Summer 1979, pp. 189-192.
5. "The Ethics and Profitability of Bluffing in Business," with Richard Wokutch, Westminister
Institute Review, Volume I, Number 2, May 1981, pp. 7-9.
6. "The Übermensch and Nietzsche's Theory of Value," International Studies in Philosophy,
Volume XIII, Number 1, 1981, pp. 9-30.
7. "Happiness, Contentment, and the Good Life," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 62,
Number 4, October 1981, pp. 70-84.
8. "Bluffing in Labor Negotiations: Legal and Ethical Issues," with Richard Wokutch and Kent
Murrmann, Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 1, Number 1, January 1982, pp. 13-22.
9. "Utilitarianism and the Wrongness of Killing," Erkenntnis, Volume 20, Number 1, June 1983,
pp. 49-60.
10. "Strict Compliance and Rawls's Critique of Utilitarianism," Theoria, Volume 49, Number 3,
1983, pp. 142-158.
11. "Appalachian Multi-Phasic Übermensch Test" (with Deborah Mayo) in Newsletter on
Teaching Philosophy, (American Philosophical Association) Volume 4, Number 4, Winter 1984,
pp. 3-5.
12. "Bribery, Extortion, and 'The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,'" Philosophy & Public
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Affairs,Volume 14, Number 1, January 1985, pp. 66-90.
13. "An Ethical Analysis of Deception in Advertising," (with Richard Wokutch and James Cox)
Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 4, Number 2, 1985, pp. 93-104.
14. "Relativism and Nihilism," Philosophia, Volume 15, Numbers 1-2, September 1985, pp. 123.
15. "Hare's Defense of Utilitarianism," Philosophical Studies, Volume 50, Number 1, July 1986,
pp. 97-115.
16. "Bribery and Implicit Agreements: A Reply to Philips," Journal of Business Ethics, Volume
6, Number 2, February 1987, pp. 123-125.
17. "Who are We to Judge?," Teaching Philosophy, Volume 11, Number 1, March 1988, pp. 314.
18. "On the Definition of Lying: A Reply to Jones and Revisions," Journal of Business Ethics,
Volume 7, Number 7, July 1988, pp. 509-514.
19. "The Status of Morality, A Reply," Modern Schoolman, Volume LXV, March 1988, pp. 223225.
20. "Perpetual Peace: What Kant Should Have Said," Social Theory and Practice, Volume 14,
Number 2 Summer 1988, pp. 173-214.
21. "Could Ideal Observers Disagree?," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume L,
Number 1, September 1989, pp. 115-124.
22. "A Note on Hooker's Rule-Consequentialism," Mind Volume C, Number 1, January 1991,
pp. 117-121.
23. "Comments on Brandt," Journal of Philosophical Research, Vol. XVI, 1991, pp. 365-368.
24. "Gibbard's Conceptual Scheme for Moral Philosophy," Philosophy and Phenomenological
Research, Volume LII, Number 4, 1992, pp. 953-956.
25. "Does the Stakeholder Theory Constitute a New Kind of Theory of Social Responsibility?,"
Business Ethics Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 2, April 1993, pp. 171-176.
26. "Friedman's Theory of Corporate Social Responsibility," Business and Professional Ethics
Journal, Volume XII, Number 1, 1993, pp. 3-32.
27. "Second Thoughts on Bluffing," Business Ethics Quarterly, Volume 3, Number 4, 1993, pp.
317-341.
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28. "Hare on Utilitarianism and Intuitive Morality," Erkenntnis, Volume 39, Number 3, 1993, pp.
305-331.
29. "Corporate Moral Agency: A Case from Literature," Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 13,
Number 2, 1994, pp. 155-156.
30. "Conflicts of Interest," Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 13, Number 5, 1994, pp. 387-404.
31. "Relativism and Normative Nonrealism: Basing Morality on Rationality," (with Paul Moser),
Metaphilosophy Volume 27, No 3, 1996, pp. 277-295.
32. "Brandt on Utilitarianism and the Foundations of Ethics," (Review Article), Business Ethics
Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 1, 1997, pp. 87-100.
33. "Ethical Issues in Sales: Two Case Studies," Journal of Business Ethics Volume 17, 1998,
pp. 725-728.
34. "An Approach to Relativism," Teaching Philosophy, Volume 22, Number 2, 1999, pp. 161184.
35. "Deception and Withholding Information in Sales," Business Ethics Quarterly, Volume 11,
2001, pp. 275-306.
36. "Gert on Rationality, Intrinsic Value, and the Overridingness of Morality," Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research, Volume 62, 2001, pp. 441-446.
37. "Self-Interest and Business Ethics: Some Lessons of the Recent Scandals," Journal of
Business Ethics, Volume 43, 2003, pp 389-394.
38. "Conflicts of Interest and Self-Dealing in the Professions: A Review Essay," Business Ethics
Quarterly, Volume 14, 2004, pp. 161-182.
39. "The Morality of Bluffing: A Reply to Allhoff," Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 56,
2005, pp. 399-403.
40. "Business Ethics: Some Central Issues, Dialogue, U.K. Issue 24. April 2005, pp. 34-37.
41. “Ross and Utilitarianism on Promise Keeping and Lying: Self-Evidence and the Data of
Ethics," Philosophical Issues (Annual Supplement to the journal Nous), Volume 15, 2005, pp.
140-157.
42. "The Definition of Lying," Nous, Volume 40, April 2006, pp. 284-306.
43. "Axiology, Realism, and the Problem of Evil" Philosophy and Phenomenological Research,
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Volume LXXV, September 2007, pp. 349-368.
44. "Whistle-Blowing for Profit: An Ethical Analysis of the Federal False Claims Act," (With
Richard Wokutch and Mary Ellen Verdu), Journal of Business Ethics 77 (2008): 361-376.
45. “Liar Liar,” International Journal of Applied Philosophy 22 (2008): 189-210.
46. “Suggestions for Teaching a Course on Lincoln’s Ethics,” Teaching Philosophy 33 (2010):
235-252.
47. “Divine Will/Divine Command Moral Theories and the Problem of Arbitrariness,”
Religious Studies 48 (2012): 445-468.
48. “Free Exchange for Mutual Benefit: Sweatshops and Maitland’s ‘Classical Liberal
Standard,” Journal of Business Ethics 112 (2013): 127-135.
Forthcoming Papers in Edited Journals
PAPERS IN EDITED BOOKS:
1. "Utilitarianism and World Poverty," in The Limits of Utilitarianism, Harlan Miller and
William Williams, eds., (University of Minnesota Press, 1981), pp. 242-252.
2. "The Moral Status of Bluffing and Deception in Business," with Richard Wokutch in Profits
and Professions, Ellin, Pritchard and Robison, eds., (Humana, 1983), pp. 141-155.
3. "Bribery," in The Encyclopedia of Ethics, Lawrence Becker, editor, (Garland Press, 1992), pp.
98-100. Reprinted in Second Edition, 2001, pp. 158-160.
4. "The Desire-Satisfaction Theory of Welfare: Overvold's Critique and Reformulation," in
Rationality, Morality, and Self-Interest, John Heil editor, (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993), pp. 231244.
5. "Bluffing and Deception," in The Dictionary of Business Ethics, R. Edward Freeman and
Patricia Werhane, eds. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997), pp. 41-43.
6. "Milton Friedman," in The Dictionary of Business Ethics, R. Edward Freeman and Patricia
Werhane, eds. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997), pp. 291-292.
7. "Ethical Issues in Selling and Advertising," Companion to Business Ethics, Norman Bowie,
editor, (Boston: Blackwell's, 2002), pp. 186-205.
8. “Metaethics,” Encyclopedia of Philosophy, second edition, Donald Borchert, ed., (Detroit:
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Macmillan Reference USA Thomson Gale, 2006), Volume 6, pp. 155-165.
9. “Bluffing and Deception in Negotiations,” Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society,
Robert Kolb, editor, (Sage Publications, 2008), Volume 1, pp. 182-184.
10. “Lying, Deception, and Related Concepts,” in The Philosophy of Deception, Clancy Martin,
ed. (Oxford University Press, 2009), 153-187.
11. “Deception in Business and Professional Ethics,” Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics, Tom
Beauchamp and George Brenkert, eds. (Oxford University Press, 2010), 335-365.
12. “Ralph Barton Perry,” Wiley-Blackwell’s International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Hugh
LaFollette ed. 2013.
13. “The Golden Rule,” Wiley-Blackwell’s International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Hugh
LaFollette ed. 2013.
14. “Roderick Firth,” Wiley-Blackwell’s International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Hugh LaFollette
ed.
2013.
15. “What’s Wrong With Lying,?” forthcoming in Lying: Language, Knowledgede, and Ethics,
Andreas Stokke and Eliot Michaelson, eds., Oxford University Press.
OTHER:
"Conscientious Objection and Safety," (a case study in Business Ethics) in Management
Decisions and Organizational Policy, Olm, Brewerton, Whisnant and Bridges, eds., (Allyn and
Bacon Co., 1981), p. 468.
"Rationality and 'Why Care?' Questions," (with Paul Moser), Proceedings and Addresses of the
American Philosophical Association, Volume 66 no. 2, 1992, pp. 75-77 (long abstract).
PAPERS REPRINTED:
1. "Bluffing in Labor Negotiations: Legal and Ethical Issues," with Richard Wokutch and Kent
Murrmann, reprinted in Ethical Theory and Business, Second Edition, Tom Beauchamp and
Norman Bowie, eds., (Prentice-Hall, 1983), pp. 324-334.
2. Also reprinted in Ethical Theory and Business, Fourth Edition, Tom Beauchamp and Norman
Bowie, eds., (Prentice-Hall, 1993), pp. 455-460.
3. Also reprinted in Business Ethics in Canada, Deborah Poff and H. Wilfrid Waluchow, eds.,
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(Prentice Hall Canada, 1987), pp. 386-394.
4. Also reprinted in Business Ethics in Canada, Second Edition, Deborah Poff and H. Wilfird
Waluchow, (Prentice Hall Canada, 1991), pp. 500-508.
5. Also reprinted in The Structure of the Legal Environment, Bill Shaw and Art Wolfe, eds.,
(PWS Kent, 1987), pp. 593-597.
6. Also reprinted in Contemporary Moral Controversies in Business, A. Pablo Iannone ed.,
(Oxford University Press, 1989), pp. 221-229.
7. Also reprinted in Ethical Issues in the Professions, Peter Windt, Peter Appleby, Margaret
Battin, Leslie Francis, and Bruce Landesman, eds., (Prentice Hall, 1989), pp. 155-158.
8. Also reprinted in Business Ethics, Thomas White, (Macmillan, 1993), pp. 347-357.
9. "The Ethics and Profitability of Bluffing in Business," (with Richard Wokutch) reprinted in
Business Ethics, W. Michael Hoffman and Jennifer Mills Moore, eds., (McGraw-Hill, 1984), pp.
457-462.
10. Also reprinted with substantial revisions in Ethical Issues in Business, Thomas Donaldson
and Patricia Werhane, eds., Third Edition, (Prentice-Hall, 1988), pp. 65-72.
11. Also reprinted with substantial revisions in Negotiations: Readings, Exercises and Cases,
Second Edition, Lewicki, Litterer, Minton and Saunders, eds., (Irwin, 1993), pp. 499-504.
12. Also reprinted with substantial revisions in Negotiations: Readings, Exercises and Cases,
Third Edition, Lewicki, Minton and Saunders eds., (Irwin, 1999), pp. 228-233.
13. "Bribery, Extortion, and 'The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,'" in Business Ethics in Canada,
Deborah Poff and Wilfrid Waluchow, eds., (Prentice-Hall Canada, 1987), pp. 310-322.
14. Also reprinted in Business Ethics in Canada, Second Edition, Deborah Poff and Wilfrid
Waluchow, eds., (Prentice-Hall Canada, 1991), pp. 398-410.
15. Also reprinted in Ethics and Business, Keith E. Yandell, ed., (Annenberg, 1989), pp. 52-64.
16. "An Ethical Analysis of Deception in Advertising," in Contemporary Moral Controversies in
Business, A. Pablo Iannone, ed., (Oxford University Press, 1989), pp. 384-394.
17. Also Reprinted in Issues in Applied Ethics, Anthony Serfini, ed., (Paragon House, 1989), pp.
382-402.
18. "Bribery and Implicit Agreements: A Reply to Philips," in Taking Sides, Lisa Newton and
Maureen Ford, eds., (Duskin, 1990), pp . 291-294.
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19. Also reprinted in Taking Sides, Second Edition, Lisa Newton and Maureen Ford, eds.,
(Duskin, 1991), pp. 349-352.
20. Also reprinted in Taking Sides, Fourth Edition, Lisa Newton and Maureen Ford, eds.,
(Duskin, 1991), pp. 383-386.
21. Also reprinted in Business Ethics, Michael Boylan, ed., (Prentice Hall, 2001), pp. 367-370.
22. Also reprinted in Business Ethics, 2ed., by Michael Boylan, (John Wiley, 2013).
23. "Second Thoughts About Bluffing," in Ethics in Business and Economics, Volume II,
Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee, editors (Brookfield, Vt.: Darthmouth Publishing
Company, 1997), pp. 299-323.
24. Also reprinted in Ethical Theory and Business, Fifth Edition, Tom Beauchamp and Norman
Bowie eds., (Prentice Hall, 1997), pp. 456-462.
25. Also reprinted in Ethical Theory and Business, Sixth Edition, Tom Beauchamp and Norman
Bowie eds., (Prentice Hall, 2001), pp. 506-512.
26. Also reprinted in Ethical Theory and Business, Seventh Edition, Tom Beauchamp and
Norman Bowie eds., (Prentice Hall, 2004), pp. 448-453.
27. Also reprinted in Business Ethics, Fritz Allhof and Anand Vaidya, eds, (Calgary: Broadview
Press, 2008).
28. "Bluffing and Deception," reprinted in The Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management,
Cary L. Cooper and Chris Argyris eds., (Oxford: Blackwell, 1998), pp. 45-46.
29. Also reprinted in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Volume 2 Business Ethics,
Second Edition, R. Edward Freeman and Patricia Werhane, eds. (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005), pp
49-51.
30. Relativism and Normative Nonrealism: Basing Morality on Rationality," (with Paul Moser)
printed in Moral Relativism, Paul Moser and Thomas Carson eds., (Oxford University Press,
2001), pp. 287-304.
31. "Sales," an edited abridged version of my paper "Deception and Withholding Information in
Sales," in William Shaw, Ethics at Work: Basic Readings in Business Ethics (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2003), pp. 112-128.
32. Also reprinted in Vincent Barry and William Shaw, Moral Issues in Business, 9th edition,
(Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 2004), pp. 546-554.
33. Also reprinted in Ethical Theory and Business, Seventh Edition, Tom Beauchamp and
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Norman Bowie eds., (Prentice Hall, 2004), pp. 434-442.
34. Also reprinted in Social and Personal Ethics, Fifth Edition, William Shaw, ed., (Belmont,
California: Wadsworth, 2004), pp. 496-505.
35. Also reprinted in Honest Work, Joanne Ciulla, Robert Solomon, and Clancy Martin ,eds.,
(Oxford University Press, 2007), 336-343.
36. Also reprinted in Ethics Across the Professions, Clancy Martin, Wayne Vaught, and Robert
Solomon, eds. (Oxford University Press, 2009) PP???
37. “Deception and Withholding Information in Sales," Reprinted in Contemporary Issues in
Business Ethics, Fifth Edition, Joseph Dejardins and John McCall eds., (Belmont, California:
Wadsworth, 2005), pp. 337-348.
38. Also reprinted as “The Ethics of Sales” in Vincent Barry and William Shaw, Moral Issues in
Business, 10th edition, (Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 2007), pp. 547-554.
39. A lso reprinted in Also reprinted in Social and Personal Ethics, Sixth Edition, William Shaw,
ed., (Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 2007), pp. 461-469.
40.. Also reprinted in Also reprinted in Social and Personal Ethics, eight Edition, William Shaw,
ed., (Boston: Wadsworth, 2014), pp. 452-460.
41. Also reprinted as “The Ethics of Sales” in William Shaw, Vincent Barry and Sandsbury,
Moral Issues in Business, Australian edition, (South Melbourne Australia: CENGAGE
LEARNING, forthcoming).
42. (Parts of) "Ethical Issues in Sales: Two Case Studies," reprinted as “Shoe Sales,” in Case
Studies in Business Ethics, sixth edition, Al Gini and Alexei Marcoux, eds. (Upper Saddle River,
N. J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008), pp. 64-65.
BOOK REVIEWS:
1. Rex Martin, Rawls and Rights, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Volume VI., Number 4,
April 1986, pp. 167-169.
2. Keekok Lee, A New Foundation for Moral Philosophy, in Ethics, Volume 97, Number 2,
January 1987, pp. 493-494.
3. Douglas Walton, Courage: A Philosophical Analysis, in The Modern Schoolman, Volume
LXV, January 1988, pp. 148-150.
4. Fred Feldman, Doing the Best We Can, in Ethics, Volume 98, Number 1, October 1987, pp.
177-178.
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5. Bernard Mayo, The Philosophy of Right and Wrong, in The Philosophical Review, Volume
XCVII, Number 1, January 1989, pp. 135-137.
6. David Gauthier, Morals by Agreement, in International Studies in Philosophy, 1990, Number
1, pp. 106-108.
7. Alan Rosenberg and Gerald Myers eds., Echoes from the Holocaust, in Ethics, Volume 100,
Number 1, January 1990, pp. 465-466.
8. Lynne McFall, Happiness, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume LI,
Number 4, December 1991, pp. 938-942.
9. Nicholas Rescher, Human Interests, in Ethics Volume 100, Number 1, October 1991, pp. 166167.
10. John Kekes, Moral Tradition and Individuality, in Ethics, Volume 103, Number 4, July 1993,
pp. 812-815.
11. Thomas Hurka, Perfectionism, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume LV.,
Number 3, September 1995, pp. 719-723.
12. George Fletcher, Loyalty, in Ethics, Volume 105, Number 1, October 1995, pp. 213-214.
13. Jukka Kilpi, The Ethics of Bankruptcy, in The Journal of Value Inquiry, Volume 34, 2000,
pp. 565-570.
14. Becker, Lawrence, The New Stoicism, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume
64, 2002), pp. 738-740.
15. Robin Gill, editor, The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics, in Faith and Philosophy,
Volume 20 2003, pp. 114-118.
16. Brian Leiter, Ethics: A Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Morality, in Ethics,
Volume 114, 2004, pp. 358-361.
17. Philip Stratton-Lake, Ethical Intuitionism: Reevaluations, in Ethics, Volume 115, 2004, pp.
175-177.
18. Henry West, An Introduction to Mill’s Utilitarian Ethics, in International Philosophical
Quarterly, Volume 45 2005, pp. 146-147.
19. Linda Zagzebski, Divine Motivation Theory, in Mind 116 (2007): 254-257.
20. Stuart Green, Lying, Cheating, and Stealing, in Business Ethics Quarterly, 17 2007, p. 365.
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21. Paul Griffiths, Lying for Faith and Philosophy 25 (2008), pp. 332-335.
22. Robert Adams, A Theory of Virtue: Excellence in Being for the Good, Faith and Philosophy,
17 (2012): 347-352.
23. Review of Martin Jay, The Virtues of Mendacity: On Lying in Politics, Notre Dame
Philosophical Reviews, July 2012.
ARTICLES ON BASEBALL HISTORY:
(Popular Periodicals)
"Who Could Forget . . . When Providence Won the World Series," Yankee Magazine, October
1984, pp. 12-13.
"Baseball's First World Champions: The Providence Grays," The Minneapolis Review of
Baseball, Volume 5, Number 3, 1985, pp. 13-17. Also reprinted in Basepaths: The Best of the
Minneapolis Review of Baseball, (Minneapolis: William Brown, 1991), pp. 161-166.
PAPERS PRESENTED TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, INVITED LECTURES:
"Other Minds," presented to the Minnesota Student Philosophical Association, April 1971.
"Happiness and the Good Life," presented to the Philosophy Colloquium at U.C.L.A., June 1976.
"Happiness and Contentment," presented to the Philosophy Colloquium at California State
University - Long Beach, April 1977.
"Moral Perspectives on Lying, Deception, and Bluffing in Business" (with Richard Wokutch), at
a conference on Business and Professional Ethics, Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan
University, November 1979.
"The Moral Status of Bluffing and Deception in Business" (with Richard Wokutch), presented to
the Philosophy Department at Denison University, January 1980.
"Relativism and Nihilism" presented to the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
April 1980.
"Nietzsche's Superman," presented to the Philosophy Department and Philosophy Club at
Virginia Commonwealth University, April 1980.
"Strict Compliance and Rawls's Critique of Utilitarianism," presented to the Virginia
Philosophical Association, October 1980.
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"The Ideal Observer Theory," presented to the Philosophy Colloquium, Brown University, May
1981.
"Strict Compliance and Rawl's Critique of Utilitarianism," presented to the American
Philosophical Association (Pacific Division), March 1982.
"What's Wrong with Bribery?," presented to the Society for Business Ethics, DePaul University,
July 1983.
"Hare's Defence of Utilitarianism," presented to the Illinois Philosophical Association,
November, 1985.
"Kant on Perpetual Peace," presented to the Philosophy Colloquium, Illinois State University,
October 1986.
"On the Definition of Lying," presented to the Society for Business Ethics, De Paul University,
June 1987.
"Overvold on Self-Interest and Self-Sacrifice," (Co-Symposist with Richard Brandt), Overvold
Memorial Conference, Saint Olaf College, October 1990.
"Nietzsche's Theory of Value," Saint Olaf College, March 1991.
"Utilitarianism and Intuitive Morality," Saint Olaf College, March 1991.
"Rationality and 'Why Care?' Questions" (with Paul Moser), Symposium Paper, American
Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, December 1992.
"The Ideal Observer Theory and Ethical Relativism," at Symposium on The Impartial Spectator
in Moral Theory, Loyola University, January 1993.
"Friedman's Theory of Corporate Social Responsibility," Midwest Business Administration
Association, Chicago, March 1993.
"Friedman's Theory of Corporate Social Responsibility," Society for Business Ethics, American
Philosophical Association Central Division April 1993.
"Withholding Information in Sales," at the Fifth Annual International Conference Promoting
Business Ethics, De Paul University, October 1998.
"Ethical Issues in Sales," Society For Business Ethics, Chicago, August 1999.
"Axiology, Realism, and the Problem of Evil," Illinois Philosophical Association, November
1999.
"The Shareholder Theory and the Stakeholder Theory," Conference on Business Ethics:
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Corporate Responsibility Marquette University, February 2000.
"The Shareholder Theory," Society For Business Ethics, Toronto, August 2000.
"The Shareholder Theory," University of Minnesota, October 2000.
"A Definition of Lying," Illinois Philosophical Association, November 2001.
"Whistle-Blowing for Profit: An Ethical Analysis of the Federal False Claims Act," (With
Richard Wokutch and Mary Ellen Verdu) Society for Business Ethics, Seattle, August 2003.
"A Defense of the Golden Rule," Illinois Philosophical Association, November 2003.
"Sweatshops, Exploitation, and Free Exchange for Mutual Benefit: A Critique of Maitland,"
Eleventh Annual International Business Ethics Conference, DePaul, October 2004.
“Hare Redux: The Golden Rule, Consistency, and a Theory of Moral Reasoning,” Presidental
Address, Illinois Philosophical Association, November 2005.
“Axiology, Realism, and the Problem of Evil" Society of Christian Philosophers, University of
Notre Dame March 2006.
“Side Constraints and the Levels of Moral Discourse: A Modified Shareholder Theory,” Society
for Business Ethics, at the American Philosophical Association February 2009.
“Honesty, Conflicts, and the Telling of History: Case Studies,” conference on The Ethics of
Information and Disinformation at The University of Arizona, April 2009.
Panelist for Debate about the Definition of Lying at conference on The Ethics of Information
and Disinformation at The University of Arizona, April 2009.
“Exemplarism and Objectivity,” Illinois Philosophical Association,” October 2009, University of
Illinois.
“Lincoln at Charleston: Character, Racism, and Moral Luck,” Illinois Philosophical
Association,” November 2010, Eastern Illinois University.
The Eunice Belgum Lectures, Saint Olaf College, March 2011. “Lincoln’s Ethics: A
Philosophical Assessment” Two Lectures: “Lincoln the Politician: Slavery, Comprise, and
Moral Luck” and “Lincoln the Man and the Myth: Character, Racism, and Moral Luck” Audio
Podcast available online at http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/philosophy/Podcasts/podcast.html.
“What’s Wrong With Lying?” Wheaton College, September 2011.
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“President Lincoln: Slavery, Utilitarianism, and Moral Luck,” Rocky Mountain Ethics (RoME)
Congress, University of Colorado, August 2012.
“President Lincoln: Slavery, Compromise, and Moral Luck,” Illinois Philosophical Association,”
November 2012, University of Illinois.
“An Ethical Analysis of the Emancipation Proclamation,” Illinois Philosophical Association,”
November 2013, University of Southern Illinois Edwardsville.
“An Ethical Analysis of the Emancipation Proclamation,” American Philosophical Association,”
February 2014, Chicago.
“Lincoln as a Moral Exemplar,” Annual Address to the Wisconsin Lincoln Federation, April
2014, Janesville, Wisconsin.
“Deception in Business and Advertising,” Keynote Address Universidad del Pacifico, Lima
Perurs August 18, 2014.
“The Dolchstosslegende,” International Workshop on Lying and Deception,” Johannes
Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, September 1, 2014.
COMMENTS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
Commentator on "Self-Sacrifice and the Concept of Self-Interest" by Mark Overvold at the
annual meeting of the Virginia Philosophical Association, October 1977.
Commentator on papers by Dan Brock and James Buchanan dealing with "Morality and
Community" at a conference entitled "The Moral Foundations of Public Policy: The Limits of
Utilitarianism" at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 1978.
Commentator on papers by Jan Narveson and Annette Baier at a conference entitled "The Moral
Foundations of Public Policy: Ethics and Animals" at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, May 1979.
Commentator on "Social Responsibility: The Growing Partnership of Business and Voluntary
Organizations" by Kerry Allen at "Conference on Philosophical Issues in Volunteerism,"
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, November 1980.
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Commentator on "What It Means to Call Something Rational" by Allan Gibbard at conference
on "Concepts of Rationality," Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 1985.
Commentator on "A Version of Ethical Contextualism," by Mark Timmons at Illinois
Philosophical Association, November 1991.
Symposist, "Should Corporations Engage in Socially Responsible Activities?," Midwest
Business Administration Association, Chicago, March 1993.
Commentator on "The Possibility of Impartiality," by John Hare, American Philosophical
Association, Central Division, April 1993.
Commentator on "The Great Non-Debate Over International Sweatshops," by Ian Maitland,
American Philosophical Association, April 2000.
Commentator on “A Defense of Moral Intuitionism,” by Bruce Russell, Illinois Philosophical
Association, Northern Illinois University, November 2011.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Ethics and Theory of Value
Metaethics
Business Ethics
Morality and Religion
History of Ethics
Existentialism
COURSES TAUGHT:
Taught at UCLA
Existentialism
Taught at Virginia Tech
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Philosophy Department
Language and Logic
Morality and Justice (Introduction to Ethics)
Social/Political Philosophy (Rawls and Nozick)
Social/Political Philosophy (Rights, Liberty, and Democracy)
Social/Political Philosophy (Marxism, Liberalism, and Libertarianism)
Ethical Theory
Abortion and Animal Rights
Business and Society (Graduate Course, College of Business)
Business Ethics
Search for Self (Introduction to Philosophy)
Ethics for Engineers
Interdisplinary Humanities and Honors
Introductory Humanities (19th Century)
Introductory Humanities (20th Century)
Moral and Literary Reflections on War (Honors)
Graduate Courses in the College of Business
Business and Society
Taught at Loyola University Chicago
Undergraduate Courses:
Philosophy of Human Nature
Action and Value: Business
Action and Value: Business (Writing Intensive)
Action and Value: Ethics
Action and Value: Ethics (Writing Intensive)
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Action and Value: Society
Topics in Political Philosophy: War and Morality
Topics in Ethics: Reason, Value, and the Foundations of Ethics
Topics in Ethics: Theory of Value: Continental and Anglo-American Perspectives
Topics in Ethics: Business and Professional Ethics
History of Ethics
Undergraduate Seminar: Utilitarianism and Alternatives to Utilitarianism
Undergraduate Seminar: Existentialism, Morality, and God
Undergraduate Seminar: Moral Relativism
Topics in Ethics: Lincoln’s Ethics
God and Morality
Honors Capstone: Moral Responsibility: Moral Responsibility: Responsibility, Integrity, and
Character
Honors: The United States Experience: Lincoln, Slavery, and the American Civil War
Graduate Courses:
Rawls and Social Contract Theory
Classical Utilitarianism (Mill, Sidgwick)
War and Morality
Classical and Contemporary Utilitarianism
Theories of Value and the Good Life
Ethics and Rationality
Morality and Religion
Ethics and Rationality (Relativism)
History of Ethics
Ethics and Rationality (Metaethics)
God and Morality
Contemporary Ethical Theories — The Foundations of Ethics
In addition: numerous undergraduate and graduate independent study courses.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
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E. O. Ringstad Philosophy Essay Prize (1969, 1970, 1971), Saint Olaf College
Departmental Distinction in Philosophy (1972), Saint Olaf College
Ken Bonde Memorial Humanities Award (1972), Saint Olaf College
Phi Beta Kappa (1972), Saint Olaf College
Fellowship for College Teachers: National Endowment for the Humanities (July 1980 - July
1981)
Nominated for NEH Summer Stipend, Loyola University Chicago (1987)
Loyola Mellon Award (with Tom Donaldson) for Speakers Series (1987)
Research Stimulation Grant, Loyola University (1988)
NEH Faculty Development Grant (Summer 1988) (Declined in order to receive Paid Research
Leave of Absence)
Research Leave with Pay, Loyola University (Fall 1988) (Awarded competitively)
Loyola Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Stipend (Summer 1989)
Mellon Core Curriculum Award, Loyola University (Summer 1990)
Loyola Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Stipend (Summer 1992)
Research Leave with Pay, Loyola University (Fall 1993) (Awarded competitively)
Summer Stipend, Loyola University (Summer 1993) (Declined in order to take paid Research
Leave)
Research Support Grant, Loyola University (1993-94)
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Loyola Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Stipend (Summer 1995)
Loyola Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Stipend (Summer 1998) (Declined
in order to take Paid Research Leave)
Research Leave with Pay Loyola, University (Fall 1998) (Awarded competitively)
Research Support Grant, Loyola University (1998-1999)
Loyola Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Stipend (Summer 2000)
Research Support, Grant Loyola University (2002)
Summer Stipend, Loyola University (Summer 2002)
Special Events Grant (with Alexei Marcoux) - $2500 for Symposium on Sweatshops (2002)
Summer Stipend, Loyola University Chicago (2004)
Summer Stipend. Loyola University Chicago (2007)
President Illinois Philosophical Association (2003-2005)
Research Leave with Pay Loyola, University (Spring 2008) (Awarded competitively)
Warren Lloyd Holtzman Award for Research in Business Ethics ($1200) (Shared with Richard
Wokutch and Mary Ellen Verdu for our paper "Whistle-Blowing for Profit: An Ethical Analysis
of the Federal False Claims Act," Journal of Business Ethics 77 (2008).
Vision Keeper Award (2009) from Interfaith Action of Evanston, Illinois for my work in a local
soup kitchen.
Research Leave with Pay, Loyola University (Fall 2012)
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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Philosophical Association
Illinois Philosophical Association
Society of Christian Philosophers
Abraham Lincoln Association
MEMBERSHIP ON EDITORIAL BOARDS OF JOURNALS/PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS:
American Philosophical Quarterly (1995-98)
Journal of Happiness Studies (1999- )
Business Ethics Quarterly (2003-2008)
Public Affairs Quarterly (2010-2013)
Program Committee, American Philosophical Association, Central Division (20042005)
Program Committee, Illinois Philosophical Association, 2004-2005
Evaluator Philosophical Gourmet 2006 and 2008 2012 (Evaluator in Metaethics, Normative
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Applied Ethics, and Nineteenth Century Continental
Philosophy After Hegel, and overall evaluation of department)
EDITORIAL CONSULTANT:
Ethics, 1986 - present
Journal of Ethics, 2001
Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2001, 2010
Mind, 2008, 2009
Teaching Philosophy, 1989
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2011, 2013
Nous, 2001, 2012
Journal of Politics, 1980
Ethics and Animals, 1981 - 1985
Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 1983, 1998, 2001
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Journal of Business Ethics, 1992
Society for Business Ethics, 1992, 1999, 2003
Business Ethics Quarterly, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 1997
History of Philosophy Quarterly, 1998
Synthese, 2002
Social Theory and Practice, 2003
Erkenntnis, 2003
American Philosophical Quarterly, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014
Religious Studies 2009
Philosopher’s Imprint 2009, 2011
Phillosophical Quarterly 2011
Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1983
Oxford University Press, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
Routledge Publishing, 1997
University of Chicago Press, 2011
Blackwell’s Encyclopedia of Ethics 2011