CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID COPP
Department of Philosophy telephone: 530-554-1386 University of California, Davis fax: 530-752-8964 Davis, CA 95616 [email protected] http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/dcopp
Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1976. Dissertation, “Individuals, Collectives and Moral Agency.” M.A.: Cornell University, 1973. Honours B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology: Glendon College, York University, Toronto, l970.
Faculty Positions
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1974 - 1976. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1976 - 1980 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1980 - 1988. (On leave, 1984 - 1987.) Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1984 - 1987. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1988 - 1989. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1989 - 1999. (On leave, 1998 - 1999.) Professor, Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 1998 - 2003. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, 2003 - 2009. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 2009 - 2013. Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 2013 - .
Other Academic Positions
Teaching Assistant to R. Stalnaker and N. Sturgeon, Cornell University, 1971 - 1972. Josephus Daniels Fellow of the Research Triangle Foundation, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1988-89. Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Fall 1992. Fellow of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, August - December, 1996. Fellow of the Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, Jan.- June, 1997.
Research Fellow, Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, June and July, 1998.Senior Research Fellow, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, 1998 - 2003. Visiting Professor, University of Leiden, Netherlands, Jan. - June, 2007. Visiting Professor, School of Law, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October, 2008.
Areas of Research and Advanced Teaching
Ethics and Meta-Ethics, Political and Social Philosophy, Action Theory.
Professional Positions and Activities
Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Philosophical Association, 1980-1983. Member of the Board of Referees, Dialogue, 1982 - 1986. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships Selection Committee, 1987. An Executive Editor of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 1982 - 1992. An Associate Editor of Ethics, October 1991 - August 2008. Program Committee, Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, 1991-93. Chair, Nominating Committee, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Assoc., 1997-98. Member, External Review Committee, Graduate Program, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, February, 2003. Advisory Council, Committee on Values and Ethics, Carleton University, 2002-2009. Nominating Committee, Central Division, American Philosophical Association, 2003-04. Member, Search Committee for new editor of Ethics, fall 2007. Member, External Review Committee, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, spring 2010. Subject Area co-Editor for Metaethics, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2003 - 2013. Editor, “Oxford Ethical Theory,” a monograph series with Oxford University Press. 2009 - present. Vice-President, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 2013 - 2014. President, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 2014-2015. Member, National Board of Officers, American Philosophical Association, 2013-2016. Member, Executive Committee, Pacific Division, A.P.A., 2013 - 2016. Referee at various times for various journals, including Ethics , The Philosophical Review, Nous, and for various publishers and institutions, including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, the Canadian Philosophical Association, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, etc.
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Grants, Honours, and Awards
Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship, Cornell University, 1970-1974. Commonwealth Fellowship, 1970, declined. Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1973-1974. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Leave Fellowship, 1980-81. President's Research Grant, Simon Fraser University, 1980. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Research Grant and Release Time Stipend, 1983-1985. University of Illinois at Chicago, Campus Research Board, Research Leave, Spring, 1986. Josephus Daniels Fellowship, Research Triangle Foundation, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1988-89. Research Fellowship, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, 1996. Research Fellowship, Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, 1997. Bank of Montreal Distinguished Speaker, Trent University, 1997. Keynote Speaker, Western Canada Philosophy Association, October, 1997. Research Fellowship, Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, 1998. College of Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, Bowling Green State University, November, 2002. Keynote speaker, Philosophy of Social Science Workshop, St Louis University, March, 2004. Keynote speaker, Conference on Value Inquiry, Louisiana State University, April, 2005. Zeno Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, February, 2007. Keynote speaker, Symposium on Moral Philosophy, School of Law, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October, 2008. Austin and Hempel Lecturer, Dalhousie University, February 2009. Keynote speaker, Southeast Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, March, 2009. Keynote speaker, Second International Colloquium on Ethics and Applied Ethics, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, June, 2011. Donald Brown Memorial Lecture, University of Vermont, April 2012. Keynote speaker, Third International Colloquium on Ethics and Applied Ethics, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, June, 2012. Dean’s Leadership Award, Division of Social Science, UC Davis, 2013. President, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 2014-2015.
University Service: Simon Fraser University
Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, Summer 1979 and 1980. Chair, Departmental Graduate Studies Committee, 1975-1977, and Departmental Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1981-1982, 1988. Memberships on various departmental, Faculty of Arts, and University Senate committees. Initiated a series of public conferences entitled "Public Issues and Philosophy"; organized the first of the series, on pornography and censorship, September, 1979.
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Organized, with David Zimmerman, conference entitled "Reason in Ethics", February, 1980. Revised Departmental Undergraduate Curriculum, 1982; drafted plagiarism policy, 1975.
University Service: University of Illinois at Chicago
Member of the following committees of the Philosophy Department: Executive Committee, 1985-87; Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1986-7; Placement Committee, 1985-86; Recruiting Committee, 1985- 87; Preliminary Examination Committee, 1985-87. Senate Committee on Statutes, Constitution and Bylaws, 1986-87. Committee on program in International Security and Foreign Policy, 1986. Panelist at University retreat to discuss University investments in companies operating in South Africa, 1986.
University Service: University of California, Davis (1989 - 1998)
Search Committees: (a) Philosophy Department, 1990-91, 1992-93 (chair of ethics search), 1997-98 (chair of ethics search), 1997-98 (mind search); (b) Program in Economy, .Justice, and Society, 1989-90, 1990-91. Program Committee, Program on Economy, Justice, and Society (E.J.S.), 1989-1998. Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, 1991-92. Staff Reorganization Advisory Committee, College of Letters & Science, 1994-95. Environmental Policy, Law, Economics Workgroup, Commission on the Environment, 1996. Bioethics Advisory Committee, School of Medicine, 1996-97. Chair, Department of Philosophy, 1994-96. Graduate Advisor, Department of Philosophy, 1997- 1998.
University Service: Bowling Green State University
Chair, Personnel Committee, Department of Philosophy, 1998-1999. Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Philosophy, 1998-2000. Chair Search Committee, Department of Philosophy, 1998-1999. Director of Graduate Program, Department of Philosophy, 1999-2000. Chair, Graduate Program Review Committee, Department of Philosophy, 1999. Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, 2000-2001. Chair, Department of Philosophy, 2001-2003.
University Service: University of Florida
Graduate Committee, Department of Philosophy, 2005-2006. Executive Committee, Department of Philosophy, 2006 – 2008. Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, fall semester, 2006. Graduate Coordinator, Department of Philosophy, 2007 – 2008. Chair, Search Committee for Chair of Department of Philosophy, spring 2009.
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University Service: University of California, Davis (2009 - present)
Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee, 2009 - 2010. Representative to the Assembly of the College of Letters and Science, 2009-2010. Chair, Department of Philosophy, 2010 - 2015.
Community Service
Member, City of Vancouver Committee on Race Relations, City Policies and By-Laws Subcommittee, 1982. British Columbia Civil Liberties Association: President, 1984; Secretary, 1982-1984; Vice- President, 1980-1982; Member of the Board of Directors, 1977-1984. Prepared and presented briefs to governments of Canada and B.C. and various federal committees. Member, Ethics Committee, Sutter Davis Hospital, 1995-96, 1997-98. Academics Without Borders USA: founding President, 2014. Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 2014 – 2015; member, Program Committee, 2016 – present. Board of Directors, 2015 -- present. Rotary Club of Davis, Sunrise: Chair of the Membership Committee 2012 -- 2014; Chair of the International Service Committee 2014 -- present
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Publications
Books
1. Morality, Normativity, and Society (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995; paperback edition 2001). 2. Morality in a Natural World: Selected Essays in Metaethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).
Anthologies and Special Journal Volumes
1. Pornography and Censorship: Scientific, Philosophical and Legal Studies, edited with Susan Wendell (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1983). 2. Morality, Reason and Truth: New Essays on the Foundations of Ethics, edited with David Zimmerman (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Allanheld, 1984). 3. New Essays in the Philosophy of Mind, Second Series, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume XI (1985), edited with J.J. MacIntosh. 4. Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Disarmament, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume XII (1986). 5. Canadian Philosophers Celebrating Twenty Years of the C.J.P., Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume XVI (1990). 6. On The Track of Reason: Essays in Honour of Kai Nielsen, edited with Rodger Beehler and Bela Szabados (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1992). 7. The Idea of Democracy, edited with Jean Hampton and John Roemer, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993; paperback edition 2009). 8. The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006).
Articles
1. “Leibniz's Thesis that not all Possibles are Compossible,” Studia Leibnitiana, Volume 5, Number 1 (1973), pp 26-42. 2. “Justice and the Difference Principle,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Volume 4, Number 2 (December, 1974), pp 229-240. 3. “Collective Actions and Secondary Actions,” American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 16, Number 3 (July, 1979), pp 177-186. 4. “The Iterated-Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume V (1979), pp 75-98. 5. “Do Nations Have the Right of Self-Determination?” in Stanley G. French, ed., Philosophers Look at Canadian Confederation (Montreal: Canadian Philosophical Association, 1979), pp 71-95. 6. “Hobbes on Artificial Persons and Collective Actions,” The Philosophical Review, Volume 89, Number 4 (October, 1980), pp 579-606. 7. “Harman on Internalism, Relativism and Logical Form", Ethics, Volume 92, Number 2 (January, 1982), pp 227-242.
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8. “Value Neutrality in the Techniques of Policy Analysis: Risk and Uncertainty,” with Edwin Levy, Journal of Business Administration, Volume 13, Numbers 1 and 2 (1982), pp 161- 190. 9. “Risk and Responsibility: Ethical Issues in Decision Making,” with Edwin Levy, in W.A. Cragg, ed., Contemporary Moral Issues (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1983), pp 488- 500. Republished as “Risques et responsabilités: prise de décisions et problèmes éthiques” (translation by Louise Rousselle), in W.A. Cragg, ed., Philosophie - Problèmes Moraux: Environnement (Montreal: McGraw-Hill, 1990), pp 128-141. 10. “Pornography and Censorship: Introductory Essay,” in David Copp and Susan Wendell, eds., Pornography and Censorship (1983), pp 15-41. 11. “Considered Judgments and Moral Justification: Conservatism in Moral Theory,” in David Copp and David Zimmerman, eds., Morality, Reason and Truth (1984), pp 141-168. 12. “Introduction,” in David Copp and David Zimmerman, eds., Morality, Reason and Truth (1984), pp 1-24. 13. “What Collectives Are: Agency, Individualism and Legal Theory,” Dialogue, Volume 23, Number 2 (June, 1984), pp 249-269. 14. “Morality, Reason and Management Science: The Rationale of Cost- Benefit Analysis,” Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring, 1985), pp 128-151. Republished in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D Miller Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Ethics and Economics (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985). 15. “Some Positions and Issues in Environmental Ethics,” in Philip P Hanson, ed., Environmental Ethics: Philosophical and Policy Perspectives (Burnaby, Canada: Simon Fraser University Publications, 1986), pp 181-195. 16. “Introduction: Deterrence and Disarmament,” in David Copp, ed., Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Disarmament, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume XII (1986), pp 1-21. 17. “The Justice and Rationale of Cost-Benefit Analysis,” Theory and Decision, Volume 23 (July, 1987), pp 65-87. 18. “Consequentialist Rights: L.W. Sumner's The Moral Foundation of Rights,” Dialogue, Volume 28 (1989), pp 131-148. 19. “Explanation and Justification in Ethics,” Ethics, Volume 100, Number 2 (January, 1990), pp 237-258. 20. “Contractarianism and Moral Skepticism,” in Peter Vallentyne, ed., Contractarianism and Rational Choice: Essays on Gauthier (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), pp. 196-228. 21. “Normativity and the Very Idea of Moral Epistemology,” Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 29, Supplement - 1990 Spindel Conference (1990), pp. 189-210. 22. “Moral Skepticism,” Philosophical Studies, Volume 62 (1991), pp. 203-233. 23. “Moral Realism: Facts and Norms,” Ethics, Volume 101 (1991), pp. 610-624. 24. “Responsibility for Collective Inaction,” Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 22, Number 2 (Fall, 1991), pp. 71-80. 25. “Meta-ethics,” Encyclopedia of Ethics (New York, Garland Publishing Company, 1992), pp. 790-798.
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26. “Skepticism in Ethics,” Encyclopedia of Ethics (New York, Garland Publishing Company, 1992), pp. 1156-1159. 27. “The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living: Autonomy and the Basic Needs,” Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 9 (1992), pp. 231-261. Reprinted in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Economic Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992). Reprinted in Julian Lamont, ed., Distributive Justice (London: Ashgate, 2012). 28. “The Concept of Society,” Dialogue, Volume 31 (1992), pp. 184-212. 29. “The ‘Possibility’ of a Categorical Imperative: Kant’s Groundwork, Part III,” Philosophical Perspectives, Volume 6 (1992), 261-284. 30. “Reason and Needs,” in R.G. Frey and Christopher Morris, eds., Value, Welfare, and Morality (Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp. 112-137. 31. “Could Political Truth be a Hazard for Democracy?” in David Copp, Jean Hampton, and John Roemer, eds., The Idea of Democracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp. 101-117. 32. “Quinn on Double Effect: The Problem of ‘Closeness’,” with John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza, Ethics, Volume 103 (July, 1993), pp. 707-725. Reprinted in P.A. Woodward, ed., The Doctrine of Double Effect: Philosophers Debate a Controversial Moral Principle (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1996). 33. “Moral Obligation and Moral Motivation,” in Kai Nielsen and Jocyelyne Couture, eds., On the Relevance of Metaethics: New Essays on Metaethics, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, supp. vol. 21, (1995), pp. 187-219. 34. “Pluralism and Stability in Liberal Theory,” The Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 4, number 3 (September, 1996), pp. 191-206. 35. “Moral Skepticism,” in Donald M. Borchert, ed., The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Supplement, (New York: Macmillan, 1996), pp. 364-365. 36. “Moral Knowledge in Society-Centered Moral Theory,” in Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Mark Timmons, eds., Moral Knowledge? (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 243-266. 37. “The Ring of Gyges: Overridingness and the Unity of Reason,” Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 14 (1997), pp. 86-106. Reprinted in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Self-Interest (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997). Reprinted in Copp, Morality in a Natural World (2007). Reprinted in Sebastian Schleidgen, ed., Should We Always Act Morally: Essays on Overridingness, (Marburg: Tectum, 2012), pp. 89-115. 38. “Democracy and Communal Self-Determination,” in Jefferson McMahan and Robert McKim, eds., The Morality of Nationalism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), pp. 277-300. 39. “Belief, Reason, and Motivation: Michael Smith’s, The Moral Problem,” Ethics, Volume 108, Number 1 (1997), pp. 33-54. 40. “Defending the Principle of Alternate Possibilities: Blameworthiness and Moral Responsibility,” Nous, Volume 31, Number 4 (1997), pp. 441-456. 41. “Does Moral Theory Need the Concept of Society?” Analyse und Kritik, Volume 19 (1997), pp. 189-212.
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Reprinted in Russ Shafer-Landau, ed., Metaethics: Critical Concepts in Philosophy (New York: Routledge, 2008). 42. “Reasons and Societies: Kurt Baier’s The Rational and the Moral Order”, The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 48, Number 190 (1998), pp. 96-102. 43. “Equality, Justice, and the Basic Needs”, in Gillian Brock, ed., Necessary Goods (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998), pp. 113-133. 44. “Morality and Society - The True and the Nasty: Reply to Leist,” Analyse und Kritik, Volume 20 (1998), pp. 30-45. 45. “International Law and Morality in the Theory of Secession,” The Journal of Ethics, Volume 2 (1998), pp. 1-26. 46. “The Idea of a Legitimate State,” Philosophy and Public Affairs, Volume 28 (1999), pp. 3- 45. 47. “Korsgaard on Normativity, Identity, and the Grounds of Obligation”, in Julian Nida- Rumelin, ed., Rationality, Realism, Revision (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1999), pp. 572-581. 48. “Capitalism versus Democracy: The Marketing of Votes and the Marketing of Political Power,” in John D. Bishop, ed., Ethics and Capitalism (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000), pp. 81-101. 49. “Milk, Honey, and the Good Life on Moral Twin Earth,” Synthèse, Volume 124 (2000), pp. 113-137. Reprinted in Copp, Morality in a Natural World (2007). 50. “Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism: Naturalized Epistemology and the First-Person Perspective,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 26 (2001), pp. 31-74. Reprinted in Copp, Morality in a Natural World (2007). 51. “Against Direction of Fit Accounts of Belief and Desire,” Analysis, Volume 61 (2001), pp. 44-53. Co-authored with David Sobel. 52. “Rationality, Autonomy, and Basic Needs,” in Neil Roughley, ed., Being Humans, (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2001), pp. 334-355. 53. “Against Internalism About Reasons – Gert’s Rational Options,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 62 (2001), pp. 455-461. 54. “Realist-Expressivism: A Neglected Option for Moral Realism,” Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 18 (2001), pp. 1-43. Reprinted in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Moral Epistemology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001). Reprinted in Copp, Morality in a Natural World (2007). 55. “Gert on Reasons, Rationality, Harms, and Lists,” in Walter Sinnott_Armstrong and Robert Audi, eds. Rationality, Rules, And Ideals: Critical Essays on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory, (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002), pp. 91-110. 56. “Desires, Motives, and Reasons: Scanlon’s Rationalistic Moral Psychology,” Social Theory and Practice, Volume 28 (2002), pp. 243-276. Co-authored with David Sobel. 57. “Goldman on the Goals of Democracy,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 64 (2002), pp. 207-214. 58. “Social Unity and the Identity of Persons,” The Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 10, number 4 (2002), pp. 365-391.
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59. “‘Ought’ Implies ‘Can’, Blameworthiness, and Alternate Possibilities,” in David Widerker and Michael McKenna, eds., Moral Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Press, 2003), pp. 265-299. 60. “Why Naturalism?” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 6 (2003), pp. 179-200. Reprinted in Copp, Morality in a Natural World (2007). 61. “Morality and Virtue: An Assessment of Some Recent Work in Virtue Ethics,” Ethics, Volume 114 (2004), pp. 514-554. Co-authored with David Sobel. Reprinted, in part, under the title, “Virtue Ethics Leaves Loose Ends,” in Bruce N. Waller, ed., You Decide! Current Debates in Ethics (New York: A.B. Longman, 2006). 62. “Moral Naturalism and Three Grades of Normativity,” in Peter Schaber, ed., Normativity and Naturalism (Frankfurt: Ontos-Verlag, 2005), pp. 7-45. Reprinted in Copp, Morality in a Natural World (2007). Reprinted, in Polish translation, as "Naturalizm moralny i trzy stopnie normatywnosci," trans., Piotr Makowski, Etyka 42 (2009), pp. 51-83. Also reprinted in Serbian translation. 63. “The Normativity of Self-Grounded Reason,” Social Philosophy and Policy, Volume 22 (2005), pp. 165-203. Reprinted in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Personal Identity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). Reprinted in Copp, Morality in a Natural World (2007). 64. “International Justice and the Basic Needs Principle,” in Gillian Brock and Harry Brighouse eds., The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 39-54. Reprinted in ProtoSociology, 26 (2009), pp. 150-166. 65. “A Skeptical Challenge to Moral Non-Naturalism and a Defense of Constructivist Naturalism,” Philosophical Studies,126 (2005), pp. 269-283. 66. “Introduction: Metaethics and Normative Ethics,” in David Copp, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 3-35. 67. “The Ontology of Putnam’s Ethics Without Ontology,” Contemporary Pragmatism, Volume 3 (2006), pp. 39-53. 68. “On the Agency of Certain Collective Entities: An Argument from ‘Normative Autonomy’,” Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Volume 30 (2006), pp. 194-221. 69. “The Collective Moral Autonomy Thesis,” Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 38 (2007), pp. 369-388. 70. “Autonomy and the Social Construction of Values,” in Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen, Björn Petersson, Jonas Josefsson and Dan Egonsson, Hommage à Wlodek - Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz (electronic publication at
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75. “Darwinian Skepticism About Moral Realism,” Philosophical Issues, 18 (2008), pp. 184- 204. An earlier version is published, in Italian translation, in La Contingenza dei Fatti e l'Oggettivita dei Valori, ed. Giancarlo Marchetti (Milan: Mimesis, 2009). 76. “’Ought’ Implies ‘Can’ and the Derivation of the Principle of Alternate Possibilities,” Analysis, Volume 68.1 (2008), pp. 67-75. 77. “Realist-Expressivism and Conventional Implicature,” in Russ Shafer-Landau, ed., Oxford Studies in Meta-Ethics, vol. 4 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 167-202. 78. “Do We Have Any Justified Moral Beliefs?” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 77, number 3 (2008), pp. 811-819. 79. “Is Society-Centered Moral Theory a Contemporary Version of Natural Law Theory?” Dialogue, 48 (2009), pp. 19-36. 80. “Toward a Pluralist and Teleological Theory of Normativity,” Philosophical Issues, 19 (2009), pp. 21-37. 81. “Normativity, Deliberation, and Queerness,” in Richard Joyce and Simon Kirchin, eds., A World Without Values: Essays on John Mackie’s Error Theory (Berlin: Springer, 2010), pp. 141-165. 82. “The Wrong Answer to an Improper Question?” in Samuel Black and Evan Tiffany, eds., Reasons to be Moral Revisited, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume, 33 (2010), pp. 97-130. 83. “Corrective Justice as a Duty of the Political Community: David Lyons on the Moral Legacy of Slavery and Jim Crow,” Boston University Law Review, Volume 90 (2010), pp. 1731-1754. 84. “Reasonable Acceptability and Democratic Legitimacy: Estlund’s Qualified Acceptability Requirement,” Ethics, Volume 121 (2011), pp. 239-269. 85. “Prinz’s Subjectivist Moral Realism: Jesse Prinz, The Emotional Construction of Morals,” Nous, Volume 45 (2011), pp. 577-594. 86. “Do Animals Have Fundamental Moral Standing?” in Thomas L. Beauchamp and R.G. Frey, eds., Oxford Handbook of Animals and Ethics (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 276-303. 87. “Comment on Sacconi, Faillo, and Ottone: Contractarian Compliance, Welfarist Justice, and Conformist Utility,” Analyse und Kritik, Volume 33 (2011), pp. 311-323. 88. “Normativity and Reasons: Five Arguments from Parfit Against Normative Naturalism,” in Susana Nuccetelli and Gary Seay, eds., Ethical Naturalism: Current Debates (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 24-57. 89. “The Collective Moral Autonomy Thesis: Reply to Ludwig and Miller,” Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 43, number 1 (2012), pp. 78-95. 90. “Varieties of Moral Naturalism,” Filosofia Unisinos, Volume 13, number 2 supplement (2012), pp. 280-295. 91. “Experiments, Intuitions, and Methodology in Moral and Political Theory,” in Russ Shafer- Landau, ed., Oxford Studies in Meta-Ethics, vol. 7 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 1-36. 92. “Is Constructivism an Alternative to Moral Realism?” in Carla Bagnoli, ed., Constructivism in Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 108-132.
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93. “Indirect Epistemic Teleology Explained and Defended,” in Abrol Fairweather and Owen Flanagan, ed., Naturalizing Epistemic Virtue (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), pp. 70-91. 94. “Can a Hybrid Theory Have it Both Ways: Moral Thought, Open Questions, and Moral Motivation,” in Guy Fletcher and Michael Ridge, eds., Having it Both Ways (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 51-74. 95. “Nothing to Fear; Nothing to Hide: The Right to Privacy as a Civil Liberty,” in Kate Milberry, ed., 50 Years of Freedom: A Festschrift Celebration for the Golden Anniversary of the BC Civil Liberties Association (Vancouver: British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, 2015), pp. 75-80. 96. “What Kind of Mistake is it to Use a Slur?” with Adam Sennett. Philosophical Studies, Volume 172, Number 4 (2015), pp. 1079-1104. 97. “Rationality and Moral Authority,” in Russ Shafer-Landau, ed., Oxford Studies in Meta- Ethics, vol. 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 134-159. 98. “Explaining Normativity,” Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, Volume 89 (2015), pp. 48-73. 99. “Social Glue and Norms of Sociality,” Philosophical Studies 172 (2015), pp. 3387-3397. 100. “Normative Naturalism and Normative Nihilism: Parfit’s Dilemma for Naturalism,” in Simon Kirchin, ed., Reading Parfit On What Matters (London: Routledge, 2016). 101. “Moral Education versus Indoctrination,” Theory and Research in Education 15 (2016), forthcoming.
Book Reviews
1. Review of Philosophy, Morality and International Affairs, edited by V. Held, S. Morgenbesser, and T. Nagel, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 85, No 2 (April, 1976), pp 241-242. 2. Review of Satisfaction of Interest and the Concept of Morality, by Steven A. Smith, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 86, No 1 (January, 1977), pp 112-114. 3. Review of On Human Conduct, by Michael Oakeshott, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 86, No 2 (April, 1977), pp 235-238. 4. Review of Moral Reasoning and Truth, by Thomas D. Perry, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 87, No 3 (July, 1978), pp 460-463. 5. Review of On Justice, by J.R. Lucas, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 92, No 3 (July, 1983), pp 436-438. 6. Review of Utilitarianism and Cooperation, by Donald H. Regan, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 92, No 4 (October, 1983), pp 617- 622. 7. Review of Collective and Corporate Responsibility by Peter A. French, in Ethics , Vol 96, No 3 (April, 1986), pp 636-638. 8. Review of Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action by Virginia Held, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 97, No 3 (July, 1988), pp 430-432. 9. Review of Morals by Agreement by David Gauthier, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 98, No 3 (July, l989), pp 411-414.
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10. Review of Moral Reasons by Jonathan Dancy, in Philosophical Books, Vol 35, No 3 (July, 1994), pp. 197-199. 11. Review of Moral Differences: Truth, Justice and Conscience in a World of Conflict, by Richard W. Miller, in The Philosophical Review, Vol 103, No 4 (October, 1994), pp. 723-726. 12. Review of Balance and Refinement: Beyond Coherence Methods of Moral Inquiry by Michael R. DePaul, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 56, No. 4 (December, 1996), pp. 959-962. 13. Review of Rational Choice and Moral Agency, by David Schmidtz, in The Philosophical Review, 108 (1999), pp. 297-299. 14. Review of What We Owe to Each Other, by T.M. Scanlon, in Economics and Philosophy, Vol. 16, No. 2 (October, 2000), pp. 368-372. Co-authored with David Sobel. 15. Review of Ethics and the A Priori: Selected Essays on Moral Psychology and Meta-ethics, by Michael Smith, in Mind, Vol. 115 (2006), pp. 476-481. 16. Review of Normativity, by Judith Jarvis Thomson, in Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Vol 89 (2010), pp. 180-183.
Conference and Invited Presentations
1. “Justice and the Difference Principle,” Department of Philosophy, Cornell University, September 1973. 2. ------, Department of Philosophy, The Johns Hopkins University, November 1973. 3. ------, Department of Philosophy, Brown University, December 1973. 4. ------, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, January 1974. 5. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, January 1974. 6. “Theories of Collective Action,” Department of Philosophy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, February 1975. 7. “Mill's Theory of Morality,” Malaspina College, Nanaimo, B.C., January 1976. 8. “An Account of Collective Action,” 1976 Congress of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Quebec City, June. 9. “Moral Relativism and Personal Assessments,” Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, September 1976. 10. ------, 1976 Meetings of the Western Canada Philosophical Association, Lethbridge, Alberta, October. 11. Commentary on Rodger Beehler, “Concerning the Alleged Absoluteness of the Moral ‘Ought’,” The Tri-University Philosophy Conference, Simon Fraser University, April 1977. 12. Commentary on Thomas M. Lennon, “Rules and Relevance: The Non- Equivalence of Act and Rule Utilitarianism,” 1977 Congress of the C.P.A., Fredericton, May. 13. “The Iterated Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill,” The Tri-University Philosophy Conference, University of Victoria, January, 1978. 14. ------, 1978 Congress of the C.P.A., London, Ontario, June.
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15. “Nation, State and Self-Determination.” Invited workshop paper presented to the Conference on Philosophical Issues Relating to the Future of Confederation, Montreal, April, 1979. 16. Commentary on C.D. MacNiven, “Ethical Naturalism and the A Priori,” 1979 Congress of the C.P.A., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, June. 17. “Hobbes on Artificial Persons and Collective Actions.” Invited paper presented at the University of Alberta Hobbes Conference, Edmonton, June 1979. 18. “Do Nations Have the Right of Self-Determination?” Vancouver Philosophy Circle, October 1979. 19. ------, 1979 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Edmonton, October. 20. “What Collectives Are,” 1980 Congress of the C.P.A., Montreal, May. 21. “An Ontology for Organization Theory,” Division of Organizational Behaviour, Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia, November 1980. 22. “Do Nations Have the Right of Self-Determination?” Philosophy Club, Glendon College of York University, Toronto, November 1980. 23. “What Collectives Are,” Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, December 1980. 24. “Conservatism in Moral Theory,” Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, February 1981. 25. “What Collectives Are,” 1981 Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, Portland, March. 26. “Value Neutrality in the Techniques of Policy Analysis,” with Edwin Levy. 1981 Congress of the C.P.A., Halifax, June. Paper presented by E. Levy. 27. “Cost-Benefit Analysis, Social Rationality and Ethical Values,” Simon Fraser University, November 1981. 28. “Society Centred Moral Theory: An Unnoticed Option,” Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, November 1981. 29. “Conservatism in Norman Daniels's Theory of Wide Reflective Equilibrium,” 1981 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Calgary, Alberta, October. 30. ------, 1982 Meeting of the Pacific Division of the A.P.A., Sacramento, March. 31. “Risk and Uncertainty: Ethical Issues in Decision-Making,” with Edwin Levy. Invited paper presented to the Second National Conference on Ethics in Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, March 1982. Paper presented by E. Levy. 32. “Society Centred Moral Theory: An Unnoticed Option,” Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge, April 1982. 33. “Social Viability and Moral Justification,” 1982 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Lethbridge, Alberta, October. 34. ------, 1983 Meeting of the Pacific Division of the A.P.A., Oakland, March. 35. “Management Science, Ethical Values and Social Rationality: The Basis of Cost-Benefit Analysis.” Invited paper presented to the University of Waterloo conference, "Philosophy, Economics and Justice", May 1983. 36. “R.M. Hare's Moral Thinking,” Department of Philosophy, University of Regina, October 1983. 37. “Moral Skepticism and the Burden of Proof,” 1983 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Winnipeg, October.
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38. “Some Issues in Environmental Ethics.” Invited talk at the Simon Fraser University Workshop on Environmental Ethics, Montreal, December 1983. 39. “Social Rationality and the Justification of Morality,” Invited paper presented to the University of Victoria conference, "Community, Law and Liberty in 1984", February 10, 1984. 40. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, March 1984. 41. ------, Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, March 1984. 42. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, March 1984. 43. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, March 1984. 44. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, October 1984. 45. “The Justice and Rationale of Cost-Benefit Analysis,” Seminar on Ethics and Social Policy, The Committee on Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, February 1985. 46. “The Concept of a Society,” The Great Expectations Philosophy Colloquium, Evanston, Illinois, April 1985. 47. Commentary on Brendon Gillon, “The Semantics of Plural Noun Phrases,” 1985 Meeting of the Alberta Philosophy Departments, Lake Louise, April. 48. “The Concept of a Society,” 1985 Congress of the C.P.A., Montreal, May. 49. “Moral Skepticism and the Credibility of Moral Realism.” Invited paper presented to the American Association for Value Inquiry, meeting in conjunction with the Pacific Division of the A.P.A., Los Angeles, March 1986. 50. Commentary on Dennis McKerlie, “Egalitarianism and The Separateness of Persons,” 1986 Meeting of the W.C.P.A., Edmonton, October. 51. “Societal Choices and Preferences,” University of Chicago Seminar on Contemporary Moral and Political Theory, January 1987. 52. “Religion, History and Justified Belief: Comments on a Paper by Terence Penelhum,” Simon Fraser University Conference on the Importance of the History of Philosophy to Philosophy, Vancouver, February 1987. 53. “Threats, Risks, and the Morality of Nuclear Deterrence.” Invited paper presented to seminar on the Strategic Defense Initiative and the future of arms control and disarmament, Hutchins Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, March 1987. 54. “Moral Justification and the Empirical Model of Normativity.” Commentary on Peter Railton, “The Justification of Morality,” Oberlin College Colloquium in Philosophy, April 1987. 55. “Contractarianism and Moral Skepticism.” Invited paper presented to University of Western Ontario colloquium on Contemporary Contractarian Theory, April 1987. 56. “Moral Skepticism.” Invited paper presented to the Central Division of the A.P.A., Chicago, 2 May 1987. 57. “Moral Skepticism.” Invited paper presented to University of Guelph conference on Ethics and Justification, 22 May 1987. 58. “Moral Skepticism,” Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, November, 1987. 59. “Explanation and Justification in Ethics,” Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, January, 1988.
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60. “Nuclear Intentions and Nuclear Risks,” Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, January, 1988. 61. ------, Program on Ethics and Public Life, Cornell University, February, 1988. 62. “Consequentialist Rights.” Invited symposium paper presented to the 1988 Congress of the C.P.A., Windsor, May. 63. “Nuclear Intentions, Nuclear Risks and the Ethics of Catastrophe,” Research Triangle Ethics Circle, Chapel Hill, November, 1988. 64. “Irrational Deterrence or Rational Retaliation,” Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, November, 1988. 65. “Explanation and Justification in Ethics,” Department of Philosophy, University of Rochester, December, 1988. 66. “Morality, Skepticism, and Society,” Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, February, 1989. 67. “Moral Skepticism,” Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, February, 1989. 68. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, February, 1989. 69. ------, Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University, February, 1989. 70. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, March, 1989. 71. “Reason and Needs,” Department of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, March, 1990. 72. ------, Conference on Value, Welfare and Morality, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, April, 1990. 73. “Responsibility for Collective Inaction,” symposium on Collective Action and Responsibility, Central Division of the A.P.A., New Orleans, April, 1990. 74. “Could Truth be a Hazard for Democracy?” Commentary on a paper by David Estlund, Conference on Democracy, University of California, Davis, May, 1990. 75. “Normativity and The Very Idea of Moral Epistemology,” Spindel Conference on Moral Epistemology, Memphis State University, October, 1990. 76. “The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living: Autonomy and the Basic Needs,” Conference on Economic Rights, Social Philosophy and Policy Center Bowling Green State University, held at San Diego, October, 1990. 77. “Could Political Truth be a Hazard for Democracy?” Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, October 1991. 78. “Can Societies be Choosers?” Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, November 1991. 79. “A Cognitivist Theory of Normative Judgment,” Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge, February 1992. 80. “Liberalism and Property Rights: Commentary on Shapiro,” Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, December 1992. 81. “Democracy and Secession,” Conference on Nationalism, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, April 1993. 82. “Reason and Needs,” Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, May 1993. 83. “Moral Knowledge in Society-Centered Moral Theory,” Conference on Moral Epistemology, Dartmouth College, September 1994.
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84. “Pluralism and Stability in Liberal Theory,” Conference on Pluralism, University of Western Ontario, January 1995. 85. “Moral Obligation and Moral Motivation,” 1995 Philosophy Colloquium, “Moral Obligation”, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, April 1995. 86. “Gauguin’s Choice: Morality, Reason, and Self-Interest,” Conference on Self-Interest, Social Philosophy and Policy Center Bowling Green State University, September 1995. 87. “The Ring of Gyges: Overridingness and the Unity of Reason,” Department of Philosophy, Indiana University, November, 1996. 88. “A Theory of the Legitimate State,” Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, December, 1996. 89. ------, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, December, 1996. 90. “Society Centered Moral Theory,” Moral Philosophy Group, The Ohio State University, December, 1996. 91. “The Ring of Gyges: Overridingness and the Unity of Reason,” Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, January, 1997. 92. “Capitalism versus Democracy: Politics or Ethics?” Bank of Montreal Distinguished Speaker, Administrative Studies, Trent University, February, 1997. 93. “The Ring of Gyges: Overridingness and the Unity of Reason,” Moral Philosophy Group, University of Toronto, February, 1997. 94. ------, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, February, 1997. 95. “A Theory of the Legitimate State,” Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, March, 1997. 96. “Reply to Railton and Sinnott-Armstrong,” invited paper delivered to A.P.A. Pacific Division Author meets Critics symposium on Morality, Normativity, and Society, March, 1997. 97. “The Problem of Stability in Multinational States”, Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, April, 1997. 98. “Social Unity and Individual Identity in Multinational States,” Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, May, 1997. 99. “Does Moral Theory Need the Concept of Society?” Ethik-Zentrum, University of Zurich, June, 1997. Invited paper delivered to an Author Meets Critics session on Morality, Normativity, and Society. 100. “Social Unity and Individual Identity in Multinational States,” Ethik-Zentrum, University of Zurich, June, 1997. 101. “Realism and the Normativity of Moral Judgment: Personal Identity and Moral Obligation” invited paper presented to Third International Congress of the Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie, Munich, September, 1997. 102. “Social Unity and Individual Identity in Multinational States,” invited paper, Western Canada Philosophy Association, October, 1997. 103. ------, Department of Philosophy, Macalester College, October, 1997. 104. “Milk, Honey, and the Good Life on Moral Twin Earth,” invited paper, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, April, 1998. 105. “The Idea of a Legitimate State,” Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, July, 1998.
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106. “Social Unity and Individual Identity in Multinational States,” Australasian Association of Philosophy, Sydney, July, 1998. 107. “Taggart’s Anti-Humeanism,” Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, September, 1998. 108. “Rationality and Autonomy,” Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta, March, 1999. 109. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, April, 1999. 110. “Social Unity and Individual Identity,” Committee on Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, April, 1999. 111. “A Contractarian Dilemma? Comments on Eric Barnes” Central Division, American Philosophical Association, May, 1999. 112. “Gert on Reasons, Rationality, Harms, and Lists,” Conference on Bernard Gert’s Moral Theory, Dartmouth College, May, 1999. 113. “Rationality and Autonomy,” Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Le Lavandou, France, June, 1999. 114. “Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism,” Department of Philosophy, the Ohio State University, January, 2000. 115. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, February, 2000. 116. “Social Unity and the Identity of Persons,” Ethics and Society, Spring 2000 Public Lecture Series, University of Miami, February, 2000. 117. ------, Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University, March, 2000. 118. ------, “Belief and Desire in Evaluative Judgment,” Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, Albuquerque, April, 2000. 119. “Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism,” Philosophy Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, April, 2000. 120. ------, Canadian Philosophical Association, Edmonton, May, 2000. 121. “International Law and Morality in the Theory of Secession,” Canadian Philosophical Association, Edmonton, May, 2000. 122. “Realist-Expressivism: A Reconciliation of Expressivism and Realism in Ethics,” Conference on Moral Epistemology, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, La Jolla, May 2000. 123. “Equality and Neutrality: Christman’s Political Conception of Equal Shares,” Workshop on Egalitarianism, Responsibility, and the Law, University of North Carolina, October, 2000. 124. “Social Unity and the Identity of Persons,” Department of Philosophy, the University of Guelph, October, 2000. 125. “Four Epistemological Challenges to Ethical Naturalism,” Department of Philosophy, Texas A & M University, November, 2000. 126. “Rationality, Autonomy, and Basic Needs,” Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, December, 2000. 127. “Realist-Expressivism: A Neglected Option for Moral Realism,” Department of Philosophy, Boston University, January 2001. 128. “Rationality and Autonomy,” Department of Philosophy, l’Université de Montréal, March, 2001.
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129. “Social Unity and the Identity of Persons,” Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, March, 2001. 130. “Realist-Expressivism: A Neglected Option for Moral Realism,” Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, April, 2001. 131. “Grounding a Modest Conception of Rationality,” Conference on Reason and Deliberation, 18-20 May 2001, Bowling Green State University. 132. “Comments on John Skorupski, ‘Three Methods and a Dualism’,” Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Urbino, Italy, June, 2001. 133. “Why Naturalism?” invited paper, North American Society for Social Philosophy, Ypsilanti, Michigan, July 2001. 134. ------, Department of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, November, 2001. 135. ------, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University, January, 2002. 136. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, February, 2002. 137. ------, British Society for Ethical Theory, University of Reading, April, 2002. 138. “Social Unity and the Identity of Persons,” seminar in Ethics and Action Theory, Stanford University, May, 2002. 139. “Why Naturalism?” Conference in Honour of Steven Davis, Simon Fraser University, June, 2002. 140. “International Justice, a Global State, and the Basic Needs,” Conference on International Justice, University of St. Andrews, July, 2002. 141. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November, 2002. 142. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, November, 2002. 143. “Cultural Relativism, Toleration, and the Problem of Intolerant Cultures,” College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series, Bowling Green State University, November, 2002. 144. “Grounding a Modest Conception of Rationality,” Department of Philosophy, University of Southern California, December, 2002. 145. ------, Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, February, 2003. 146. “International Justice, a Global State, and the Basic Needs,” Department of Philosophy, University of Virginia, March, 2003. 147. ------, invited paper presented to Central Division, American Philosophical Association, Cleveland, OH, April, 2003. 148. “Comments on Michael Bratman, ‘Shared Valuing and Frameworks for Practical Reasoning,’” Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2003. 149. “Moral Naturalism and Three Grades of Normativity,” Conference on Naturalism and Normativity, Ethic-Zentrum, University of Zurich, September 2003. 150. “Cultural Relativism and Post-Intervention Decisions,” Conference on “Intervention, Then What?” Committee on Values and Ethics, Carleton University, October, 2003. 151. ------, Ethics Center, Ohio University, October, 2003. 152. “Moral Naturalism and Three Grades of Normativity,” Department of Philosophy, Ohio University, October, 2003.
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153. ------, invited address, St Louis Philosophy of Social Science Workshop, St Louis University, March, 2004. 154. “The Normativity of Self-Grounded Reason,” Department of Philosophy, St Louis University, March, 2004. 155. ------, Conference on Personal Identity, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, April, 2004. 156. ------, Michael Smith’s Meta-ethics seminar, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, February, 2005. 157. “Moral Necessities in a Contingent World,” keynote address, 32nd Conference on Value Inquiry, Louisiana State University, April, 2005. 158. “Is Life Absurd?” Comment on a paper by Michael Smith, Maryland Conference on Practical Rationality, College Park, Maryland, April, 2005. 159. “Moral Necessities in a Contingent World,” Fourth Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Granada, Spain, June, 2005. 160. “On the Agency of Certain Collective Entities: An Argument from ‘Normative Autonomy’”, Kline Conference on Collective Rationality, University of Missouri, October, 2005. 161. “Moral Naturalism and the Self-Evidence of Fundamental Moral Truths,” invited paper presented to Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, Portland, Oregon, March, 2006. 162. “The Collective Moral Autonomy Thesis,” invited paper presented to the Conference on Collective Intentionality, University of Helsinki, August, 2006. 163. “Autonomy and the Social Construction of Values,” Workshop on the Social Conditions of Autonomy, Ethic-Zentrum, University of Zurich, October, 2006. 164. “’Ought’ Implies ‘Can’ and the Derivation of the Principle of Alternate Possibilities,” 2007 Meetings of the Florida Philosophical Association, Tampa, November, 2006. 165. “Darwinian Skepticism about Moral Realism,” Zeno Lecture presented to the Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, February, 2007. 166. “Moral Naturalism and Three Grades of Normativity,” Department of Philosophy, University of Leiden, February 2007. 167. “The Collective Moral Autonomy Thesis,” presented to the Workshop on Collective Responsibility and Group Rights, University of Gröningen, April, 2007. 168. ------, Practical Philosophy Workshop, University of Leiden, May, 2007. 169. “Moral Naturalism and the Self-Evidence of Fundamental Moral Truths,” Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, May, 2007. 170. “Moral Naturalism and Three Grades of Normativity,” Conference on Metaethics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, May, 2007. 171. “Moral Necessities in a Contingent World,” Netherlands Metaethics Group, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, May, 2007. 172. “The Collective Moral Autonomy Thesis,” Department of Philosophy, Humboldt University, Berlin, June, 2007. 173. “Darwinian Skepticism about Moral Realism,” Practical Philosophy Workshop, Humboldt University, Berlin, June, 2007. 174. “Darwinian Skepticism about Moral Realism,” Fourth Workshop in Metaethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September, 2007.
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175. “Realist-Expressivism and Conventional Implicature,” Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, January, 2008. 176. “Normativity, Deliberation, and Queerness,” Department of Philosophy, University of Nebraska, April, 2008. 177. “Truth, Pluralism, and Legitimacy: An Apparent Incoherence in Rawls’s Defense of Political Liberalism,” Program on Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law, University of Virginia, April, 2008. 178. “Normativity, Deliberation, and Queerness,” Conference in Moral Philosophy, Inter- University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June, 2008. 179. “Toward a Teleological Theory of Normativity,” Conference in Honor of Charles Chastain, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, September, 2008. 180. ------, Symposium on Moral Philosophy, School of Law, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October, 2008. 181. ------, Department of Philosophy, McGill University, October, 2008. 182. “Truth, Pluralism, and Legitimacy: An Apparent Incoherence in Rawls’s Defense of Political Liberalism,” Austin and Hempel Lecture, Dalhousie University, February, 2009. 183. “Toward a Teleological Theory of Normativity,” Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, February, 2009. 184. ------, Keynote Address, Southeast Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, March, 2009. 185. “Reasonable Acceptability and Democratic Legitimacy: Estlund’s Qualified Acceptability Requirement,” invited paper presented to Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, Vancouver, April, 2009. 186. “Toward a Pluralist and Teleological Theory of Normativity,” Sixth Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Rethymno, Greece, June, 2009. 187. “Toward a Pluralist and Teleological Theory of Normativity,” invited paper presented to the Naturalism Workshop, Leeds University, September, 2009. 188. “The Why Be Moral Question and the Rationality Assumption,” Florida Philosophical Association, Gainesville, November, 2009. 189. “Corrective Justice as a Duty of the Political Community: David Lyons on the Moral Legacy of Slavery and Jim Crow,” Boston University College of Law conference, “Rights, Justice and Law, A Conference Inspired by the Moral and Legal Theory of David Lyons,” March, 2010. 190. “Experiments, Intuitions, and Methodology in Moral and Political Theory,” Centre de Recherche Sens, Ethiques, Societe (CERSES), Universite de Paris Descartes (Paris-V), June, 2010. 191. ------, Symposium on Political Ethics, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in collaboration with the Nordic Network on Political Ethics, Uppsala, Sweden, June, 2010. 192. ------, Seventh Workshop in Metaethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September, 2010. 193. “Needs, Values, and Normativity,” Conference on Needs, A Key Concept for Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Basel, Switzerland, September, 2010. 194. “Normativity and Reasons: Five Arguments from Parfit Against Normative Naturalism,” Department of Philosophy, Cornell University, February, 2011.
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195. “Comments on Peter Railton, ‘Toward a Unified Account of Rationality in Belief, Desire, and Action,” Workshop on the Rationality of Belief and Desire, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, February, 2011. 196. “Varieties of Moral Naturalism,” Department of Philosophy, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, May, 2011. 197. “Do Animals Have Fundamental Moral Standing?” Fourth International Colloquium on Ethics and Applied Ethics, Universidade Federal do Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, June, 2011. 198. “Toward a Pluralistic and Teleological Theory of Normativity,” Fourth International Colloquium on Ethics and Applied Ethics, Universidade Federal do Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, June 2011. 199. “Comments on Stephen Darwall, ‘Morality’s Distinctiveness’,” Seventh Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Riquewihr, France, June, 2011. 200. “Comments on Coleen Macnamara, ‘“Screw You” & “Thank You”’,” Conference on Free Will and Moral Responsibility, University of San Francisco, September 2011. 201. “Is Constructivism an Alternative to Moral Realism?” Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, October, 2011. 202. “The Collective Moral Autonomy Thesis Defended,” invited paper presented to the Conference on Collectives and Moral Responsibility, University of Amsterdam, February 2012. 203. “Rationality and Moral Authority,” invited paper presented to the Central Division, A.P.A., Chicago, February 2012. 204. “Indirect Epistemic Teleology Explained and Defended,” invited paper presented to the Pacific Division, A.P.A., Seattle, April 2012. 205. “Is Constructivism an Alternative to Moral Realism?” Department of Philosophy, University of Vermont, April 2012. 206. “Darwinian Skepticism About Morality,” Donald Brown Memorial Lecture, University of Vermont, April 2012. 207. “Comments on Three Papers,” Department of Philosophy, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, June 2012. 208. “Darwinian Skepticism About Morality,” Fifth International Colloquium on Ethics and Applied Ethics, Universidade Federal do Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, June 2012. 209. “Rationality and Moral Authority” Center for Ethics and Philosophy of Mind, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2012. 210. “Can a Hybrid Theory Have it Both Ways? Inferences, Open Questions, and Moral Motivation,” Conference on Hybrid Theories, University of Edinburgh, July 2012. 211. “Rationality and Moral Authority,” Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, October, 2012. 212. Comment on Elizabeth Anderson, “The Social Epistemology of Morality: Learning from the Forgotten History of the Abolition of Slavery,” Kadish Lecture, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, February, 2013. 213. “Rationality and Moral Authority,” Department of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, March, 2013. 214. “Rationality and Moral Authority,” BAFFLE, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, April, 2013.
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215. “Comments on Henry Richardson, ‘Articulating the Moral Community’,” Eighth Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Sophienberg Slot, Rungsted, Denmark, June, 2013. 216. “Rationality and Moral Authority,” Tenth Workshop in Metaethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September, 2013. 217. “Normative Concepts, Natural Properties,” Tenth Symposium on Ethics and Political Philosophy, Center for Ethics and Philosophy of Mind, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil, March, 2014. 218. “Explaining Normativity,” Tenth Symposium on Ethics and Political Philosophy, Center for Ethics and Philosophy of Mind, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil, March, 2014. 219. ------, Department of Philosophy, Universidade Federal do Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, March, 2014. 220. ------, Chiron Workshop, Department of Philosophy, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, March, 2014. 221. ------, Department of Philosophy, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, March, 2014. 222. “Normative Concepts, Natural Properties,” Department of Philosophy, York University, November, 2014. 223. ------, Rio Metaethics Conference, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, January, 2015. 224. “Explaining Normativity,” Presidential Address, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Vancouver, April, 2015. 225. “Social Glue and Norms of Sociality,” invited talk, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Vancouver, April, 2015. 226. “The Meta-Theory of Law and Etiquette,” Workshop on Metaethics and Philosophy of Law, Yale Law School, April, 2015. 227. “Moral Education versus Indoctrination: The Relevance of Metaethics,” Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Conference on Moral Education and Metaethics, University of Birmingham, June 2015. 228. ------, Ninth Conference on Moral Theory and its Applications, Beaune, France. 229. “Social Glue and Norms of Sociality,” Social Complexes 2: Perspectives from Metaphysics, Ethics, and the Philosophy of Action, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2015. 230. “Normative Properties and Ways of Thinking,” Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, December, 2015. 231. “Normative Properties and Ways of Thinking,” Department of Philosophy, Xiamen University, China, May, 2016. 232. “Nothing to Fear; Nothing to Hide: The Right to Privacy as a Civil Liberty,”,” Department of Philosophy, Xiamen University, China, May, 2016.
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