Dual citizen of Canada
and U.S.A.
General proficiency in
French, limited working proficiency in Italian and Spanish, elementary
proficiency in modern Greek.
EDUCATION
Ph.D.: University
of Pittsburgh,
1984.
MA: University
of Pittsburgh,
1981.
BA: McGill University, 1978.
Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (completion of professional exams),
1976.
INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS
Florence
G. Kline Professor of Philosophy, University
of Missouri at Columbia: 2003-.
Full Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University:
2000-2003.
Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University:
1990-2000.
Assistant Professor, Virginia
Commonwealth University: 1988-1990.
Assistant Professor, University
of Western Ontario:
1984-1988.
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ADMINISTRATIVE
POSITIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Director, Philosophy, Virginia
Commonwealth University: 1999-2000.
Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy, University of Missouri:
2005-.
Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Virginia Commonwealth
University:
1988-1999.
Harvard Management Development Program (3 weeks): 1994.
Administrative Associate to the President, Virginia Commonwealth
University: Fall
1992.
Actuarial Supervisor, Financial Forecasting Department, Great West
Life Assurance Company: 1973-75.
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AWARDS AND GRANTS
Liberty Fund contract ($44,500) for colloquium on liberty,
self-ownership, and the right to property, 2002.
Schalkenbach Foundation publication grant ($10,000 for
research leave), 1999.
Schalkenbach Foundation publication grant ($5,100 for
manuscript preparation costs), 1999.
American Council of Learned
Societies Fellowship ($20,000 for research leave), 1997.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Education Division grant
($115,000) for faculty workshops on teaching ethics across the
curriculum, 1996-99 (with John Accordino).
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities public lecture grants 1995
($1800), 1996 ($1500).
Virginia Commonwealth
University Research Grant-in-Aid ($7000), 1990.
Research Council of Canada grant for conference on contractarian thought ($10,000), 1987.
Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1981‑83.
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EDITORIAL WORK
Co-Editor: Economics
and Philosophy (2003-).
Associate
Editor: Politics, Philosophy and Economics (2000-03).
Board of Editors: Social
Theory and Practice (2006-), DicoPo [Dictionnaire de Philosophie Politique
on-line] (2006-) Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (2004-), Ethics
(2003-), Utilitas (1994-), Economics
and Philosophy (1998-2003), Ethics and Social Philosophy
(2004-).
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BOOKS
Equality
and Justice: Justice in General, edited, Routledge,
2003.
Equality
and Justice: The Demands of Equality, edited, Routledge, 2003.
Equality
and Justice: Distribution to Whom?, edited, Routledge,
2003.
Equality
and Justice: Distribution of What?, edited, Routledge,
2003.
Equality
and Justice: Social Contract and the Currency of Justice,
edited, Routledge, 2003.
Equality
and Justice: Desert and Entitlement, edited, Routledge, 2003.
The
Origins of Left Libertarianism: An Anthology of Historical Writings,
edited with Hillel Steiner, Palgrave Publishers Ltd., 2000.
Left
Libertarianism and Its Critics: The Contemporary Debate, edited with Hillel
Steiner, Palgrave Publishers Ltd., 2000.
Contractarianism and Rational Choice: Essays on David Gauthier’s Morals by
Agreement, edited,
Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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ARTICLES
1.
“Left-Libertarianism: An Overview”, Philosophical Exchange (forthcoming,
2009).
2.
“On the Possibility of Non-Aggregative
Priority for the Worst off”, Social Philosophy and Policy 29
(forthcoming, 2009).
3.
“Rights of Reparation and Rights of
Enforcement”, in Hillel Steiner and Political Philosophy: Themes and
Challenges, Edited by Ian Carter, Matthew Kramer and Stephen de (Routledge, forthcoming, 2009).
4.
“Brute
Luck and Agent Responsibility”, Politics, Philosophy & Economics (forthcoming, 2008).
5. “Broome on Moral Goodness and
Population Ethics”, Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research (forthcoming, 2008).
6. “Sen on
Equality”, Contemporary Philosophy
in Focus: Amartya Sen,
Edited by Christopher Morris (Cambridge
University Press,
forthcoming 2008).
7. “Left-Libertarianism and
Liberty", in Debates in Political Philosophy, edited by
Thomas Christiano and John Christman
(Contemporary Debate Series, Blackwell Publishers, forthcoming,
2008). [No electronic version currently available.]
8.
“Libertarian
Theories of Intergenerational Justice", (with Hillel Steiner) in Justice
Between Generations, edited by Axel Gosseries and Lukas Meyer (Oxford University
Press, forthcoming, 2008). [No electronic version currently available.]
9. “Answers to Five Questions on
Normative Ethics”, in Normative Ethics: Five Questions,
edited by Jesper Ryberg
and Thomas S. Peterson (Automatic Press/VIP, 2007), pp. 195-204.
10.
“Libertarianism
and the State",
Social Philosophy and Policy, 24 (2007): 187-205.
11. “Consequentialism”, Ethics in
Practice, 3rd edition, edited by Hugh La Follette
(Blackwell Publishers, 2007), pp. 22-30.
12. “Distributive
Justice", in Companion
to Contemporary Political Philosophy edited by Robert Goodin, Philip Pettit, and Thomas Pogge
(Blackwell Publishers, 2007).
13. “Paretian
Egalitarianism with Variable Population Size" (with Bertil
Tungodden), in Intergenerational Equity and
Sustainability, edited by John Roemer and Kotaro Suzumura,
(Palgrave Publishers Ltd., 2007), ch.11.
14. “On
Original Appropriation” ,
in Malcolm Murray, ed., Liberty,
Games, and Contracts: Jan Narveson and the Defence of Libertarianism (Aldershot: Ashgate
Press, 2007), pp. 173-178.
15. “Left-Libertarianism and
Private Discrimination”, San Diego Law Review 43 (2006): 981-994.
16. “Hurley on Justice and Responsibility”, Philosophy and Phenomenological
Research, 72 (2006): 433-438
17. “Five
Questions on Political Philosophy”, in Political Questions, edited by Morten Ebbe
Juul Nielsen (Automatic Press/VIP, 2006), pp. 169-78.
18. "Who are the Least Advantaged?"
(with Bertil Tungodden), in Egalitarianism: New Essays on the
Nature and Value of Equality, edited by Nils Holtug
and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Oxford University
Press, 2006).
19. “Against Maximizing Act Consequentalism”, in Contemporary Debates in Moral
Theories, edited by Jamie Dreier (Contemporary Debate Series,
Blackwell Publishers (2006): 21-37.
20. “Robert
Nozick: Anarchy State and Utopia",
in The Twentieth Century: Quine and After (Vol.
5, of Central Works of Philosophy) edited by John Shand, Acumen Publishing
(2006): 86-103.
21. "Natural Rights and Two Conceptions of
Promises", Chicago-Kent Law Review, 81:9, (2006): 9-19.
22. "On the Possibility of Paretian Egalitarianism"
(with Bertil Tungodden),
Journal of Philosophy 102 (2005): 126-54.
23.
"Of Mice and Men: Equality and Animals”,
Journal of Ethics, 9 (2005): 403-433.
28.
“Brute Luck Equality and Desert”, in Desert and Justice, edited
by Sabrina Olsaretti (Oxford University
Press, 2003): 169-185.
29.
“Justice in
General: An Introduction”, in Equality and Justice: Justice in
General, edited by Peter Vallentyne, Routledge (2003): xi-xviii.
30.
“The Demands of Equality: An Introduction”, in Equality and Justice: The
Demands of Equality, edited by Peter Vallentyne,
Routledge (2003): xi-xiv.
31.
“Distribution to Whom? An
Introduction”, in Equality
and Justice: Distribution to Whom?, edited by Peter Vallentyne, Routledge
(2003): xi-xiv.
32.
“Distribution of What? An
Introduction”, in Equality
and Justice: Distribution of What?, edited by Peter Vallentyne, Routledge
(2003): xi-xiv.
33.
“Social Contract and the Currency of Justice: An
Introduction”, in Equality
and Justice: Social Contract and the Currency of Justice,
edited by Peter Vallentyne, Routledge
(2003): xi-xiv.
34.
“Desert and Entitlement: An Introduction”, in Equality and Justice: Desert and
Entitlement, edited by Peter Vallentyne, Routledge (2003): xi-xvi.
37.
“Equality and the Duties of Procreators”, in Children and Political Theory
edited by David Archard and Colin MacLeod (Oxford University Press, 2002): 195-211.
38.
“Left-Libertarianism
and Global Justice” (with Nic Tideman), in Human Rights in Philosophy &
Practice edited by Burton
M. Leiser and Tom Campbell (Ashgate
Publishing, 2001): 443-457.
39.
“Left-Libertarianism:
A Primer”, in Left Libertarianism and Its Critics: The
Contemporary Debate, edited by Peter Vallentyne
and Hillel Steiner (Palgrave Publishers Ltd., 2000): 1-20.
40.
“Critical Notice of Child versus Childmaker: Future Persons and Present Duties in Ethics
and the Law by Melinda Roberts”, Nous 34 (2000): 634-47.
42. "Equality, Efficiency, and the Priority
of the Worse Off." ,
Economics and Philosophy 16 (2000): 1-19.
48. "Self-Ownership and Equality: Brute Luck,
Gifts, Universal Domination, and Leximin" , Ethics 107 (1997): 321-43.
49. “Response-Dependence, Rigidification,
and Objectivity”, Erkenntnis 44 (1995): 101-112.
50. “Taking Justice Too
Seriously”, Utilitas
7 (1995): 207-216.
57.
“Libertarianism,
Autonomy, and Children” (with Morry Lipson), Public
Affairs Quarterly 5 (1991): 333-352. [No electronic version
available.]
60.
“Contractarianism and the Assumption of Mutual
Unconcern”, Philosophical Studies 56 (1989): 187-192. [No
electronic version available.]
61.
“Equal
Opportunity and the Family” (with Morry Lipson),
Public Affairs Quarterly 3 (1989): 29-47. [No
electronic version available.]
62.
“How to
Combine Pareto Optimality with Liberty
Considerations”, Theory and Decision 27 (1989): 217-240. [No
electronic version available.]
64.
“Critical
Review of J.L. Mackie's Persons and Values and Ted Honderich's Morality and Objectivity” (papers
on Mackie's work), The Canadian Journal of Philosophy 18 (1988):
595-607. [No electronic version available.]
65.
“Explicating
Lawhood”, Philosophy of Science 55
(1988): 598-613. [No electronic version available.]
67.
“Rights
Based Paretianism”, The
Canadian Journal of Philosophy 18 (1988): 527-544. [No
electronic version available.]
69.
“Prohibition Dilemmas and
Deontic Logic”, Logique
et Analyse 18 (1987): 113-122. [No
electronic version available.]
70.
“Utilitarianism
and the Outcomes of Actions”, The
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 68 (1987): 57-70. [No
electronic version available.]
71.
“The
Teleological/Deontological Distinction”, The
Journal of Value Inquiry 21 (1987): 21-32. [No electronic
version available.
72. “Gauthier
on Morality and Rationality”, Eidos 5
(1986): 79-95. [No electronic version available.]
REPRINTS
1. “Standard Decision
Theory Corrected: Assessing Options When Probability is Infinitely and
Uniformly Spread”, in Hommage à Wlodek:
Philosophical papers dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz,
edited by Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen, Björn Petersson, Jonas Josefsson & Dan Egonsson
(www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek 2007). [Originally published in 2000]
2. “Capabilities vs. Opportunities for Well-being”,
in Capabilities Equality: Basic Issues and Problems, edited by
Alexander Kaufman (Routledge, 2006), pp. 79-92.
[Originally published in 2005.]
3. “Of Mice and Men: Equality and Animals”, in Egalitarianism:
New Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality, edited by Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
(Oxford University Press, 2006). [A revised version of the original 2005 publication.]
4. “Self-Ownership and Equality: Brute Luck, Gifts,
Universal Domination, and Leximin”, in Real
Libertarianism Assessed – Political Theory after Van Parijs
edited by Andrew Reeve and Andrew Williams (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003),
pp. 29-52. [Originally published in 1997.]
5. “Equality, Efficiency, and Priority for the
Worse Off”, in The Economics of Poverty and Inequality, vol. 1
(International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series), edited
by Frank A. Cowell (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Publishing Ltd., 2003), pp. 112-130. [Originally
published in 2000.]
6. “Equal Opportunity and the Family” (with Morry Lipson) in Children's Rights Revisioned: Philosophical Readings, edited by
Rosalind Ladd (Wadsworth Press, 1996), pp. 82-97. [Originally
published in 1989.]
7. “Contractarianism and
the Assumption of Mutual Unconcern” in Contractarianism
and Rational Choice: Essays on David Gauthier’s Morals by Agreement,
edited by Peter Vallentyne (Cambridge University
Press, 1991), pp. 71-75. [Originally published in
1989.]
8. “Gauthier's Three Projects”, in Contractarianism and Rational Choice:
Essays on David Gauthier’s Morals by Agreement, edited by Peter Vallentyne (Cambridge University Press, 1991), pp.
1-12. [A revised version of “Gauthier on Morality and Rationality”, originally published in 1986.]
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
1. “Social Contract”, in New Palgrave Dictionary
of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by Larry Blume and Stephen Durlauf
(Palgrave, forthcoming 2008).
2. “Libertarianism”,
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall
2006 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL
= http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2006/entries/libertarianism/.
This is a significant revision of the version in the Fall
2002 edition.
3. “Libertarianism”,
in Social Science Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, edited by Adam Kuper and Jessica Kuper (Routledge, 2004): 577-79.
4. “Infinity in Ethics”,
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, electronic expansion, edited by Edward
Craig, (Routledge, 2001).
5. “Self-Ownership”,
Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2nd edition, edited by Laurence Becker and
Charlotte Becker (Garland
Publishing, 2001): 1561-63.
6. “Contractualism”, in The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, edited by Christopher Gray,
(Garland Publishing, 1999): 159-161.
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TRANSLATIONS (with Guido Erreygers and Marylène Pastides)
1.
“Land, Labor, and Property” by Jean de Colins (from Du Pacte Sociale, et de la Liberté Politique considerée comme complément moral de l’Homme, vol. 2, 1835, pp. 134-61) in The
Origins of Left Libertarianism: An Anthology of Historical Writing,
edited by Peter Vallentyne and Hillel Steiner
(Palgrave Publishing Ltd., 2000).
2.
“Christian Socialism” by François Huet
(from Le Régne Social du Christianisme,
1853, sections 5 and 6 of Book 2) in The Origins of Left
Libertarianism: An Anthology of Historical Writings, edited by Peter Vallentyne and Hillel Steiner, (Palgrave Publishing
Ltd., 2000).
3.
“The Theory of Property” by Léon
Walras (from Études
d’Économie Sociale,
2nd edition, 1936, Sections 5 and 6 of Book 2) in The Origins
of Left Libertarianism: An Anthology of Historical Writings, edited
by Peter Vallentyne and Hillel Steiner,
(Palgrave Publishing Ltd., 2000).
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BOOK REVIEWS
1.
“Book Review of Dale Murray’s Nozick, Autonomy, and Compensation, Notre Dame Philosophical Review, http://ndpr.nd.edu/