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EducationPh.D., Philosophy, University of Tennessee, expected May 2011
M.A., Philosophy, University of Tennessee, 2007 B.A., Philosophy & Political Science, University of Tennessee, 2005
Area of Specialization
Social & Political Philosophy
Areas of Competence
Applied Ethics (especially Business Ethics, Bio Ethics, & Professional Responsibility), Critical Thinking, Ethics Teaching ExperienceInstructorIndependent Study: Social and Political Philosophy (Topic: Marx) ▪ University of Tennessee, Summer 2010
Social and Political Philosophy ▪ University of Tennessee, Summer 2010 ▪ University of Tennessee, Summer 2009
Professional Responsibility (Oral Concentration) ▪ University of Tennessee, Fall 2010 ▪ University of Tennessee, Spring 2010 ▪ University of Tennessee, Fall 2009 ▪ University of Tennessee, Summer 2009 ▪ University of Tennessee, Spring 2009
Business Ethics ▪ University of Tennessee, Summer 2008 ▪ University of Tennessee, Summer 2007 ▪ University of Tennessee, Summer 2006
Contemporary Moral Issues (Oral Concentration) ▪ University of Tennessee, Fall 2008
Ethics ▪ Walters State Community College, Fall 2010 ▪ Walters State Community College, Fall 2009
Critical Thinking ▪ South College, Summer 2009 ▪ South College, Spring 2009 ▪ South College, Winter 2009 ▪ South College, Summer 2008
Introduction to Philosophy ▪ Walters State Community College, Fall 2010 (online) ▪ Carson-Newman College, Spring 2010 ▪ Walters State Community College, Spring 2010
Teaching AssistantSocial and Political Philosophy ▪ University of Tennessee, Spring 2008
Engineering Ethics ▪ University of Tennessee, Fall 2007 ▪ University of Tennessee, Spring 2007
Bio Ethics ▪ University of Tennessee, Fall 2006
Business Ethics ▪ University of Tennessee, Spring 2006
Introduction to Philosophy ▪ University of Tennessee, Fall 2005
Pre-College TeachingPhilosophy for Kids ▪ Based on Thomas Wartenberg’s Big Ideas for Little Kids: Teaching Philosophy Through Children’s Literature, Inskip Elementary, Knoxville, TN, Fall 2010
Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking ▪ Kids U, Community Outreach for High School Students, University of Tennessee, Summer 2009
Public Speaking ▪ Kids U, Community Outreach for High School Students, University of Tennessee, Summer 2009
Additional Lower and Upper-Level Courses Qualified to TeachPhilosophy of Law The Ethics of Citizenship The Ethics of Belief Philosophy of Religion History of Ancient Philosophy History of Modern Philosophy
Publications
"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights," Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Deen Chatterjee, ed. Springer, New York, forthcoming 2010.
"Public Interest," Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Deen Chatterjee, ed. Springer, New York, forthcoming 2010.
"UDHR Rights and Duties: Contrasted and Critiqued," Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Deen Chatterjee, ed. Springer, New York, forthcoming 2010.
“The Race to the Bottom Hypothesis,” Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues, 2nd Ed., Salem Press, Pasadena, CA, forthcoming 2010.
"So You Want to Organize a High School Ethics Bowl," PLATO Online -- Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization of the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy, 2010.
Honors, Awards, & Fellowships
Graduate Teaching Associate Excellence in Teaching Award for 2008-2009, Philosophy Department, University of Tennessee
Top Collegiate Scholar, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2005
Presentations
“Rawls’s Justice as Fairness Part IV: Institutions of a Just Basic Structure” ▪ Howard Baker Center for Public Policy, February 2010.
“A Dilemma for Foley's Accounts of Rational Belief and Responsible Belief” (with EJ Coffman) ▪ Baylor University’s Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference, Feburary 2010.\
“It’s Never too Early to Talk about Ethics: Creating a National High School Ethics Bowl” (discussion panel) ▪ Invited by the Squire Family Foundation, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting, March 2010.
“A Dilemma for Foley's Accounts of Rational Belief and Responsible Belief” (with EJ Coffman) ▪ Baylor University’s Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference, Feburary 2010.
“Guns at Work” ▪ Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting, March 2009.
“A Human Right to Keep and Bear Arms” ▪ Tennessee Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, November 2008.
Conference Commentaries
“On Charles Cardwell’s ‘A Brief Inquiry into Organ Donation’” ▪ Tennessee Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, November 2009.
“On Kevin Bond’s ‘Intra-professional Conflict of the Military Physician’” ▪ Tennessee Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, November 2007.
Workshops Overseen
“How to Lead Successful Philosophy Discussions: Herding Kants” ▪ Philosophy Department, University of Tennessee, September 2009.
Selected Works in Progress
“The All-Things-Considered Approach to the Ethics of Belief”
“Guns at Work”
Professional Service
Organizer and Host, First Annual East Tennessee High School Ethics Bowl, University of Tennessee, Nov 2009. Participant, Pre-College Ethics Interest Group, organized by Squire Foundation, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, 2009—continue to collaborate with group. Blind reviewer for Open Court Publishing, 2009. Active Baker Scholar, Howard Baker Center for Public Policy (nonpartisan), 2007-pres.
Community Service
Lead organizer for weekly Philosophy for Kids class at Inskip Elementary School in Knoxville, TN, Fall 2010
Led a philosophical discussion with 3rd Graders at Vonore Elementary School, Vonore, TN, on Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, May 2010
Led roundtable discussion on the ethics of abortion for the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy's learning community, Sept 2009
Volunteer public speaking coach, Tennessee School for the Deaf, 2009-pres
Professional Organizations
American Philosophical Association
Tennessee Philosophical Association
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Society of Christian Philosophers
References
David ReidyProfessor and Head Department of Philosophy University of Tennessee 801 McClung Tower Knoxville, TN 37996-0480 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 865-974-7210
John HardwigProfessor and Head (retired) Department of Philosophy University of Tennessee 801 McClung Tower Knoxville, TN 37996-0480 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
EJ CoffmanAssistant Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy University of Tennessee 806 McClung Tower Knoxville, TN 37996-0480 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 865-974-3255
Graduate Coursework
Social and Political PhilosophyRawls, David Reidy Democracy, David Reidy Kant, Rousseau, Hegel, David Reidy Contemporary Theories of Justice, David Reidy Political Theory, Robert Gorman (Political Science Dept.)
Philosophy of LawResponsibility and Punishment, David Reidy Philosophy of Law, David Reidy Independent Study, John Davis
EthicsFeminist Ethics, Betsy Postow End of Life, John Hardwig Contemporary Kantian Ethics, Denis Arnold Ethics and Animals, John Nolt Markets and Morality, Denis Arnold
EpistemologyIndependent Study, EJ Coffman
HistoryPlato, John Kress Kant’s 1st Critique, Richard Aquila
LogicIntermediate Formal Logic, John Nolt
Philosophy of ScienceFeminist Philosophy of Science, Heather Douglas Science and Public Policy, Heather Douglas
OtherAnthropology of Human Rights, Trish Redker-Hepner (Anthropology Dept.) Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology, Trish Redeker-Hepner (Anthropology Dept.)
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