Much of my current work concerns
the nature and importance of well-being and two related kinds of value: meaning and worth. I defend an objective list theory of what makes a life worth living, a purely objectivist theory of meaning, and a mental statist theory of well-being.
I am interested in a wide variety of
topics in ethics, the philosophy of art, metaphysics, and general value theory,
such as: the nature of pleasure, well-being, love, the badness of death, humor,
the paradox of tragedy, the nature of aesthetic value, moral responsibility, and the emotions.
I've taught a dozen different philosophy courses and several interdisciplinary humanities seminars: Philosophy of Death, Philosophy of Film, The Good Life, Philosophy of Love, Free Will, Bioethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and Environmental Ethics. Last year, I taught Meta-ethics and Philosophy of Emotion. Next fall, I'm teaching Moral Responsibility, Philosophy of Death, and The Good Life.
Here are some of my papers:
The best way to get in touch with me is through email: asmuts@gmail.com
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