Ph.D., Columbia University
about me
I work in the Philosophy Department at UM-St. Louis, where I teach moral, political, and legal philosophy. Most of my research concerns issues in ethical theory related to requirements of rationality (especially instrumental rationality) and the concept of a reason. I've posted links below to some papers I've written. If you can't access them, send me an email and I'll gladly send you a copy. I also organize, with Eric Wiland, the St. Louis Annual Conference on Reasons and Rationality (SLACRR).
email: bruneroj [at] umsl [dot] edu C.V. (updated April 15, 2012)
teaching
Spring 2012: Social and Political Philosophy
Fall 2012: Topics in Philosophy of Law, Approaches to Ethics
Instrumental Rationality Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (co-authored with Niko Kolodny)
Reasons, Evidence and Explanations Oxford Handbook of Reasons and Normativity
papers
(Click on the paper title to link to the official version; click on "dc" for an unofficial draft copy.)
Metaethics and Ethics International Encyclopedia of Ethics (co-authored with Eric Wiland); in press
Instrumental Rationality, Symmetry and Scope Philosophical Studies 157 (January 2012) 125-140. dc
Consequentialism and the Wrong Kind of Reasons Utilitas 22 (September 2010) 351-359. dc
Self-Governance, Means-Ends Coherence and Unalterable Ends Ethics 120 (April 2010) 579-591. dc
The Scope of Rational Requirements Philosophical Quarterly 60 (January 2010) 28-49. dc
Against Cognitivism about Practical Rationality Philosophical Studies 146 (December 2009) 311-325. dc
Reasons and Evidence One Ought Ethics 119 (April 2009) 538-545. dc
McDowell on External Reasons European Journal of Philosophy 16 (April 2008) 22-42. dc
Are Intentions Reasons? Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 88 (December 2007) 424-444. dc
Instrumental Rationality and Carroll's Tortoise Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 8 (November 2005) 557-569. dc
Two Approaches to Instrumental Rationality & Belief Consistency Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 1 (April 2005) 2-20.
Korsgaard on Motivational Skepticism Journal of Value Inquiry 38 (June 2004) 253-264. dc
Evolution, Altruism and Internal Reward Explanations Philosophical Forum 33 (Winter 2002) 413-424. dc
some recent talks
"Rational Akrasia" Pacific APA Symposium (Seattle, April 2012)
"Reasons as Explanations" Central APA Colloquium (Chicago, February 2012)
"Evidence, 'Ought,' and the Mine Shaft Paradox" Pacific APA Colloquium (San Diego, April 2011)
"Instrumental Rationality, Symmetry and Scope" Eastern APA Colloquium (Boston, December 2010)
"Means-Ends Coherence and Unalterable Ends" Central APA Colloquium (Chicago, February 2010)
"Rational Intentions: A Unified Account" Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (Boulder, August 2009)
"Reasons and Evidence One Ought" Pacific APA Colloquium (Vancouver, April 2009)
"Consistency in Belief and Intention" Central APA Colloquium (Chicago, February 2009)

