john brunero

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




             work in progress             

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)


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