Publications
Publications by Topic
Aristotle
Aristotle and the Virtues (Oxford University Press, 2012).
Reviews: American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Ancient Philosophy, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Mind, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Review, Phronesis, Revue Philosophique de Louvain,Review of Metaphysics, Tijdschrift voor Philosophie
“Comment on Pearson,” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, 35 (2020), 59-67.
“Aristotelian Demons,” in Evil in Aristotle, ed. P. Kontos (Cambridge, 2018), 98-121.
“Aristotle and Moral Virtue,” in Oxford Handbook of Virtue, ed. N. Snow (Oxford, 2018), 104-129.
“Rules Lurking at theHeart of Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics,” Apeiron, 49 (2015), 57-92.
"Aristotle's Practical Syllogisms," The Philosophical Forum, 46 (2015), 129-153.
“Aristotle’s Mean Relative to Us,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 80 (2006), 507-519.
“How Good People Do Bad Things: Aristotle on the Misdeeds of the Virtuous,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, 28 (2005), 233-256.
“Aristotle’s Painful Path to Virtue,” Journal of the History of Philosophy, 40 (2002), 141-162. [later, longer version]
“To Become Good,” The Paideia Project On-Line: Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy (1999). [earlier, shorter version]
“An Argument in Physics II.8,” Philosophia, 26 (1998), 359-382.
“Aristotle’s Account of the Virtue of Temperance in Nicomachean Ethics III.10-11,” Journal of the History of Philosophy, 35 (1997), 5-25.
“A Defense of Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean,” Ancient Philosophy 16 (1996), 129-138.
“Aristotle’s Bad Advice About Becoming Good in NE II,” Philosophy, 71 (1996), 139-146.
“Aristotle’s Account of the Virtue of Justice,” Apeiron, 28 (1995), 207-238. [later, longer version]
· Anthologized in Tom Angier, ed. Ancient Virtue Ethics (Routledge, 2018).
“Aristotle’s Account of the Virtue of Justice,” Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Greek Philosophy: Aristotle’s Political Philosophy, ed. K. Boudouris (Athens: Greek Philosophical Society, 1995) [earlier, shorter version]
“The Value of Passions in Plato and Aristotle: Comments,” Southwest Philosophy Review, 11, supp. (1995), 57-62.
“Aristotelian Form and End,” Dialogos, 26 (1991), 33-46.
“Aristotle’s Much Maligned Megalopsychos,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 69 (1991), 131-151.
“The Supremely Happy Life in Aristotle’s Ethics,” Apeiron, 24 (1991), 47-69.
“Criteria for Happiness in Nicomachean Ethics I.7 and X.6-8,” Classical Quarterly, 40 (1990), 421-432.
“A Great Philosopher’s not so Great Treatment of Great Virtue: Aristotle’s Treatment of Greatness of Soul,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 20 (1990), 517-537.
Review of Aristotle on Shame and Learning to be Good by M. Jimenez, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2022).
Review of Aristotle on the Uses of Contemplation by M. Walker, in Polis, 37 (2020), 213-215.
"Like Doctor Who, Aristotle Needs a Companion,” critical notice of The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics ed. by R. Polansky, in Polis, 32 (2015), 412-421.
Review of Aristotle on Courage by T. Nisters, in Ancient Philosophy, 22 (2002), 205-208.
Review of Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle’s Politics by F. Miller, in Ancient Philosophy, 19 (1999), 430-436.
Review of The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle, ed. by J. Barnes, in Canadian Philosophical Reviews, 15-16 (1996), 4-6.
Review of Practices of Reason, by C. D. C. Reeve, and Aristotle on the Perfect Life, by A. Kenny, in Journal of the History of Philosophy, 33 (1995), 162-164.
Plato
"Akrasia and Courage in the Protagoras," Review of Metaphysics, 71 (2017), 265-291.
“Plato’s Rejection of the Instrumental Accountof Friendship in the LYSIS,” Polis, 31 (2014), 352-368.
“Two Varieties of Temperance in the Gorgias,” International Philosophical Quarterly, 31 (1991), 153-159.
Contemporary Virtue Ethics
Difficult Virtues: An Aristotelian Perspective (Routledge, 2024).
Virtue Ethics for the Real World: Improving Character without Idealization (Routledge, 2023).
Reviews: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Review of Metaphysics
“Introducing the Virtue of Good Timing and Some Surprising Functions of Practical Reason,” Journal of Value Inquiry, 56 (2022), 485-504.
“The Virtues of the E-Interlocutor,” Virtues, Democracy, and Online Media: Ethical and Epistemic Issues, ed. N. Snow and M.S. Vaccarezza (Routledge, 2021), 170-185.
“Making the Classroom Safe for Open-mindedness,” (1st author with J. Gottlieb), Educational Theory, 69 (2019), 383-402.
“Good People with Bad Principles,” Teoria, 38 (2018), 79-89.
“Yesterday's Virtue Ethicists Meet Tomorrow's High Tech: A Critical Response to Technology and the Virtues by Shannon Vallor,” Philosophy and Technology, 31 (2018), 283-292.
“Healing Character Flaws,” in The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education, ed. T. Harrison and D. Walker (Routledge, 2018), 19-31.
“Against Idealization in Virtue Ethics,” in Varieties of Virtue Ethics, ed. J. Arthur, D. Carr, K. Kristjansson (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2017), 53-71.
“Aristotelian Well-Being for the Modern World: Taking the Capabilities Approach to the Next Level of Specificity,” in The Philosophy and Psychology of Virtue: An Empirical Approach to Character and Happiness, ed. N. Snow and F. Trivigno (Routledge).
"An Aristotelian Account of Civility," in Civility in Politics and Education, ed. by Deborah Mower and Wade Robison (Routledge, 2012)
“An Aristotelian Critique of the Traditional Family,” American Philosophical Quarterly, 47 (2010), 103-115.
Review of Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice by M. Nussbaum, in Los Angeles Review of Books (November, 2017).
Review of Aristotelian Character Education ed. K. Kristjánsson, in The Philosophical Quarterly, 66 (2016), 851-854.
Review of Virtues and Their Vices ed. by K. Timpe and C. Boyd, in The Philosophical Quarterly, 65 (2015), 108-113.
Wildlife Research Ethics
Edited Special issue of the Journal of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (a journal of the National Academy of Sciences), 54 (2013) (with M. Wallace).
“Historical, ethical, and (extra)legal perspectives on culpability in “accidental” species introductions” (2nd author with G. Perry, M. Farmer, M. Gore, and D. Simberloff), Bioscience, 70 (2020), 60-70.
“The Three Rs of Animal Research: What They Mean for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and Why,” Science and Engineering Ethics, 22 (2016), 549-565. (1st author with Gad Perry, Mark Wallace, and Dan Perry).
“Moral Problems and Perspectives for Ecological Field Research,” (with M. Wallace) Journal of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, 54 (2013), 2-3.
“The Ethics of Wildlife Research: A Nine R Theory,” Journal of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (1st author with M. Wallace, G. Perry, P. Muhlberger, and D. Perry), 54 (2013), 51-56.
“Environmental Research Ethics: Extensions of the Three R’s,” Environmental Ethics, (1st author with M. Wallace, G. Perry, P. Muhlberger, and D. Perry), 35 (2013).
“Why is Ecological Ethics Necessary?” CORE Issues in Professional and Research Ethics, (2012) (with M. Wallace, G. Perry, P. Muhlberger, and D. Perry).
“Teaching Wildlife Research Ethics: A Progress Report,” (1st author, with M. Wallace, G. Perry, P. Muhlberger, and D. Perry), Teaching Ethics, 12 (2011), 95-112.
“Toe-Clipping of Amphibians and Reptiles: Science, Ethics, and the Law,” (4th author, with P. Muhlberger, G. Perry, D. Perry, and M. Wallace), Journal of Herpetology, 45 (2011) 547-555.
Biomedical Ethics
“Patients Who Make Bad Therapeutic Choices,” Journal of the American College of Dentists, 81 (2014), 41-45.
“The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 29 (2004), 533-562.
“Withdrawal of Life-Support: Four Problems in Medical Ethics,” Journal of Medical Humanities, 15 (1994), 233-241.
“Fry’s Concept of ‘Care’ in Nursing Ethics,” Hypatia: a Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 8 (1993), 174-183.
“Is Care a Virtue for Health Care Professionals?” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 18 (1993), 51-69.
· Anthologized in Theories and Research in the Practice Domain of Nursing: Conceptualization of Practice, Action, and Nursing Practice: General Tools of Nursing Practice, ed. by --- Journal of Nursing Research Institute, Seoul National Conference, (Seoul National University, Institute of Nursing Science, 1998), 107-125.
· Anthologized in Ethical Theory and Moral Problems, ed. by H. Curzer (Wadsworth 1999), 331-341.
“Do Physicians Make Too Much Money?” Theoretical Medicine, 13 (1992), 45-65.
Review of Ethical Issues in the New Reproductive Technologies, ed. R. Hull, in Theoretical Medicine, 12 (1991), 191-193.
Confucian Philosophy
“Stingy King Meets Savvy Sage: Rethinking the Dialog between King Xuan of Qi and Mengzi,” Dao, 19 (2020), 371-389.
“Contemporary Rituals and the Confucian Tradition: A Critical Discussion,” Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 39 (2012), 288–307.
“An Aristotelian Doctrine of the Mean in Mencius?” Dao, 11 (2012), 53-62.
“Benevolent Government Now,” Comparative Philosophy, 3 (2012), 75-86.
Review of The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life by M. Puett and C. Gross-Loh, in Los Angeles Review of Books (July, 2017).
Review of Ethics in Early China: An Anthology ed. by C. Fraser, D. Robins, and T. O’Leary, in China Review International, 19 (2012), 590-596.
Applied Ethics
Ethical Theory and Moral Problems (Wadsworth, 1999).
"The Virtuous Data Scientist and the Ethics of Good Science," (2nd author with Anne Epstein) Philosophy and Technology, 35:46 (2022).
“Authorship and Justice: Credit and Responsibility,” Accountability in Research, 27 (2020).
“When Bad Thoughts Happen To Good People: A Thought Experiment,” American Philosophical Quarterly, 50 (2013), 81-89.
“Managing Conflict of Interest in Research: Some Suggestions for Investigators,” Accountability in Research, 19 (2012), 143-155 (with G. Santillanes).
“Admirable Immorality, Dirty Hands, Ticking Bombs, and Torturing Innocents,” Southern Journal of Philosophy, 44 (2006), 31-56.
“Admirable Immorality, Dirty Hands, Care Ethics, Justice Ethics, and Child Sacrifice,” Ratio, 15 (2002), 227-244.
“Managing Conflict of Interest in Research: Some Suggestions for Investigators,” (1st author, with G. Santillanes), Accountability in Research, 19 (2012), 143-155.
“Journals and Justice,” Journal of Information Ethics, 5 (1996), 39-53.
Review of The Ethical Encounter by C. Cordner, in The Philosophical Quarterly, 53 (2003), 624-626.
Miscellaneous
"Husserlian-Oriented Descriptive Phenomenological Research Methodology" (2nd author with Chau Nguyen) in Methodological Innovations in Research and Academic Writing, ed. by Aaron Zimmerman (IGI Global, 2022), 63-81.
“Do Ethics Classes Teach Ethics?” Theory and Research in Education (1st author with Sabrina Sattler, Devin DuPree, and Rachelle Smith-Genthôs), 12 (2014), 366-382.
“Tweaking the Four Component Model of Moral Development,” Journal of Moral Education, 43 (2014), 104-123.
“Moral Worth, From Duty, Good Will,” Dialogue, 36 (1997), 287-322.
“An Ambiguity in Parfit’s Theory of Personal Identity,” Ratio, 4 (1991), 16-24.
“Zero-set Ultrafilters and Gd-closures in Uniform Spaces,” Journal of the Australasian Mathematical Society, Series A, 28 (1979), 219-228 (1st author, with A. Hager).
“On the Topological Completion,” Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 56 (1976), 365-370 (1st author, with A. Hager).
Review of Virtue, Narrative, and Self: Explorations of Character in the Philosophy of Mind and Action, ed. by Ulatowski and van Zyl in The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 99 (2021), 841.
Hebrew Bible
“The Narrator’s Words are not the Last Word: Four Perspectives on the Golden Calf Episode,” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 36:2 (2022), 195-217.
“Abraham, the Faithless Moral Superhero,” Philosophy and Literature, 31 (2007), 344-361.
“Spies and Lies: Faithful, Courageous Israelites and Truthful Spies,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 35 (2010), 187-195.
“The Fourth Patriarch?” Jewish Magazine, 118 (November, 2007).
Blogs
“Why are liberals SO upset?” 4/26/17.
“How Reluctant Trump Voters Can Reply to their Critics,” 12/23/16.
“The Personal Touch: Something Each Democrat Can Do Right Now For Our Country,” 11/17/16.
“Loyalty v. Integrity: Public Figures, Endorsements, and Balaam the Seer,” 10/11/16.
“Moses Endorses Joshua at the Convention on the Border of the Promised Land and the Delegates Go Wild,” 8/3/16.
“Voting Ethics and the Lesser Evil,” 7/1/16.
“Cyber-Judaism: Ask the Rebbe Online,” 6/1/16.
“Trump Strips Away the Veneer and the GOP Gasps: Unwitting Complicity, Guilt, and Forgiveness,” 3/25/16.
“Gimme Shelter: The Biblical Roots of Contemporary Sanctuary Cities,” 2/11/16.
“Moses Was an Activist,” 12/29/15.
“Migrants and Morals,” 10/30/15.
“Abraham Spared Isaac: #ChildLivesMatter as Precursor to #BlackLivesMatter,” 9/9/15.
“The Virtue of Pride,” 7/11/15.
“Bible, Baltimore, and Beyond,” 5/18/15.
“Freedom is NOT the Point of Passover,” 4/3/15.
“The Golden Calf: Managing the Noncompliant Client,” 3/3/15.
“When Sacred Texts Say Terrible Things,” 1/3/15.
“Noah: Colonist, Ecologist, Sociologist,” 11/14/14.
“Impossible Ideals,” 8/16/14.
“Blame and the Israel/Gaza War: A Nonpartisan List of Common, Mistaken Lines of Thought,” 7/24/14.
“The Perils of Trusting the Trustworthy,” 6/30/14.
“Biblical Funding for National Projects: Private Charity v. Tax-and-Spend,” 4/29/14.
“Therapeutic Rituals in Leviticus Shed Light on the Abortion Debate,” 3/14/14.
“The Sabbath Commandment and the Minimum Wage,” 1/28/14.
“Joseph’s Coat and Jacob’s Gift Tax,” 11/18/13.
“A Rising Tide Floats One Boat: Noah's Response to Climate Change,” 10/04/13.
“Property Rights and Wrongs in Deuteronomy,” 8/14/13.
“Torah vs. Libertarians: Round 1,” 6/12/13.
“Liberty, Justice, and Manna for All: Israelites in the Desert on Welfare,” 3/24/13.
“Achilles & Moses go Postal: Gun Control Lesson from the Ancient World,” 3/1/13
“Pharaoh, the Climate Change Skeptic: Exodus 6:2-9:35 (Va'era),” 1/8/13.
