EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Philosophy, January 1994, Temple University

M.A., Philosophy, January 1989, Temple University

B.A., Philosophy, May 1986, University of Pennsylvania

BOOKS:

Deleting the State: An Argument About Government, Open Court, 2008.

BOOKS EDITED:

Political Philosophy: Essential Selections, Co-editor (w/ T. Machan). Prentice-Hall, 1999.

The Simpsons and Philosophy, Co-editor (w/ W. Irwin and M. Conard) and contributor. Open Court, 2000.

Woody Allen and Philosophy, Co-editor (w/ M. Conard) and contributor. Open Court, 2004.

The Philosophy of TV Noir, Co-editor (w/ S. Sanders) and contributor. University Press of Kentucky, 2008.

Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl: Critical Essays on Norms of Liberty. Editor and contributor. Lexington Books, 2008.

JOURNALS EDITED:

Reason Papers, Editor-in-Chief, from vol 26 (2002) to present.

ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS:

“Hayek the Philosopher of Law,” in The Cambridge Companion to Hayek, Edward Feser, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2006.

“Radical Freedom and Social Living,” in Anarchism/Minarchism, Long and Machan, eds., Ashgate, 2008.

“War and Liberty,” Reason Papers, vol 28 Spring 2006.

“Liberty, Policy, and Natural Disasters,” in Liberty and Hard Cases, T.R. Machan, ed., Hoover Institution Press, 2001.

This essay also appears in Journal des Economistes et des Estudes Humaines, December 2000.

“Virtue Ethics and Seinfeld,” in Seinfeld and Philosophy, William T. Irwin, ed., Open Court, 1999.

This essay was reprinted in Readings on The Ultimate Questions, Rauhut and Smith, eds., Penguin 2005.

“Lisa and American Anti-Intellectualism,” in The Simpsons and Philosophy, Irwin, Conard, and Skoble, eds, Open Court, 2000.

“Virtue and Vice in The Lord of the Rings,” in The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy, G. Bassham and E. Bronson, eds., Open Court, 2003.

“Integrity in Woody Allen’s Manhattan,” in Woody Allen and Philosophy, Conard and Skoble, eds., Open Court, 2004.

“Superhero Revisionism in Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns,” in Superheroes and Philosophy, Tom

Morris and Matt Morris, eds., Open Court 2005

“Moral Clarity and Practical Reason in Film Noir,” in The Philosophy of Film Noir, Mark Conard, ed., University Press of Kentucky, 2005

“Rear Window: Looking at Things Ethically,” in Alfred Hitchcock and Philosophy, Baggett and Drumin, eds., Open Court, 2007

“God’s Lonely Man: Taxi Driver and the Ethics of Vigilantism,” in The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese, Mark Conard, ed., University Press of Kentucky, 2007

“Justice and Moral Corruption in A Simple Plan,” in The Philosophy of Neo-Noir, Mark Conard, ed., University Press of Kentucky, 2007.

“Ethics and Action in The Fugitive,” in The Philosophy of TV Noir, Sanders and Skoble, eds., University Press of Kentucky, 2008.

“Technology and Ethics in The Day the Earth Stood Still,” in The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film, Steven Sanders, ed., University Press of Kentucky, 2008

“Rationality and Choice in ‘Nick of Time,’” in The Twilight Zone and Philosophy, Hunt and Carroll, eds., Blackwell, 2008

“Truth and Error in Peter of Spain's Modal Logic,” Modern Schoolman, Vol. LXXIV, No. 3, March 1997.

“The Anarchism Controversy,” in Liberty for the 21st Century: Essays in Contemporary Libertarian Thought, Machan and Rasmussen, eds., Rowman and Littlefield, 1995.

“Communitarian and Individualist Ideas in Business and Industry,” The Freeman Special Issue on Business Ethics, Vol. 44, July 1994.

“Another Caricature of Libertarianism,” Reason Papers, Vol. 17, Fall 1992.

“Conflicting Views of Liberalism,” Dialogue, Vol 32, nos.2-3, April 1991.

BOOK REVIEWS, REVIEW ESSAYS, and DISCUSSIONS:

The Independent Review, Winter 2008

review of Locke: A Biography, by Roger Woolhouse

Post Script, Winter/Spring 2008

review of Woody Allen Interviews, ed. by Kapsis and Coblenbtz

Human Rights Review, vol. 8, no. 2, January 2007

review of The History of Human Rights, by Micheline R. Ishay

Baseball and Philosophy, Eric Bronson, ed., Open Court, 2004 - “Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame”

American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues, Spring 2003 - "A Reflection on the Relevance of Gay-bashing in the Comic Book World"

Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, Fall 2000

review of On Ayn Rand, by Allan Gotthelf

Philosophy in Review, vol. XVIII, no. 6, December 1998

review of The New Insecurity, by Jerald Wallulis

Philosophy in Review, vol. XVII, no. 1, January 1997

review of Public Concerns, by Nicholas Rescher

Reason Papers, vol. XXI, fall 1996

review essay: Not Out of Africa, by Mary Lefkowitz

Review of Metaphysics, vol. XLIX, no. 1, September 1995

review of The Virtue of Liberty, by Tibor R. Machan

Canadian Philosophical Reviews, vol. 15, no.2, April 1995

review of Privacy and Social Freedom, by Ferdinand Schoeman

Reason Papers, vol. 19, Fall 1994

review essay: Being True to the World, by Jonathan Jacobs

Vera Lex, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter 1994-5

review of Liberty and Nature, by Douglas Rasmussen and Douglas Den Uyl

Reason Papers, vol. 17, Fall 1992

review essay: The Meaning of Socialism, by Michael Luntley

PAPERS PRESENTED:

“Two New Books on Justification and the State,” American Philosophical Association (Eastern Div.), Dec. 29, 2007. Recipient of CART Travel Grant

“Superheroes and Vigilantes: Ethics in Comics and Reality,” invited lecture, St. John’s University, New York, Oct. 24, 2006.

“The Simpsons and Philosophy,” invited lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nov. 8, 2006.

“Assessing the Prospects for Norms of Liberty,” American Philosophical Association (Eastern Div.), Dec. 28, 2005. Recipient of CART Travel Grant

“Hayek and the Common Law,” American Philosophical Association (Eastern Div.), Dec. 28, 2004. Recipient, CART Travel Grant.

A substantially revised version of this symposium paper was also given at CART, BSC, February 23, 2006

“War and Liberty,” American Philosophical Association (Eastern Div.), Dec. 28, 2003. Recipient of CART Travel Grant. A version of this symposium paper was also given at CART, BSC, February 4, 2004.

“Communitarianism and Liberalism,” invited lecture, Bentley College, July 4, 2003.

“Polycentric Dispute Resolution and the Rule of Law in Liberal Society," BSC (CART), January 22, 2003

“Ethical Issues in War and Peace,” invited lecture, UCLA, June 30, 2002.

“Philosophy and Popular Culture,” invited lecture, Indiana University, March 5, 2002.

“Philosophy, Popular Culture, and American Anti-Intellectualism,” invited paper, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point WI, February 23, 2001.

“Rasmussen on Teleology and Politics,” American Philosophical Association (Eastern Div.), Dec. 28, 2000.

“Aristotle on Courage,” United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs CO, February 23, 2000.

“Virtue Ethics and the Concept of Nobility,” Eastern Division Meeting, American Philosophical Association, Boston, December 28, 1999.

Paper also presented at United States Air Force Academy, February 22, 2000.

“Watson’s Theory of Justice,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, March 5, 1999.

“Primary and Secondary Virtues,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, February 27, 1998.

“Smith on Rights and Freedom,” Eastern Division Meeting, American Philosophical Association, Philadelphia, December 29, 1997.

“On Wishing Good Luck,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, March 1, 1997.

“Remarks on ‘Injury and Punishment,’” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, March 1, 1997.

“Needs and Rights,” Central Division Meeting, American Philosophical Association, Chicago, April 25, 1996. Recipient of Hayek Fund for Scholars Travel Grant from Institute for Humane Studies.

“The Relevance of Artists’ Intentions,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, February 23, 1996.

“On Shooting Abortionists,” Arkansas Philosophical Association, Conway, AR, October 27, 1995.

“Remarks on ‘Associative Obligations and Legitimacy,’” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, February 24, 1995.

“Responsibility for Engineers,” Invited paper, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, March 12, 1992.

“Plato on Legal Obligation,” Invited paper, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, April 19, 1991.

“The Legitimacy of State Coercion in Minimal State Theory,” Invited paper, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, January 17, 1990.

COLLOQUIUM PARTICIPATION:

Invited Discussant at interdisciplinary humanities colloquia:

Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (1998)

Liberty and the Literary Traditions of the West (1998)

Liberty and Moral Responsibility (1999)

Tragedy and Responsibility (1999)

Human Nature and the Nature of the State (1999)

Liberty and Responsibility in the Works of Henry David Thoreau (2000)

Rothbard’s “America’s Great Depression” and the Theory of the Business Cycle (2001)

Retributivism, Punishment, and Responsibility (2002)

Freedom and Responsibility in Plato’s “Laws” (2002)

War and Human Nature in Thucydides and Plutarch (2002)

Socratic Leadership (Indianapolis) (2002)

Moral Luck and Responsibility (2003)

Competing Views of Liberty (2003)

Nature, Reason, and the Crisis of Philosophical Liberalism (2003)

Freedom of the Will (2004)

Mars as the New Utopia (2004)

Liberty, Happiness, and the Consent of the Governed (2005)

Virtue, Manners, and Liberty in Shaftesbury’s “Characteristicks” (2006)

Liberty and Utopia in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (2006)

Virtue, Grace, and the Liberty of Free Agents (2006)

Socratic Leadership (Santa Fe) (2006)

Liberty and Responsibility in the Works of Jose Ortega y Gasset (2007)

Externalities, Public Goods, and Common Property Resources (2008)

Director of interdisciplinary humanities colloquia:

Legislation and Liberty in Plato’s Statesman, November 8-11 2001

Ideas of Republican Government in the Political Writings of John Adams, May 8-11, 2003

Influence of Locke and Montesquieu on American Political Thought, November 6-9, 2003

Liberty and Republicanism in the Political Thought of John Adams (1), April 7-10, 2005

Liberty and Republicanism in the Political Thought of John Adams (2), February 15-18, 2007

Natural Liberty and Legitimate Government in John Locke, May 10-13, 2007

Contrasting Rationales for Liberal Order, October 11-14, 2007

Discussion Leader for colloquium:

Liberty and Utopia in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (2008)

Invited Lecturer, Foundation for Economic Education 2001 Summer Seminar (3 lectures)

Invited Lecturer, Institute for Humane Studies 2005 Summer Seminar (4 lectures)

Invited Lecturer, Institute for Humane Studies 2006 Summer Seminar (4 lectures)

Invited Lecturer, Institute for Humane Studies 2007 Summer Seminar (4 lectures)

Guest talks:

“Secession and Rights,” History Dept., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1992

“Remarks on Abortion,” Student Center, Southeast Missouri State University, 1997

“On the Nature of Evil,” Perspectives on the Holocaust course, BSC, February 26, 2003

“Constitutional Rights, Human Rights, and Gay Rights,” SCC Brown Bag Series, April 16, 2003

“Aristotle and Liberalism,” Philosophy Department Colloquium, BSC, April 17, 2003

“The Demise of Bowers: Sexual Freedom in America after Lawrence” (w/ M. Kemper), SCC Brown Bag series, November 19, 2003

“The Goodridge Decision: Philosophical and Legal Perspectives” (w/ M. Kemper), SCC Brown Bag series, February 11, 2004

“Comic Books Take on Homophobia,” SCC Brown Bag series, October 20, 2004

“Ethics and Vigilantism,” Philosophy Department Colloquium, BSC, April 5, 2007

Session Chair:

American Philosophical Association, “The Remedial State,” December 28, 2001. (Recipient of CART Travel Grant.)

American Philosophical Association, “Libertarianism and Feminism,” December 28, 2004. (Recipient of CART Travel Grant.)

AWARDS:

Certificate of Meritorious Distinction, Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, 2000-2001, for scholarly activities

Superior Civilian Service Award, United States Army, 2001, for exceptionally superior teaching as Assistant Professor at West Point

Research Grant, Earhart Foundation, 1999

Claude R. Lambe Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies, 1991

Teaching Fellowship, Temple University, 1986-90

Award for Achievement in Scholarship, CART, 2002 (Two citations)

BSC Award for Academic Excellence, 2004

BSC Award for Academic Excellence, 2006 (Two citations)

BSC Award for Academic Excellence, 2007 (Two citations)

CART Summer Grant recipient (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007)

Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 2005

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Current Position:

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater MA

Appointed as Assistant Prof August 2001, Tenured Sept. 2004, Promoted Associate April 2005

Previous full-time, non-tenure-track positions:

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. Assistant Professor, August 1998 – July 2001

Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau, MO. Assistant Professor, August 1996 - June 1998

University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR. Assistant Professor, August 1994 - June 1996

Auburn University, AL. Instructor, September 1993 - June 1994

College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ. Visiting Specialist, September 1992 - May 1993

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, IN. Assistant Professor, August 1991 - May 1992

Adjunct Instructorships: Temple University, Villanova University, Rutgers University

OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

Facilitator, Faculty Development Seminar: Kant and Aristotle. Series of seminars for philosophy faculty teaching ethics, West Point, 1999-2000.

Advisor on Doctoral dissertation committee: “The Science of Ethics: A Comparative Defense of Aristotle’s Ethical Naturalism,” Louis Ascione, Temple University, 1998-99.

Workshop Presentation: “Teaching Critical Thinking.” Series of three workshops in the use of critical thinking methods across the curriculum, University of Central Arkansas, 1995.

Developed and co-authored curriculum guide for logic instructors in accelerated summer program, The Johns Hopkins University CTY Summer Logic Program, 1989-90. Primary instructor in program, 1988-1998.

Academic Chairman for Humanities, Summer 1991, 1992. Supervised staff of 14 instructors and 14 teaching assistants in logic, classics, and writing in intensive summer program for gifted and talented 7th-10th grade students.

Referee:

Journal of Value Inquiry, 2000-present

The Independent Review, 2001-present

Eidos, 2004-present

Journal of Libertarian Studies, 2004-present

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2007-present

W.W. Norton, 1996-present

Oxford University Press, 2006-present

University Press of Kentucky, 2006-present

Springer, 2006-present

Routledge, 2007-present

Prentice-Hall, 1998-present

Thompson-Wadsworth, 2000-present

Open Court 1999-present

Member, American Philosophical Association

Member, American Association for the Philosophic Study of Society (APA affiliated)

(President, 1999-present: responsible for organizing annual sessions at the APA)

Member, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (APA affiliated)

Member, American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (APA affiliated)

SERVICE:

Department Chair, Jan. 2006-present.

Designed and maintained Philosophy Department web pages for Bridgewater State College, 2002-present

Advisor to Bridgewater State College Philosophy Club, 2001-present.

Advisor to BSC chapter of Phi Sigma Tau (national honor society for philosophy) 2002-present.

Advisor to Bridgewater Journal of Philosophy (student publication) 2004-present.

BSC Pre-Law Advisor, 2002-present.

Mentor, BSC Shea Scholarship program (Brandyn Keating ’02)

Appointed to All-College Committee, Bridgewater State College, 2002-2005

Elected Secretary to ACC, 2002-2004

Elected Vice-Chair of ACC, 2004-2005

Member, BSC Safe College Coalition, 2002-present

Appointed to BSC Core Curriculum Steering Committee, 2006-present

Appointed to BSC Committee on New Schools, 2007-present

Elected Chair, Curriculum Advisory Council, Interdisciplinary Minor in Civic Education and Community Leadership, 2007-present

BSC Philosophy Dept., all business, 2001-present (secretary Fall 01, Spring 02).

Departmental Curriculum Committee, 2001-present

Student advisor 2002-present

Program Review, 2006-2007

Member, Philosophy Search Committee, Modern Philosophy/Metaphysics position, 2003-04 (resulted in successful hire)

Member, Philosophy Search Committee, 19^th Century position, 2006-2007 (resulted in successful hire).

Participant, Bridgewater State College Freshman Seminar program, Fall 2002.

Presented clinic on paper-writing skills for students, November 5, 2002.

Panelist, BSC Professional Development Event: Teaching the GERs, June 20, 2003

Panelist, Orientation for parents of incoming freshmen, June 17 and June 24, 2004

Panelist, New Faculty Orientation, September 2, 2004 and September 22, 2004.

Panelist, CART Celebration panel on First-Year Seminars, May 17, 2006

Panelist, CART Celebration plenary session on Civic Engagement, May 17, 2006

Facilitator/Presenter, BSC Honors Program Book Club, 2005, 2006.

Service prior to BSC:

Appointed to Ethics Committee of Faculty Council, West Point, 2000-2001.

Elected Alternate Delegate, Faculty Senate, Southeast Missouri State University, 1997-1998.

Coordinated visiting speaker program for Philosophy Forum at West Point, 1998-2001.

Designed and maintained Philosophy Department web pages for University of Central Arkansas and Southeast Missouri State University, 1995-1998.

Student advising

PUBLICATIONS IN POPULAR JOURNALS:

“Winning the Moral War,” Liberty Magazine, April 2006

“Books of Summer,” Liberty, July 2006, July 2007

“Extremism in Defense of Liberty,” Liberty, Sept/Oct 2003

“Philosophy and Popular Culture,” Bridgewater Review, December 2002

“It Just Ain’t So” column, The Freeman Magazine (Journal of the Foundation for Economic Education): July 2001 (estate tax), January 2002 (community and the market), June 2002 (Enron scandal), October 2002 (wealth and democracy), March 2004 (minimum wage), July 2005 (social security reform).

“Life, Liberty, and Retirement Pensions,” The Freeman, September 2005

“Neither Slavery nor Involuntary Servitude,” The Freeman, September 2003

“Big Brother Wants to Read Your E-mail.” The Freeman, November 1999

“Community Rules.” Liberty Magazine, November 1997

“Freedom and Language.” The Freeman, Sept. 1996

“Forrest Gump: A Subversive Film.” The Freeman, July 1995

Review of Schmitdz’ Elements of Justice. The Freeman, November 2007

Review of Younkins’ Philosophers of Capitalism. The Freeman, December 2006

Review of Smith’s Viable Values. The Freeman, April 2001

Review of O’Brien’s The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution. The Freeman, July 1997

Several of the above were released as nationally and internationally syndicated columns.

SELECTED MEDIA NOTICE:

Book discussed in The New York Times, September 9, 2001, April 13, 2004; People Magazine, April 7, 2003; Publishers Weekly, February 3, 2003, The Philosophers’ Magazine, no 29, 1^st quarter 2005 .

Interviewed by Baltimore Sun, February 17, 2004; Patriot-Legder July 26, 2007; Sun-Chronicle March 11, July 26, 2007.

Interviewed on NPR’s WNYC, 2000

Interviewed on Australian National Public Radio, 2001

Interviewed on New Zealand National Public Radio, 2002

Interviewed on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” January 24, 2005

Interviewed on NPR’s “Here on Earth,” July 19, 2006

Interviewed on NECN’s “Talk Back Live,” July 25 2007

Interviewed on Fox News Boston, July 19, 2007

GRADUATE WORK:

Master’s: “Locke on Property and Appropriation.” Passed oral defense April 22, 1988. Degree awarded January 1989.

Doctoral: “The Legitimacy of State Coercion in Anarchist and Minimalist Theory.” Passed oral defense October 15, 1993. Committee: J. Atwell (ch.), S. Axinn, R. Hathaway, C. Dyke, J. Hasnas. Degree awarded Jan 1994.

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