Education: Amherst College, B.A., 1959.
Cornell University, Ph.D., 1963.
Academic Prizes and Honors:
Woodrow Wilson
Fellowship, 1959-60.
Sage Fellowship in Philosophy, Cornell University,
1961-62.
Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Illinois, 1968.
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship,1983-84.
James H. Becker Lecturer, Cornell University, 1990.
Fellow in the Program for the Study of Cultural Values
and Ethics, UIUC, 1991-92.
Academic Appointments:
Instructor, Department of Philosophy, UIUC, 1962-63.
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, UIUC, 1963-68.
Associate Professor, Philosophy, UIUC, 1968-70.
Professor, Philosophy, 1970--.
Professor of Philosophy, College of Medicine, UIUC, 1980--.
Administrative Appointments:
Vice-Chairman, Department of Philosophy, UIUC, 1969-70.
Chairman, Department
of Philosophy, UIUC, 1970-77.
Offices in Professional Associations:
President, Illinois Philosophical Association, 1983-85.
Publications:
Books:
Virtues and Vices. Cornell University Press, 1978.
Moral Relevance and Moral Conflict. Cornell University Press, 1988.
Ethical Norms, Particular Cases. Cornell University Press, 1996 .
Articles and Reviews:
"Pleasure as an End of Action," American Philosophical Quarterly, 3.4 (1966), 312-16.
"The Beginning of the World," Dialogue, VI (1968), 521-26.
"Anti-Naturalism," Ethics, 78.4 (1968), 296-302.
"Mechanism and Action," Philosophical Studies, XIX (1968), 88-92.
"The Duty to Help People in Distress," Analysis 29.2 (1968), 33-38.
"Review of Betty Powell, Knowledge of Actions," Philosophical Review, LXXVIII (1969), 117-19.
"Practical Inquiry," Philosophical Review, LXXVIII (1969), 435-50.
"The Influence of Agents," The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 1.1 (1971), 45-57.
"Review of Joseph Margolis, Values and Conduct," Philosophical Review, LXXXII (1973), 117-19.
"Cowardice and Courage," American Philosophical Quarterly, Monograph No. 7 (1973), 97-108.
"Excellences and Merit," Philosophical Review, LXXXIII (1974), 182-99.
"Review of H. T. Englehardt and D. Callahan, eds., Morals, Science, and Sociality," The Review of Metaphysics, XXXIII (1979), 421-22.
"Critical Review of Stuart Hampshire, Two Theories of Morality, " Nous, XV (1981), 76-80.
"Critical Review of Evan Simpson, Reason Over Passion: The Social Basis of Evaluation and Appraisal," Nous, 18 (1984), 337-40.
"Ethics and the Craft Analogy," P.A. French, T.E. Uehling, Jr., and H.K. Wettstein, eds., Midwest Studies in Philosophy, XIII (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988), pp. 222-232. Reprinted in William C. Star and Richard Taylor, eds., Moral Philosophy: Contemporary and Historical Essays (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marquette University Press, 1988), pp. 171-183.
"Theorizing About Morals," Nous 25.2 (April, 1991), pp. 176-183.
"Morality, Practical Knowledge, and Will," Journal of Philosophical Research , XIX (1994), pp. 23-36.
"The Spirit of the Enterprise" in Kenneth R. Westphal, ed., Pragmatism, Reason, and Norms (New York: Fordham University Press, 1998), pp. 243-264.
"Virtues of Benevolence and Justice" in David Carr and Jan Steutel, eds., Virtue Theory and Moral Education (London: Routledge, 1999) pp. 82-94.
"Frederick L. Will and the Improvement of Practice." Midwest Philosophy of Education Society Proceedings, 1998-99, forthcoming.