NED HETTINGER

January 2009

Education

●        Ph.D. in philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, May 1985 (Dissertation: A Defense of Philosophical Realism in opposition to the Anti-Realisms of Hilary Putnam and Richard Rorty).

●        M.A. in philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1980.

●        B.A. in economics, Denison University, 1974. (Second major in philosophy, 1975.)

Honors and Awards

●           Faculty Research Grant, College of Charleston, “Natural Beauty and Environmental Philosophy” Spring 2008 ($936 for travel to work with co-author)

●           Sabbatical leave, “Environmental Aesthetics and its Implications for Environmental Ethics and Policy,” College of Charleston, 2006-2007.

●           National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, “Environmental Ethics and Issues: Alaska as a Case Study,” University of Alaska, Anchorage, Summer 2001.

●           Nominated for the Distinguished Faculty Research Award, College of Charleston, Spring 1999.

●           Sabbatical leave, “Respecting Nature’s Autonomy: Wildness and Humanity’s Place in Nature,” College of Charleston, 1999-2000.

●           My paper "Patenting Life: Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, and Environmental Ethics," Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 22, no. 2 (Winter 1995): 267-305 was chosen as one of the top 30 environmental law and land use articles of 1995 by the editors of Land Use and Environment Law Review (a yearly anthology of the best articles in this area).

●           Sabbatical leave, "Toward A Theory of Environmental Ethics," College of Charleston, 1992-1993.

●           Faculty Research Grant, College of Charleston, "Toward a Theory of Environmental Ethics," Fall 1992 ($730).

●           "Justifying Intellectual Property," Philosophy and Public Affairs 18, no. 1 (Winter 1989): 31-52 was reprinted in The Philosopher’s Annual, XII, 1989, ed. by Patrick Grim, Gary Mar, and Peter Williams (Atascadero, California: Ridgeview Publishing Company, 1991), pp. 133-154 as one of the ten best philosophical articles written in 1989.

●           Faculty Research Grant, College of Charleston, "Assessing Ecotage: Property Destruction as a Means of Protecting the Earth," Fall 1988 ($1600).

●           National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar at Harvard University directed by Hilary Putnam on "Philosophical Problems About Truth and Reality," 1986.

●           University Fellowship, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring 1980.

●           University Fellowship, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1977-78.

●           Doctoral preliminary and comprehensive examinations passed with distinction.

Areas of Specialization

●           Environmental Philosophy (mainly Env. Ethics and Env. Aesthetics)

Areas of Competence

●           Ethics (Theoretical and Applied), Social and Political Philosophy, Environmental Studies, Philosophy of Religion.

Publications–Refereed Articles

1.          “Allen Carlson’s Environmental Aesthetics and the Protection of the Environment,” Environmental Ethics 27, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 57-76.

2.          “The Problem of Finding A Positive Role for Humans in the Natural World,” Ethics and the Environment, 7, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 109-123.

3.          “Understanding and Evaluating Exotics Species in Yellowstone Park,” The Western North American Naturalist 61, no. 3 (July 2001): 257-260.

4.          “Exotic Species, Naturalization, and Biological Nativism,” Environmental Values 10, no. 2 (May 2001): 193-224.

             a.     Reprinted in Susan Armstrong and Richard Botzler, eds., The Animal Ethics Reader (Taylor and Francis, 2003), in Chapter VII., Ethics and Wildlife, pp. 429-440.

5.          “Refocusing Ecocentrism: De-emphasizing Stability and Defending Wildness,” Environmental Ethics 21, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 3-21 (coauthor, Bill Throop, Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Green Mountain College).

             a.    Reprinted in Louis Pojman, ed., Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application, 3^rd ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2001), pp. 136-147, in the 2004 4^th edition, and in the 2008 5^th edition as well.

6.          “Who Owns Nature? Property Rights, Biodiversity, and the Land Ethic,” Ag Bioethics Forum 10, no. 1 (June 1998), pp. 1, 5-8.

7.          “Comments on Narveson’s ‘Who Owns Nature’,” Ag Bioethics Forum 10, no. 1 (June 1998) pp. 12-13.

8.          “Enhancing Natural Value?” Human Ecology Review 3, no. 1 (Autumn, 1996): 8-11.

9.          "Patenting Life: Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, and Environmental Ethics," Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 22, no. 2 (Winter 1995): 267-305.

10.        "Ecospirituality: First Thoughts," Dialogue & Alliance 9, no. 2 (Fall/Winter, 1995): 81-98.

11.        "Can Ecocentric Ethics Withstand Chaos in Ecology?" Discussion Paper Series (CBPE 94-11), Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics, Texas A&M University (1994) (coauthor, Bill Throop, Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Green Mountain College).

12.        "Valuing Predation in Rolston's Environmental Ethics: Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers," Environmental Ethics 16, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 3-20.

13.        "Animal, Nature, and Ethics," Journal of Mammalogy 75, no. 1 (February 1994): 219-223 (coauthor, Marc Bekoff, Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder).

14.        "The Responsible Use of Animals in Biomedical Research," Between The Species 5, no. 3 (Summer 1989): 123-131.

             Reprinted in:

             a.    Thomas Mappes and David DeGrazia, eds., Biomedical Ethics 5^th edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001), pp. 287-293 and in the 2005 (July) 6^th edition as well.

             b.    Robert Baird and Stuart Rosenbaum, eds., Animal Experimentation: The Moral Issues, (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1991), pp. 115-127.

15.        "Justifying Intellectual Property," Philosophy and Public Affairs 18, no. 1 (Winter 1989): 31-52.

             Reprinted in:

             a.    David Vaver, Intellectual Property Rights: Critical Concepts in Law, Volume 1 (in the section on “Justification”) (Routledge, 2006)

             b.    Fritz Allhoff and Anand Vaidya, eds, Business Ethics (Sage Publicastions, 2005).

             c.    Peter Drahos, ed., Intellectual Property (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 1999), in Part III: Intellectual Property and Culture, section titled “Ideas.”

             d.    Steven Luper, ed., Social Ideals and Policies: Readings in Social and Political Philosophy (London: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999), pp. 573-579.

             e.    Adam D. Moore, ed., Intellectual Property: Moral, Legal, and International Dilemmas (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997);

             f.    Edward Ottensmeyer and Gerald McCarthy, eds., Ethics in the Workplace (New York: McGraw Hill, 1996);

             g.    E. Hansson, ed., Ideas on Property (Stockholm, Sweden: Tidens Publishing Company, 1994), pp. 185-204 (in Swedish);

             h.    The Philosophers Annual, XII, 1989, ed. by Patrick Grim, Gary Mar, and Peter Williams (Atascadero, California: Ridgeview Publishing Company, 1991), pp. 133-154.

16.         "What is Wrong with Reverse Discrimination?" Business and Professional Ethics Journal 6, no. 3 (Fall 1987): 39-55.

             Reprinted in:

             a.    Fritz Allhoff and Anand J. Vaidya, Business in Ethical Focus: An Anthology (Broadview Press, 2008)

             b.    Fritz Allhoff and Anand Vaidya, eds, Business Ethics (Sage Publicastions, 2005).

             c.    W. Michael Hoffman et al, eds., Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality, 4rd ed., pp. 315-322 (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001) (and in the 1993 3^rd edition as well);

             d.    Jane Zembaty and Thomas Mappes, eds., Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy, 5th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997), pp. 304-315 (and in the 1992 4th edition as well);

             e.    Diane Michelfelder Wilcox and William Wilcox, eds., Applied Ethics in American Society (Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997);

             f.    Robert A. Larmer, ed., Ethics in the Workplace (West Publishing Corp, October 1995) and in the 2^nd edition (Wadsworth, October 2001).

             g.     Daryl Close, ed., Morality and Criminal Justice (Wadsworth, 1994) (I have not seen this);

17.        "Value Formation, Alternative Lifestyles, and Experiential Education," Journal of Experiential Education 10, no. 1 (Spring 1987): 38-41.

Publications–Book Chapters

1.          “Objectivity in Environmental Aesthetics and Protection of the Environment,” in Allen Carlson and Sheila Lintott, eds., Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism: From Duty to Beauty (New York: Columbia University Press, March 2008), pp. 413-37.

2.          “Religion in Rolston’s Environmental Ethics,” in Christopher Preston and Wayne Ouderkirk, eds., Nature, Value, Duty: Life on Earth with Holmes Rolston, III (Springer, 2007), pp. 63-76.

3.          “Respecting Nature’s Autonomy in Relationship with Humanity,” in Thomas Heyd, ed., Recognizing the Autonomy of Nature (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005), pp. 86-98.

4.          “Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers,” in Steve Sapontzis, ed., Food for Thought: The Debate over Meat Eating (Amherst, NY; Prometheus, 2004), pp., 294-301. This is a revised and shorten version of my paper "Valuing Predation in Rolston's Environmental Ethics: Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers," Environmental Ethics 16, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 3-20.

5.          “Environmental Disobedience,” in Dale Jamieson, ed., A Companion to Environmental Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001), pp. 498-509.

6.          “Comments on Holmes Rolston’s ‘Naturalizing Values,’” in Louis Pojman, ed., Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application, 3^rd ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2001), pp. 86-89, in the 2005 4^th edition, and in the 2008 5^th edition as well.

7.          “Environmental Ethics,” in Marc Bekoff ed., The Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998), pp. 159-161.

8.          "Owning Varieties of Life: Historical, Conceptual, and Ethical Dimensions," in Ethics and Patenting of Transgenic Organisms, National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (NABC) Occasional Papers #1 (published conference proceedings), (Ithaca, NY: NABC, Cornell University, September 1992), pp. 5-34.

9.          "Ecological Sabotage and the Ethics of Radical Environmentalism" in W. Hoffman, R. Frederick, and E. Petry, eds., The Corporation, Ethics, and the Environment (New York: Quorum Books, 1990), pp. 249-258.

Publications–Reviews

1.          Book review of Peter Wenz, Environmental Ethics Today in Conservation Biology 18, no. 2 (April 2004), pp. 587-89.

2.          Book review of Keekok Lee’s The Natural and the Artefactual: The Implication of Deep Science and Deep Technology for Environmental Philosophy in Environmental Ethics 23 (Fall 2001): 439-442.

3.          Book review of Eric Katz’s Nature as Subject: Human Obligation and Natural Community in Environmental Ethics 20 (Spring 1998): 109-112.

4.          Book review of "The Intrinsic Value of Nature" (April 1992 issue of The Monist) in Environmental Ethics 18, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 99-104.

5.          Book review of Upstream/Downstream: Issues in Environmental Ethics, ed. by Donald Scherer, in Ethics 102, no. 3 (April 1992): 677-678.

Publications–Technical Reports

1.          Policy Implications of Information Technology, with R. K. Salaman, NTIA Report 84-144, U.S. Department of Commerce (February 1984).

Papers Replying to my Articles

1.          Jennifer Everett, “Environmental Ethics, Animal Welfarism, and the Problem of Predation: A Bambi Lover’s Respect for Nature,” Ethics and the Environment 6, no. 1 (Spring 2001): 42-67. [A response to my paper "Valuing Predation in Rolston's Environmental Ethics: Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers," Environmental Ethics 16, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 3-20.]

2.          Paul Veatch Moriarty and Mark Woods, “Hunting not= Predation,” Environmental Ethics 19 (Winter 1997): 391-404. [A reply to my paper "Valuing Predation in Rolston's Environmental Ethics: Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers," Environmental Ethics 16, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 3-20.]

3.          Lynn Sharp Paine, “Trade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property: A Comment on Hettinger,” Philosophy and Public Affairs 20 (Summer 1991): 247-63. [A reply to my paper "Justifying Intellectual Property," Philosophy and Public Affairs 18, no. 1 (Winter 1989): 31-52.]

4.          David H. Carey, “Are Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets Ethically Justifiable?” [A paper presented at the Inland Empire Philosophy Colloquium, Washington State University, Pullman, April 1990 replying to my paper "Justifying Intellectual Property," Philosophy and Public Affairs 18, no. 1 (Winter 1989): 31-52.]

Professional Presentations

1.          Evaluating Positive Aesthetics

             a.        Proposal for conference on interdisciplinary conference on “Thinking Through Nature” Eugene, Oregon June 2008. Paper proposal submitted December 2007, accepted February 2008.

2.          Animal Beauty, Ethics, and Environmental Preservation

             a.        American Society for Aesthetics annual meeting, Los Angeles, October 2007.

             b.        Sabbatical lecture, College of Charleston, September 2007.

             c.        At the 4^th annual joint meeting of the International Society for Environmental Ethics and the International Association for Environmental Philosophy in Allenspark, Colorado (May 30, 2007). Draft paper available at: http://www.environmentalphilosophy.org/ISEEIAEPpapers/2007/Hettinger.pdf

3.          Objectivity in Environmental Aesthetics and Environmental Protection

             a.        Invited talk, given as part of the “Exploring the Landscapes of Environmental Thought: An Environmental Ethics Institute,” sponsored by the Center for Ethics at The University of Montana-Missoula, July 2006. Video available at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6289282367963664626

             b.        Lecture at the College of Charleston, February 2006

             c.        At the 2^nd annual joint meeting of the International Society for Environmental Ethics and the International Association for Environmental Philosophy in Allenspark, Colorado (June 2005). Draft paper available at: http://www.cep.unt.edu/ISEE2/program05.html

4.          Science, Religion and the Environment, panel presentation with Albert Borgmann, Holmes Rolston III, Ned Hettinger, and John Hart as part of the “Exploring the Landscapes of Environmental Thought: An Environmental Ethics Institute,” sponsored by the Center for Ethics at The University of Montana-Missoula, July 2006. Video available at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4688418617959494317

5.          Drenthen on “How to Appropriate Wildness Appropriately”, comments on a paper by Martin Drenthen at the 3^nd annual joint meeting of the International Society for Environmental Ethics and the International Association for Environmental Philosophy in Allenspark, Colorado (June 2006).

6.          Religion in Holmes Rolston’s Environmental Philosophy

             a.        For an American Philosophical Association (APA) Invited Symposium on “The Environmental Philosophy of Holmes Rolston III” at the Pacific Meetings of the APA, Pasadena, CA (March 2004)

             b.        At the Fourteenth North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment and Community in Saratoga Springs, NY (February 2004)

7.          Insight and Peril: Ecological Restoration as a Paradigm for the Human Relationship with Nature,

             a.        For a conference on "Human Flourishing and Restoration in the Age of Global Warming" at Clemson University, September 2008. Proposal submitted December 2007, accepted January 2008.

             b.        Lecture (re-titled as “The Ambiguities of Nature Restoration”) at the College of Charleston, November 2004.

             c.        For a conference called “Recovery of Earth, Place and Self: A Symposium on Ethical and Social Issues In Landscape Restoration,” University of Vermont, Burlington, April 2003.

8.          Carlson’s Environmental Aesthetics and Protection of the Environment

             a.        For an author meets critics session on Allen Carlson's Aesthetics and the Environment, sponsored by the International Society for Environmental Ethics meeting with the Eastern Division Meetings of the APA, Philadelphia, PA, December 2002.

             b.        Invited and paid speaker at Utah State University, Logan, UT Philosophy Department sponsored conference on Environmental Aesthetics (the other speakers were Allen Carlson and J. Baird Callicott), September 2002.

9.          Respecting Nature’s Autonomy in Relation to Humanity

             a.        To participants in the NEH Institute on Environmental Ethics and Issues: Alaska as a Case Study, Anchorage, July 2001;

             b.        The Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, February 2001.

10.        Exotic Species, Naturalization, and Biological Nativism

             a.        Colloquium speaker, Philosophy Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, October 2001;

             b.        Association of Politics and the Life Sciences, Annual Meeting in Charleston, SC, October 2001;

             c.        Colloquium speaker, Environmental Studies, Green Mountain College, Vermont, April 2001.

             d.        Sabbatical lecture, College of Charleston, November 2000;

             e.        Interdisciplinary colloquium at Montana State University, Bozeman, sponsored by the Department of History and Philosophy, April 2000;

             f.        Philosophy program, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT, April 2000.

11.        Keller on Grounding Environmental Ethics in Ecological Science, comments on a paper by David Keller at meetings of the International Society for Environmental Ethics with the APA, Boston, December 1999.

12.        Understanding and Evaluating Exotic Species, paper presentation as part of a panel on “What is Natural? Philosophical Analysis and Yellowstone Practice,” at the 5^th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem on “Exotic Organisms in Greater Yellowstone: Native Biodiversity Under Siege,” Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, October 1999.

13.        Rolston on Objective Natural Value, invited commentary on a paper by Holmes Rolston delivered to the North American Society for Social Philosophy meetings with the APA, Washington, DC, December 1998.

14.        The Problem of Finding A Positive Role for Humans in the Natural World: Comments on Eric Katz’s “Nature as Subject,” for the International Society for Environmental Ethics meeting with the APA, Chicago, May 1998.

15.        Who Owns Nature? Property Rights, Biodiversity, and the Land Ethic, presented for:

             a.       A joint meeting of the North Carolina Philosophical Society and the South Carolina Society for Philosophy in Columbia, February 1998;

             b.       A debate with Jan Narveson for the 1997 Institute on World Affairs conference “Who Owns the World? Biodiversity, Bioethics, and World Trade” at Iowa State University, November 1997.

16.        Violent Environmental Disobedience, comments on Rob Lilienthal’s paper “A Study in Ecoterrorism: The Case of the Unabomber” for the International Society for Environmental Ethics meeting with the APA, Philadelphia, December 1997.

17.        Environmental Disobedience in a Humans-Only Democracy, presented for:

             a.       Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, November 1997;

             b.       The 9th International Meeting of the Society for Human Ecology, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 1997.

18.        Enhancing Natural Value: Can Humans Improve on Nature?, presented for:

             a.       A joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Society for Conservation Biology at Brown University, Providence, R.I., August 1996;

             b.       The South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Spartanburg, February 1996;

             c.       The 8th International Meeting of the Society for Human Ecology, Lake Tahoe, CA, October 1995.

19.        Ecospirituality, presented for:

             a.       The Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, April 1996;

             b.       Meetings of the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace, Seoul, Korea, August 1995.

20.        Beyond Anthropocentric Ethics: How Far To Go?, workshop leader for Iowa State University Bioethics Faculty Retreat, involving four, two-hour presentations to life scientists exploring the options in environmental ethics and defending a type of ecocentrism. Presented at:

             a.       Lake Okoboji, Iowa, August, 1995;

             b.       Bettendorf, Iowa, January, 1995.

21.        Can Ecocentric Ethics Withstand Chaos in Ecology? (coauthor, Bill Throop, Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Green Mountain College) presented for:

             a.       The Society for Conservation Biology meetings in Ft. Collins, CO, June 1995;

             b.       The International Society for Environmental Ethics meeting with the APA, December 1994;

             c.       A Philosophy Department Colloquium at Texas A&M University, April 1994;

             d.       Baylor University, April 1994;

             e.       The Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, March 1994;

             f.       The South Carolina Society for Philosophy, February 1994.

22.        Levy on Indirect Utilitarianism and Ecocentric Environmentalism, comments on a paper at the Central Division Meeting of the APA, Chicago, April 1993.

23.        Patenting Life: Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, and Environmental Ethics for the Center for Values and Social Policy, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 1993.

24.        Owning Varieties of Life, presented for:

             a.       A Symposium on Ethics and Patenting at the annual meeting of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council sponsored by the Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics, Texas A&M University, May 1992;

             b.       The South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Charleston, January 1992.

25.        Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers: A Critique of Holmes Rolston's Environmental Ethics, presented for:

             a.       The International Society for Environmental Ethics at the APA in Louisville, Kentucky, April 1992;

             b.       The Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, October 1991.

26.        Intellectual Property in Computer Software, for a Philosophy Department Colloquium, at St. Andrew's College, North Carolina, January 1991.

27.        Ownership of Computer Software, Eastern Division Meeting of the APA, Boston, December 1990. This paper was an invited presentation for symposium arranged by the APA Committee on Computer Use.

28.        Carey and Alfino on Intellectual Property, invited paper for the Inland Empire Philosophy Colloquium, Washington State University, Pullman, April 1990. (I was asked to write a response to two papers which discussed my work on intellectual property; the paper was read for me.)

29.        What Sorts of Beings are Morally Important and Why?, at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Beaufort, February 1990.

30.        In Between Relativism and Realism: Putnam on Value and Reality, for the Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, November 1989.

31.        Assessing Ecotage: Property Destruction as a Means of Protecting the Earth, presented for:

             a.       A conference on Business, Ethics, and the Environment, Bentley College, Massachusetts, October 1989;

             b.       The Philosophy Club at St. Andrew's College, North Carolina, October 1989;

             c.       A conference on "Ethics and The Environmental Crisis," at the Baptist College of Charleston, April 1989;

             d.       The South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Clemson, February 1989.

32.        Labor, Natural Intellectual Property Rights, and Market Value, for the Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, March 1988.

33.        On The Responsible Use Of Animals In Biomedical Research, presented for:

             a.       The Mountain Plains Philosophy Conference, Santa Fe, October 1987;

             b.       The Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, September 1987.

34.        What Is Wrong With Reverse Discrimination?, presented for:

             a.       A conference on Business Ethics meeting with the Academy of Management, New Orleans, August 1987;

             b.       For the Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, September 1986.

35.        Value Formation, Alternative Life-styles, and Experiential Education, at the South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Myrtle Beach, January 1987.

36.        Justifying Intellectual Property, presented for:

             a.       The Fifth Annual Business and Professional Ethics Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, August 1986;

             b.       The Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, October 1985;

             c.       The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, March 1985.

37.        Putnam's Arguments Against Realism, Iowa Philosophical Society, Pella, Iowa, November 1984.

38.        Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets: A Philosophical Analysis, at St. Bonaventure University, New York, May 1984.

39.        Intellectual Property Rights, for the Conference on the Role of Information in International Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder, April 1983.

40.        What Is Wrong With Laissez-Faire Capitalism?, University of Dayton, Ohio, February 1983.

41.        Moral Realism, at George Mason University, Virginia, April 1982.

42.        The Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinism, Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1980.

Other Presentations

1.          Alaska, Oil, and Energy, presented for the Robert Lunz Group of the Sierra Club, Charleston, SC, October, 2002.

2.          Who Owns Nature? Property Rights, Biodiversity, and the Land Ethic, presented for a Student Government Association sponsored lecture series, March 2002, College of Charleston.

3.          How Should Animal Activists View Predation? for a panel on Animal Activism, February 2002, College of Charleston.

4.          Environmental Disobedience, presented for an environmental ethics class at Green Mountain College, Vermont, April 2001.

5.          Vegetarianism, for the Philosophy Club series on private philosophical passions, College of Charleston, Spring 2001.

6.          Exotic Species, Naturalization, and Biological Nativism, a breakfast colloquium for the Environmental Studies M.A. Program, College of Charleston, November 2000.

7.          The Sierra Club and Local Environmental Groups and Personalities, guest lecture for a graduate course in Public Administration and Environmental Studies on “Environmental Movements,” September 1998.

8.          Glorifying Humanity and Desecrating Nature, to the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry, Charleston, March 1998.

9.          Who Owns Nature? Property Rights, Biodiversity, and the Land Ethic, guest lecture for the Environmental Studies Seminar at the College of Charleston, January 1998.

10.        Fundamentals of Environmental Ethics, to Center for Creative Retirement, North Charleston, September 1997.

11.        Conservation Ethics, for a Conservation Biology class at the College of Charleston, January 1996 and January 1997.

12.        A Critique of Sustainable Development, for a Conservation Biology class at the College of Charleston, April 1996.

13.        Basics of Environmental Ethics, for a graduate course in "Cases in Environmental Studies," for the M.A. program in Environmental Studies at the College of Charleston, October 1995.

14.        Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, and Environmental Ethics, for a graduate course on Biotechnology in the Marine Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Program, Medical University of South Carolina, February 1994.

15.        Valuing Predation in Rolston's Environmental Ethics, for a graduate course in Environmental Philosophy, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, March 1993 (Holmes Rolston responded to the presentation).

16.        Ownership of Computer Software or How to Make a Mess Out of Intellectual Property Law, for a Computer Science class, College of Charleston, April 1991 and April 1992.

17.        Assessing Earth First!, presentation for an environmental ethics class, at St. Andrew's College, North Carolina, January 1991.

18.        Why Protect Intellectual Property? for a Computer Science class on Software Engineering, College of Charleston, March 1990.

19.        Public Debate on Animal Experimentation broadcast live over Charleston Public Radio (WSCI), October 1989 on the proposition "Resolved, all medical and scientific testing which kills, injures or causes pain to animals should be ended." Dr. Robert Sade, Professor of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina was my opponent.

20.        What is Business Ethics?, at the monthly meeting of the Charleston Tri-County Personnel Association, May 1989.

21.        Understanding Earth First! for a monthly meeting of the Charleston chapter of the Sierra Club, April 1989.

22.        Approaches to Environmental Ethics, for the Folly Beach Residents Association, January 1989.

23.        Consistency in the Treatment of Animals, for the South Carolina Animal Network, Charleston, September 1987.

24.        The Moral Unacceptability of Drug Testing, for a student chapter of the American Society for Personnel Administrators, College of Charleston, November 1986. I was part of a two person panel discussion which included an attorney who supported drug testing.

25.        Value Relativism, invited presentation for Environmental Studies 222, Iowa State University, Spring 1986 (two classes).

26.        Moral Theory and Business Social Responsibility, invited presentation for Business Policy 478, Iowa State University, Fall 1985.

27.        Required National Service, a formal debate with a past Chair of the Colorado Libertarian Party, University of Colorado at Boulder, March 1983.

28.        Moral Facts, invited presentation for a Presidential Leadership Class, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1980.

Work in Progress

●           Natural Beauty and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction to Environmental Aesthetics (with John Fisher)

●           “Insight and Peril: Ecological Restoration as a Paradigm for the Human Relationship with Nature”

●           “Alaska, Oil, and Energy”

●           “A Critique of Secular Humanism from an Environmental Perspective”

Unpublished Manuscripts

●           “Violent Environmental Disobedience”

●           "What Sorts of Beings Are Morally Important and Why" (a fifty page draft that includes a separable paper on "Are Domesticated Plants and Animals Artifacts?")

●           "A Defense of Paul Taylor's Biocentric Egalitarianism" (a review of Taylor's book Respect for Nature and a partial defense of his controversial thesis that all living things have equal inherent worth).

●           "A Patronage System as an Alternative to Intellectual Property in Computer Software"

●           "In Between Relativism and Realism: Putnam on Value and Reality;" this is a twenty page draft contrasting Putnam's version of moral objectivity ("internal realism") with other versions of moral realism.

Refereeing and Reviews

●           Referee, Environmental Values, May, 2007, Spring 2002, Summer 2001, and Spring 1997.

●           Referee, Environmental Ethics, 1994 to present; Editorial Advisory Board, January 2002 to present.

●           Referee, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Winter 2004

●           Referee, Inquiry, Summer 2004.

●           Review of National Science Foundation proposals on Exotics Species, Bioethics, and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2001-2003.

●           Referee, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, June 2001 and April 2002 (paper on genomic patenting).

●           Board of editorial consultants, American Philosophical Quarterly, April 2000 to April 2003

●           Referee, Ethics, Fall 2000.

●           Review of a manuscript, “Theories of Intellectual Property,” by William Fisher (Harvard Law) for a book on property edited by Steven Munzer (UCLA, Law), December 1999.

●           Review of a book manuscript, “Vexing Nature? Agricultural Biotechnology, Environmental Ethics, and Public Policy,” by Gary Comstock (Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University) for Kluwer Academic Publishers, October 1999.

●           Referee, Ethics, Place, and Environment, Summer 1999.

●           Referee, Politics and the Life Sciences, Spring 1999.

●           Referee, Conservation Biology, Spring 1994, Summer 1996.

●           Referee, The Southern Journal of Philosophy, for papers on ethics and animals, 1991-95.

●           Referee for a special issue of Environmental History Review on "Historical and Philosophical Traditions of Environmental Ethics and the Moral Sense of Nature," January 1991.

Other Professional Activities

●           Member, Nominations Committee, International Society for Environmental Ethics, June 2002 to present (Chair, 2002-2006)

●           Coordinator, Minor in Environmental Studies, College of Charleston, 2000-2005

●           External evaluator for tenure case in Philosophy Department, Colorado State University, Fall 2003.

●           Contributor to the Newsletter of the International Society for Environmental Ethics (summaries of political and scientific developments of relevance to environmental ethics), 1994 to 2003.

●           External evaluator of candidate for a joint position in environmental studies and religious studies at University of Colorado at Boulder, Summer 1998.

●           Attendee, joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Society for Conservation Biology at Brown University, Providence, R.I., August 1996.

●           Treasurer, International Society for Environmental Ethics, April 1993 to December 1995.

●           Organizer and chair of a session on "Humans and Nature: False Dichotomies and Fruitful Metaphors" at the 8th International Meeting of the Society for Human Ecology, Lake Tahoe, CA (October 1995).

●           Reader for South Carolina Society for Philosophy graduate essay competition, Spring 1995.

●           Attendee, Society for Conservation Biology meetings in Ft. Collins, CO, June 1995.

●           Chair of a session on "Sustainable Development and Spirituality," International Society for Environmental Ethics with the APA, Boston, December 1994.

●           Attendee, "Ecosystem Health & Medicine: Integrating Science, Policy, and Management," Ottawa, Canada, Summer 1994.

●           Attendee, Ethical Dimensions of Agenda 21 (agreed upon at the Rio De Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992), at the United Nations, New York City, January 1994.

●           Visiting Fellow, Center for Values and Social Policy, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring 1993.

●           Attendee, meetings of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division 1986, 1987, 1989-1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000; Central Division, 1986, 1992, 1993-1995, 1998, 1999.

●           Attendee, meetings of the South Carolina Society for Philosophy, 1987-1992, 1994-1996, 1998, and 2002.

●           Attendee, Second International Conference on Ethics and Environmental Policies, University of Georgia, Athens, April 1992.

●           Chair of a session on "Genetic Engineering and the Ethics of Knowledge" at the Conference on Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility at Clemson University, South Carolina, November 1991.

●           Paid book reviewer for Wadsworth (twice) and Macmillan (once) for textbooks on environmental ethics, 1991.

●           External Reviewer for the U.S. Congress' Office of Technology Assessment on a report called Finding A Balance: Computer Software, Intellectual Property, and the Challenge of Technological Change, April 1991.

●           Chair of a session at the 1990 Spindel Philosophy Conference on Moral Epistemology, Memphis State University, October 1990.

●           Pre-publication reviewer for a book, Ethical Issues In Experiential Education, by Jasper Hunt (Association for Experiential Education, 1990).

●           Attendee, Conference on Violence, Terrorism, and Justice, at       Bowling Green State University, Ohio, November 1988.

●           Outside Examiner, Honors Thesis, "Ethical Realism: A Position Between Realism and Relativism," by Ann Leist-White, Department of Philosophy, St. Andrew's College, North Carolina, December 1987.

●           Economist, U. S. Department of Commerce, 1981-83. I was the principal assistant to the Special Technology Liaison for the Institute of Telecommunication Sciences, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Responsibilities involved researching and writing papers on national information policy. The work was inter-disciplinary: it included philosophical, economic, legal, political, and technical considerations. I worked in such areas as intellectual property rights; social, legal, and moral consequences of the computer and communication technology revolution; the legitimate role of government information enterprises in competition with the private sector; U. S. postal policy (e.g., possible repeal of the private express statues and unfairness of the postal rate structure). Prior to this I had essentially the same duties in the Advanced Policy Research Division, Office of Policy Analysis and Development, NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce.

●           Member, Working Group on the Moral and Legal Aspects of the Computerization of Society, Center for the Study of Values and Social Policy, University of Colorado, 1982-83.

●           Member, University of Colorado Human Research Committee, 1982-83. Attendee, Conference on the Quality of Life in Colorado, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Values and Social Policy, in Denver, July 1982.

●           President, Philosophy Graduate Student Association, University of Colorado, 1979-80.

Memberships

●           American Society for Aesthetics (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

●           International Society for Environmental Ethics (1993 to present)

●           American Philosophical Association (1986 to present)

●           Society for Conservation Biology (1995-1997)

Teaching Experience

●           Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Charleston, Fall 1999 to present. New courses taught: Senior Seminar in Philosophy: Aesthetics and Environment (Fall 04) and Natural Beauty (Spring 08), Feminist Theory (Spring 2003), Environmental Ethics (graduate level) (Fall 2002), Nature, Technology and Society (Spring 2001), and Aesthetics (Fall 2000).

●           Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Charleston, Fall 1992 to Spring 1999. New courses taught: Honors 390: Environment and Society, Introduction to Environmental Studies, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics and the Law, Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Seminar.

●           Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Charleston, Fall 1986-Spring 1992. (Tenured in Spring 1991.) Courses taught: Senior Seminar on The Intrinsic Value of Nature, Social and Political Philosophy, Metaphysics, History of Modern Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Tutorial on Environmental Philosophy, Director of a Student Research Associate project on National Park Management Ethics, Business and Consumer Ethics, and Introduction to Philosophy.

●           Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1984-1986. (I taught a graduate seminar on Business and Social Responsibility for the Department of Management, introductory courses in theoretical and applied ethics, and Introduction to Philosophy.)

●           Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Denison University, Ohio, Spring 1984. (I taught a seminar on Philosophy and Public Policy, Ethics, and Introduction to Philosophy.)

●           Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Iowa State University, Fall 1983. (I taught Introduction to Philosophy and Moral Problems in the Modern World.)

●           Instructor, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1977-82. Full teaching duties in 11 courses: Social and Political Philosophy (twice), Ethics (twice), Introduction to Philosophy (3 times), Logic (twice), Philosophy and Religion, and Epistemology.

●           Instructor, Continuing Education, University of Colorado, 1975-83 (Philosophy and Religion).

●           Teaching Assistant, Denison University, 1975 (Logic).

Independent Studies, Bachelors Essays, and Master Thesis/Internship Supervision

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●           M.A. Thesis Committee, Jennnifer Scales, Environmental Studies, “Territory Quality and Aggressive Territorial Defense” (2008).

●           M.A. Internship Committee, Jessica Barton, M.A. in Environmental Studies, “Going Beyond Trash Pick-up: Traditional and Non-traditional Methods for Engaging Student Activism. A Case Study of Implementing the Coastal Conservation League Student Chapter ” (2005-2007)

●           M.A. Thesis Committee, Aaron Voelker, Environmental Studies, “Applicability of the Convergence Hypothesis at the Organizational Level” (2005-2006)

●           Independent Study, Adam Herbert, M.A. in Marine Biology, Biology 502 (Special Topics: Environmental Philosophy) (Fall 2005)

●           Jill Jeffords, Philosophy 399: “Ethics and Use of Animals in Scientific Research,” 3 credits (Fall 2003-Spring 2004) (not completed)

●           Lauren Melzack (Masters student in Environmental Studies), Member Internship Committee, “Coordination of Wildlife Rehabilitation Services in South Carolina” (2003-2004)

●           Aaron Voelker (Masters student in Environmental Studies), EVSS 693: Independent Study, “Deep Ecology Concepts” (Spring 2004)

●           Emily Jeffers, Environmental Studies 350 (Independent Study/Internship): “Sustainable Agriculture in Costa Rica,” 3 credits (Summer 2003)

●           Jenessa Tookey, “Ethical Issues in Animals Use by Business,” Philosophy 399, 3 credits (Spring 03)

●           Molly Pifer, “Environmental Education Internship,” Environmental Studies 350 (Independent Study/Internship), 1 credit (Spring 03)

●           Justin Weller, Student Research Associate project, “National Park Management Ethics” (Spring 94)

●           Jeff Barnwell, Tutorial in Environmental Philosophy (Fall 90)

Teaching Workshops

●           College of Charleston Workshop on Writing Across the Curriculum, August, 1990.

●           Workshop on Philosophy and the African American Experience, University of South Carolina, Columbia, March 1990.

●           American Philosophical Association Teaching Workshop, Baltimore, March 1990.

●           Charleston Higher Education Consortium Faculty College on Teaching Strategies on Seabrook Island, South Carolina, October 1988.

●           Seventh International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy put on by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, Hampshire College, August 1988.

●           Workshop on Teaching Philosophy and Public Policy, Center for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, June 1982.

College of Charleston Service

●           Udall Scholarship Committee, Spring 2008

●           Curriculum Committee, Philosophy Department, 2007-2008.

●           Faculty Hearing Committee, Chair: 2003-2004, member: 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008.

●           Faculty Senate, Philosophy Department representative, 1993-1994, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 2005-2006.

●           Faculty Advisor, Alliance for Planet Earth, College of Charleston, 1989-1992, 1993-1998, 2000-2006

●           Coordinator, Visiting Speakers, Philosophy Department 2002-2006.

●           Coordinator, Minor in Environmental Studies, College of Charleston, 2000-2005.

●           Member, Grievance Committee, 2002-2003.

●           Presentation as part of a panel on the Teacher-Scholar at the College of Charleston, September 2001.

●           Member, Faculty Senate By-Laws Committee, 1998-1999.

●           Chair, Faculty Research and Development Committee, 1997-1998; member 1995-1996 and 1996-1997.

●           Advisory Board, Environmental Studies Minor, 1994-2000.

●           Member, Philosophy Department Assessment Committee, 1997-1998, 1998-1999.

●           Member, Faculty Committee on Graduate and Continuing Education, 1994-1995.

●           Taught the one credit environmental studies seminar as an unpaid overload, Spring 1996.

●           External evaluation panel member for promotion to professor, Department of Political Science, Fall 1994.

●           Member, Committee on Environmental Studies, College of Charleston, 1990-1991, 1991-1992 (chair of subcommittee on undergraduate program development), and 1993-1994.

●           Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, College of Charleston, 1991-1992.

●           Internal and external discussion groups coordinator, Philosophy Department, College of Charleston, 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997 (co-leader).

●           Faculty Advisor, Animal Awareness Group, 1993-1994.

●           Computer Resource Person and Troubleshooter, Department of Philosophy, College of Charleston, 1986-92.

●           Alternate Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, College of Charleston, 1990-1991.

●           Member, Urban Studies Advisory Committee, College of Charleston, February 1989 to 1992.

●           Faculty Advisor, Advising Center, College of Charleston, 1989-1990.

●           Member, Faculty Computer Advisory Committee, College of Charleston, 1989-1990.

●           Member, Philosophy Department Budget Committee, College of Charleston, 1988-1989.

●           Faculty Adviser, Philosophy Club, College of Charleston, 1986-87 and 1987-88.

●           Member, Faculty Committee on Campus Planning and Space Allocation, College of Charleston, 1988-1989.

●           Member, Faculty Committee on Student Affairs and Athletics, College of Charleston, 1987-1988.

Community Service

●           Sierra Club representative to the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge’s Research Advisory Group, 1998-1999.

●           Environmental representative on Albright and Wilson’s Community Advisory Panel, Fall 1996 to Spring 1999.

●           Conservation chair, Robert Lunz Group Sierra Club, 1995-1998 (includes both a monthly written and a monthly oral presentation on environmental issues); Vice chair, Robert Lunz Group Sierra Club, 1995.

●           Programs co-chair, Robert Lunz Group Sierra Club, June 1994 to December 1995.

●           Executive committee member, Robert Lunz Group Sierra Club, June 1994 to December 1998.

●           Letters to the editor, Charleston Post and Courier and The State (about 10).

●           Member, Sullivan’s Island Tree Commission, 1992-1998.

●           Member, Sullivan's Island Committee on the Question of Cutting Vegetation in the Land Trust Area, Fall 1994.

●           Guest Editorials, "Population and the Family" (June 1992) and "Biological Impoverishment & Human Population" (April 1991) in the monthly newsletter of the Charleston Sierra Club.

●           Municipal Representative, Charleston County Solid Waste Advisory Council, 1992-1993.

●           Town Council appointed member, Sullivan's Island Tree Commission, 1991-1992, 1993-1995, 1995 to present.

●           Sullivan's Island Town Council designated representative to the Charleston County Council Advisory Committee on Recycling, 1990-1991 and 1991-1992.

●           Final Judge for the Santee Cooper Environmental Essay Contest, May 1991 (involved ranking 70 essays on recycling by seventh graders from throughout South Carolina).

Dissertation:                A Defense of Philosophical Realism in Opposition to the Anti-Realisms of Hilary Putnam and Richard Rorty

The dissertation elucidates and defends philosophical realism. The version I propose includes a realist understanding of the nature of reality, and a twofold realist view of truth. I hold that reality is cognition-independent. This means that the conceptual scheme of inquiry into a given subject matter does not constitute its nature. I embrace, as well, a realist conception of truth, according to which, truth consists in agreement with reality. In addition, truth is not characterized as any sort of justification. What we say (or think) is true if, and only if, what we are talking about is as we claim it to be. There are two major ways in which I defend realism. First, I specify exactly how the doctrine should be understood. This involves so characterizing realism that it is not committed to a number of theses many philosophers consider to be undesirable; for example, foundationalism, physicalism, scientism, skepticism, and moral relativism. Secondly, I respond to two of the most important recent attacks on realism, those of Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam. Realism emerges as a plausible, interrelated conception of the nature of knowledge, truth, and reality which stands up well against the attacks of its most prominent contemporary critics. Committee: Robert Rogers (Chair), Wesley Morriston, Stephen Leeds, William Prior, and Robert Easton.