I teach philosophy at SUNY Cortland. My academic work can be summarized in the question: How shall we live? Given the complexities of the human condition, what is it that we ought to be striving for? What kind of life makes for human thriving?
Research Interests
Research Interests
- The philosophy of love
- Philosophies of nonviolence
- Communitarianism/community
- Animal rights
- Spirituality, mysticism, the neo-monastic movement, inter-religious dialogue
- Courses I Teach
- PHI 170: Philosophical Meditations
- PHI 135: Introduction to Ethics
- PHI 201: Ancient Social Philosophy
- PHI 203: Social Ethics
- PHI 229 Virtue Ethics
- PHI 240: Social and Poltical Philosophy
- PHI 329: Ethics of Love
- PHI 321: Medical Ethics
- PHI 329: Animals and Ethics
- PHI 330: Philosophies of Nonviolence
- PHI 331: War and Terrorism
- PHI 332: Asian Philosophy
- PHI 320: Environmental Ethic
- PHI 400: The Ethics of Alasdair MacIntyre