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Ben Bradley, Curriculum Vitae




Philosophy Department
Syracuse University
541 Hall of Languages
Syracuse, NY 13244-1170
(315) 443-5827 (office)
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Education:

  • Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Philosophy, February 1999.
  • B.A. magna cum laude, Lawrence University, Philosophy, June 1993.

Employment:

  • Associate Professor, Syracuse University, 2008-.
  • Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, 2003-2008.
  • Visiting Asst. Professor, Western Washington University, 2002-2003.
  • Visiting Asst. Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1999-2002.
  • Visiting Asst. Professor, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1998-1999.

Area of Specialization:

  • Ethics

Areas of Teaching Competence:

  • Metaphysics
  • Epistemology
  • Social and Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Applied Ethics (especially Environmental Ethics)

Book:

  • (2009) Well-Being and Death. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    • Review by Steven Luper in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
    • Review by Walter Glannon in The Journal of Value Inquiry.

Journal Articles:

Book Chapters

  • (forthcoming) “Eternalism and Death’s Badness,” in Campbell, O’Rourke and Silverstein (eds.), Time and Identity (Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press).

Book Reviews:

  • (forthcoming) Review of The Philosophy of Death by Steven Luper, Ethics.
  • (forthcoming) Review Essay on Goodness and Justice: A Consequentialist Moral Theory by Joseph Mendola, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
  • (forthcoming) Review of Pleasure and the Good Life: Concerning the Nature, Varieties, and Plausibility of Hedonism by Fred Feldman, Utilitas.
  • (2007) Review of A Theory of Virtue: Excellence in Being for the Good by Robert Merrihew Adams, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (May).
  • (2005) Review of Reasons and the Fear of Death by R.E. Ewin, Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83: 293-295.
  • (2004) Critical Notice of The Nature of Intrinsic Value by Michael Zimmerman, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 69: 492-494.

Edited Collections :

  • (2009) Proceedings of the 2008 Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, with Ryan Wasserman and Jill North, Philosophical Studies 145:1.

Recent and Upcoming Presentations:

  • Author meets critics, John Fischer's Our Stories, APA Pacific, March 31-April 4, 2010.
  • TBA, Boston University Ethics Reading Group, April 9, 2010.
  • TBA, SUNY-Buffalo, January 28, 2010.
  • TBA, SUNY-Binghamton, November 19, 2009.
  • Comments on David Benatar, Princeton University Center for Human Values, November 18, 2009.
  • TBA, Princeton University Center for Human Values, November 18, 2009.
  • Comments on Uri Leibowitz, "Friendship," UMass Philosophy Reunion, Oct. 17, 2009.
  • "Analyzing Harm," Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, August 6-9, 2009.
  • "Analyzing Harm," Lawrence University, April 30, 2009.
  • "Analyzing Harm," University of Wisconsin, March 13, 2009.
  • Comments on David Hershenov, "Organisms, Persons and Bioethics," Creighton Club (NY State Philosophical Association), October 18, 2008.
  • "A Defense of Hedonism," Stockholm University, May 29, 2008.
  • "Is Death Bad for a Cow? " University of Reading, May 27, 2008.
  • "A Defense of Hedonism," Oxford University, May 26, 2008.
  • "A Defense of Hedonism ," Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club, May 20, 2008.
  • Author meets critics, Ronald Sandler's Character and Environment, group meeting of the International Society for Environmental Ethics at the APA Central Division meeting, April 17, 2008.
  • "A Defense of Hedonism," Syracuse University, March 21, 2008.
  • "Is Death Bad for a Cow?" West Virginia University, November 1, 2007.
  • "Desires," with Kris McDaniel, Ninth Biennial UMass Philosophy Reunion, October 6, 2007.
  • "Desires," with Kris McDaniel, Eighth Annual Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, August 5-9, 2007.
  • Tolley Dinner Forum, "Non-Human Rights and Community Rights," Syracuse University, April 4, 2007.
  • Comments on David Hershenov, "A More Palatable Epicureanism," Creighton Club (NY State Philosophical Association), November 4, 2006.
  • “Williams on Utilitarianism,” University of Nevada-Reno, April 4, 2006 (invited).
  • “The Worst Time to Die,” Leonard Lecture, University of Nevada-Reno, April 3, 2006 (invited).
  • “A Paradox for Theories of Welfare,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, March 22-26, 2006 (refereed).
  • “Correspondence Theories of Welfare,” University of Rochester, February 10, 2006 (invited).
  • Author meets critics, Erik Wielenberg’s Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe, Eighth Biennial Umass Philosophy Homecoming, University of Massachusetts, October 6, 2005.
  • “Against Satisficing Consequentialism,” Utilitarianism 2005, Dartmouth College, August 11-15, 2005 (refereed).
  • Comments on Gustaf Arrhenius, “The Moral Status of Potential People,” Sixth Annual Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, July 31-August 4, 2005.
  • “Eternalism and the Time of Death’s Badness,” presented as part of a panel on death at the Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference on Time and Identity, Apr. 1-3, 2005 (invited).
  • “The Worst Time to Die,” Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference on Time and Identity, Apr. 1-3, 2005 (refereed).
  • “Egoistic Concern, Narrative Unity, and the Worst Time to Die,” Creighton Club (NY State Philosophical Association), November 6, 2004 (invited).
  • “The Worst Time to Die,” SUNY Geneseo, October 29, 2004 (invited).
  • “The Worst Time to Die,” SUNY Fredonia, October 28, 2004 (invited).
  • Comments on Elinor Mason, “The High Price of Pluralism,” Fifth Annual Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, August 1-5, 2004.
  • “Death and Previous Gains,” American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, April 22-25, 2004 (refereed).
  • Panel discussion, “Ethics in the Fashion Industry:  Dilemmas of Globalization,” sponsored by NYPIRG, PLACA, FADS and Fashion’s Conscience, Syracuse University, April 1, 2004.
  • Comments on Owen McLeod, “Adjusting Utility for Justice:  A Reexamination of the Connections Between Desert and Intrinsic Value,” Seventh Biennial Umass Philosophy Homecoming, University of Massachusetts, October 11, 2003.
  • Comments on Gustaf Arrhenius, “Superiority in Value,” Fourth Annual Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, August 1-5, 2003.
  • “Virtue Consequentialism,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College, October 25-26, 2002 (refereed).
  • Comments on Stephen Brown, “Another Way of Naturalizing Virtue Ethics,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College, October 25-26, 2002.
  • Comments on Elizabeth Harman, “The Potentiality Problem,” Third Annual Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, August 3-6, 2002.
  • Panel discussion, “Do Corporations Have Responsibilities Toward Society?” Virginia Tech, April 8, 2002.

Works in Progress:

  • "TBA," commissioned article for a special issue of Social Theory and Practice devoted to the work of John Martin Fischer.
  • "TBA," with Kris McDaniel, commissioned article to be included in a collection tentatively titled Death: Metaphysics and Ethics, to be edited by James Stacey Taylor.
  • Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Death (co-editor with Fred Feldman and Jens Johansson), under contract with Oxford University Press.
  • "Analyzing Harm," manuscript in progress.
  • "Intrinsic Value," and "Instrumental Value," for the International Encyclopedia of Ethics (Blackwell), edited by Hugh LaFollette, forthcoming in 2011.

Service:

To the profession:

  • Referee and other advisory work for:
    • Cambridge University Press
    • Oxford University Press
    • Kluwer Academic Publishers
    • MIT Press
    • Mayfield Publishing Company
    • Routledge Publishing Company
    • McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
    • Nous
    • Ethics
    • Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
    • Philosophical Studies
    • Australasian Journal of Philosophy
    • International Journal of Philosophical Studies
    • Philosophical Quarterly
    • Synthese
    • Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
    • American Philosophical Quarterly
    • Canadian Journal of Philosophy
    • Philosophical Papers
    • Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
    • Journal of Philosophical Research
    • Journal of Moral Philosophy
    • Inquiry
    • Journal of Applied Philosophy
    • Polish Journal of Philosophy
    • Southern Journal of Philosophy
    • Journal of Social Philosophy
    • British Society for Ethical Theory
    • The Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference
  • Program Committee, 2008 Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference.
  • Master's thesis external examiner for Emilio Mora, Monash University, 2008.
  • Session chair at the 2001 and 2004 Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, 2003 Syracuse Workshop in Metaphysics, 2004 Syracuse Workshop on the A Priori, 2005 APA Pacific Division Meeting, 2007 SPAWN on Practical Reason, and 2007 Wisconsin Metaethics Workshop.
  • Participant at the 2004 Wisconsin Metaethics Workshop
  • Contributor to PEA Soup, a weblog devoted to Philosophy, Ethics and Academia. http://peasoup.typepad.com/peasoup

To Syracuse University:

  • Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2009-.
  • Arts & Sciences lower-division advisor, 2004-.
  • Instructional Committee, 2009.
  • Summer advising program, 2004.
  • First-year Forum leader, 2004 and 2009.
  • New Faculty Orientation small group discussion leader, 2004 and 2005
  • Minnowbrook Future Professoriate Project, May 12-14, 2004

To the Syracuse University Philosophy Department:

  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2008-.
  • Executive Committee, 2008-.
  • Graduate admissions committee, 2008-9.
  • Organizer of the 2006 Syracuse Philosophy Annual Workshop and Network, July 16-18, 2006.
  • Administration, Operations, and Governance subcommittee, 2005-6.
  • Mentoring sessions for PHI 107 instructors, 2004-8.
  • Search committee, 2004-5, 2007-8, 2008-9.
  • Colloquium committee, 2004-5 and 2007-8.
  • Professional Development Seminar - Publishing in Philosophy, Apr. 30, 2004.
  • PhD supervisor for Patrick Beach (in progress).
  • MA supervisor for Kelly McPherson, "Maintaining Discrimination in Operation Iraqi Freedom," 2008.
  • Dissertation committee member for John Draeger (2004), Craig Hanson (2006), Larry James (2006), Kevin Kukla (2007), Michael McKeon (2007) and Nathan Hanna (2007).

Courses Taught:

Graduate Seminars:

  • Foundations of Analytic Ethics (with Kris McDaniel) (Syracuse)
  • Death (Syracuse)
  • Parfit (with Kris McDaniel) (Syracuse)
  • Intrinsic Value (Syracuse)
  • History of Ethics (Virginia Tech)

Graduate/Undergraduate Courses:

  • Topics in Moral Philosophy (Syracuse)
  • The Metaphysics of Modality (Virginia Tech)
  • Epistemology (Virginia Tech)
  • Philosophy of Mind (Virginia Tech)
  • Social and Political Philosophy (Virginia Tech)

Undergraduate Courses:

  • Majors Seminar: Death (Syracuse)
  • Environmental Ethics (Syracuse, Illinois Wesleyan, UMass)
  • Contemporary Ethics (Syracuse)
  • Global Ethics (Syracuse, Virginia Tech)
  • Business and Professional Ethics (Virginia Tech)
  • Medical Ethics (UMass)
  • History of Modern Philosophy (UMass)
  • Contemporary Philosophy: The Analytic Tradition (Western Washington)
  • Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Syracuse, Western Washington, Virginia Tech, Illinois Wesleyan, UMass)
  • Introduction to Philosophy (Syracuse, Western Washington, UMass)
  • Introduction to Logic (Western Washington, UMass)

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