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:

Well-Being and Death. Oxford University Press (forthcoming).

Journal Articles:

(2008) "Desires," with Kris McDaniel, Mind 117: 267-302.
(2008) "The Worst Time to Die." Ethics 118: 291-314.
(2007) “How Bad Is Death?” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 37: 111-127.
(2007) “A Paradox for Some Theories of Welfare,” Philosophical Studies 133: 45-53.
(2006) “Two Concepts of Intrinsic Value,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9: 111-130.
(2006) “Against Satisficing Consequentialism,” Utilitas 18: 97-108; winner of the best paper prize at Utilitarianism 2005.
(2005) “Virtue Consequentialism,” Utilitas 17: 282-298.
(2005) “‘Doing and Allowing’ and Doing and Allowing,” with Michael Stocker, Ethics 115: 799-808.
(2004) “When Is Death Bad for the One Who Dies?” Nous 38: 1-28.
(2002) “Is Intrinsic Value Conditional?” Philosophical Studies 107: 23-44.
(2001) “The Value of Endangered Species,” The Journal of Value Inquiry 35: 43-58.
(1998) “Extrinsic Value,” Philosophical Studies 91: 109-126.

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 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.

Presentations (job talks excluded):

"Saving the Greater Number," ISUS X, University of California, Berkeley, September 11-14, 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.
Comments on Michael Zimmerman, “Taking Luck Seriously,” Sixth Biennial UMass Philosophy Homecoming, University of Massachusetts, October 13, 2001.
“When is Death Bad for the One Who Dies?” Virginia Polytechnic Institute, September 28, 2001.
“When is Death Bad for the One Who Dies?” Second Annual Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, August 5, 2001 (invited).
“The Value of Endangered Species,” Virginia Polytechnic Institute, September 25, 2000.
Comments on Phillip Montague, “What Makes Right Acts Right?” First Annual Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, August 5-7, 2000.
“Two Conceptions of Intrinsic Value,” First Annual Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, August 5-7, 2000 (invited).
“Consequentialism and Good Actions,” Utilitarianism 2000, Wake Forest University, March 25, 2000 (refereed).
“Consequentialism and Good Actions,” Virginia Polytechnic Institute, February 2, 2000.
“Is Intrinsic Value Conditional?” The 27th Annual Conference on Value Inquiry, Central Missouri State University, April 22-24, 1999 (refereed).
“Is Intrinsic Value Conditional?” Indiana Philosophical Association Spring Meeting, Franklin College, April 10, 1999 (refereed).
Debate with Carl Gillett, “Vegetarianism,” Illinois Wesleyan University, Spring 1999.
“Conditional vs. Unconditional Intrinsic Value,” Illinois Wesleyan University, March 26, 1999.
Comments on Shelly Kagan, “Rethinking Intrinsic Value,” Greensboro Symposium in Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, April 3, 1998.
“Why Species Extermination is Wrong,” Brown University Graduate Student Conference, February 21-22, 1998 (refereed).
“Why Species Extermination is Wrong,” University of Massachusetts, October 31, 1997.
Comments on Irwin Goldstein, “Pleasure, Pain, and Moral Theory,” University of Massachusetts, April 1997.
“Extrinsic Value,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, March 1, 1997 (refereed).
“Extrinsic Value,” Brown University Graduate Student Conference, February 22, 1997 (refereed).
Comments on Joseph LaPorte, “Essential Membership,” Philosophy Colloquium, University of Massachusetts, November 1995.

Works in Progress:

"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.

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
Philosophical Quarterly
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
British Society for Ethical Theory
The Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference

External referee concerning tenure and promotion for Hope College, 2003.
Program Committee, 2008 Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference.
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:

Arts & Sciences lower-division advisor, 2004-present.
Summer advising program, 2004.
Freshman Forum leader, Fall 2004
New Faculty Orientation small group discussion leader, 2004 and 2005
Minnowbrook Future Professoriate Project, May 12-14, 2004

To the Syracuse University Philosophy Department:

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 and 2007-8.
Colloquium committee, 2004-5 and 2007-8.
Professional Development Seminar - Publishing in Philosophy, Apr. 30, 2004.
Dissertation committee member for John Draeger (2004), Craig Hanson (2006), Larry James (2006), Kevin Kukla (2007), Michael McKeon (2007) and Nathan Hanna (2007).

Honors, Awards, and Organizations:

International Society for Utilitarian Studies Best Paper Prize ($1000), 2005
Member of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies
Member of the American Philosophical Association
Member of the Creighton Club (NY State Philosophical Association)
Puryear Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, 1993-1994
The Farley Prize Scholarship in Philosophy, Lawrence University, 1993
Phi Beta Kappa, Wisconsin Gamma-Delta Chapter

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)