RICHARD DEAN

Department of Philosophy e-mail: rd15@aub.edu.lb

American University of Beirut phone: (+961) 01- 753 124

Beirut 1107-2020 LEBANON http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~rd15/

AOS: Ethical Theory, History of Moral Philosophy

AOC: Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy, Logic

EDUCATION

· University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: M.A. 1991, Ph. D. 1999

· University of Oregon: B.A. in philosophy, minor in English Literature, graduated cum laude 1986

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

· Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut, 2002-present

· Full-time Lecturer, Rutgers University, 1999-2002

PUBLICATIONS

Book

The Value of Humanity in Kant’s Moral Theory, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006

Articles

· “The Formula of Humanity as an End in Itself,” in Blackwell Companion to Kant’s Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., forthcoming

· “Glasgow’s Conception of Kantian Humanity,” Journal of the History of Philosophy, forthcoming in vol. 45, no. 2, April 2007

· “Building Moral Robots,” The International Journal of the Humanities, vol. 2, no. 2, 2005

· “Cummiskey’s Kantian Consequentialism,” Utilitas, vol. 12, no 3, March 2000

· “A Defense of Constrained Maximization,” Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, vol. 36, no. 3, Summer 1997

· “What Should We Treat as an End in Itself?” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 77, no. 4, December 1996

WORK IN PROGRESS OR UNDER REVIEW

· “A Kantian Argument Against Moralism” in progress

PRESENTATIONS

· Paper (title to be determined) invited for presentation at conference on “Practical Implications of Kant’s Conception of Humanity,” Center for Ethics and Human Values, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, May 9-10, 2008

· “Going Out on Top,” scheduled for presentation at the Annual Meetings of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Baltimore, Maryland, December 26-30, 2007

· “Dignity: A Right or an Ideal?” Workshop on Human Dignity: Philosophical and Juridical Perspectives, Barcelona, Spain, July 16-17, 2007

· “A Kantian Argument Against Moralism,” Brooklyn College, CUNY, December 30, 2006

· “A Fifth and More Basic Question: What Will I Do?” Weltfragen Symposium on Kant’s Philosophy, Beirut, Lebanon, October 13, 2005

· “The Formula of Humanity as an End in Itself,” Workshop on Kant’s Ethics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November 19-21, 2004

· “The Formula of Humanity as an End in Itself,” Beirut Philosophy Circle, October 22, 2004

· “Building Moral Robots,” The Second Annual Conference for New Directions in the Humanities, Prato, Italy, July 22, 2004. (Also published in the proceedings of the conference, The International Journal of the Humanities, vol. 2, no. 2.)

· “Autonomy, Kantian Humanity, and Informed Consent,” King’s College, Cambridge University, March 18, 2002

· “The Problem With Jumping On The Moralistic Bandwagon,” Rutgers Undergraduate Philosophy Club, February 21, 2001

· “Good Will As An End In Itself," University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, November 5, 1998

· “Drawing a Line: Do We Have Direct Duties to Non-Human Animals?” North Carolina/South Carolina Philosophical Society Conference, February 20, 1998

· “Good Wills: Priceless but Not Rare,” Intermountain Philosophy Conference, October 11, 1997

COMMENTS AT CONFERENCES

· Comments on John Marshall’s “What a Proof of Morality Must Do,” University of Virginia/American University of Beirut Joint Philosophy Conference, May 28, 2005

· Comments on Talbot Brewer’s “Virtues We Can Share: Friendship and Aristotelian Ethical Theory,” University of Virginia/American University of Beirut Joint Philosophy Conference, May 27, 2005

· Comments on “The Syntheticity of the Principle of Morality and Its Source of Normativity,” by Timothy Rosenkoetter, APA Central Division Meetings, April 27, 2002

· Comments on “Kantian Freedom and the Defeasible Conception of Dignity,” by Thomas Powers, APA Pacific Division Meetings, March 30, 2001

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

· Graduate level: History of Moral Philosophy (Rutgers), Consequentialism and Deontology (Rutgers), Why Be Moral? (American University of Beirut), Early Modern Moral Philosophy (AUB)

· Upper level undergraduate: Bioethics, Environmental Ethics, Ethical Theory, History of Ethics

· Introductory level: Applied Philosophy, Current Moral and Social Issues, Introduction to Ethics, Introduction to Logic, Introduction To Philosophy

· Teaching Assistant: Bioethics, Introduction to Ethics, Symbolic Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, Peace War and Defense

· Other Teaching: Tutor for University of North Carolina Athletic Department, Teacher for The Princeton Review LSAT Preparation Course, Teacher of English as a Foreign Language at Hanguk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, Korea)

SERVICE

· University Senate representative, Fall 2006-present

· University Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs member, Fall 2006-present

· Acting chair, philosophy department, September 2006

· Faculty of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee member, Fall 2005-2007

· Faculty of Arts and Sciences Administrative Committee member, Fall 2005-2007

· Faculty facilitator, Center for Teaching and Learning, “Forum on Instructor Course Evaluation,” November 25, 2005

· Department teaching coordinator, 2005-present

· Co-organizer, University of Virginia/American University of Beirut Joint Philosophy Conference, Spring 2005

· Department textbook coordinator, 2004-present

· Faculty Advisor, Philosophy Student Society, American University of Beirut, 2004-2006

· Job Search Coordinator, 2003-2004 academic year

· Faculty Volunteer, AUB student elections, fall 2004

HONORS AND AWARDS

· The Value of Humanity in Kant’s Moral Theory nominated for APA Book Prize, 2007

· Summer Teaching Release Research Grant, American University of Beirut, summer 2007

· University Research Board Long-Term Faculty Development Grant, American University of Beirut, Summer 2006

· Hewlett Faculty Research Leave, American University of Beirut, Spring 2006

· Mellon Foundation research grant, administered by Center for Behavioral Research, American University of Beirut, summer 2004

· University Research Board Long-Term Faculty Development Grant, American University of Beirut, Summer 2003

· Thomas W. Pogue On-Campus Dissertation Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fall 1998-Spring 1999

· Graham Kenan Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Spring 1991

· Bertha Colton Williams Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fall 1988, Spring 1989, Fall 1990

· Mary Taylor Williams Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fall 1989, Spring 1990

DISSERTATION

Title: What We Should Treat as an End in Itself

Committee: Thomas E. Hill, Jr. (director), Geoffrey Sayre McCord, Bernard Boxill, Jay Rosenberg, Jeanette Boxill

REFERENCES

Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Kenan Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Derek Parfit, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University

Geoffrey Sayre McCord, Department Chair, Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor, UNC- Chapel Hill

Bernard Boxill, Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Arnulf Zweig, Adjunct Professor, Baruch College, City University of New York

Muhammad Ali Khalidi, Associate Professor, York University, Toronto

Douglas Husak, Professor, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey