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Department of Philosophy - Faculty

Candace Upton

Assistant Professor

Sturm Hall 262                                

303-871-2761   

cupton@du.edu

Education

Ph.D. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Areas

Ethical Theory, Virtue Ethics, Moral Psychology, Applied Ethics, Greek Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Logic

Courses Taught

A Study in Dispositions

Metaphysics and the Disunity of Science

Morality and the Law

Philosophy of Biology: Evolution and Its Implications

Symbolic Logic

Ancient Philosophy

Biomedical Ethics

The Ethics of Biomedical Technologies

Life and Death

Philosophy and Current Issues

Critical Thinking

Moral Knowledge

Selected Publications

Articles

“The Structure of Character,” The Journal of Ethics, forthcoming.

“Introduction,” Virtue Ethics and Moral Psychology: The Situationism Debate, special double issue, The Journal of Ethics, forthcoming.  

“Moving Away from Nihilism: Moral Discourse and Moral Truthmakers,” Daniels College of Business 100th Anniversary Volume, forthcoming.

"Context, Character, and Consequentialist Friendships," Utilitas, forthcoming.

"Virtue Ethics, Character, and Normative Receptivity," Journal of Moral Philosophy, 5:1   (2008).

"A Contextual Account of Character Traits", Philosophical Studies 122 (2005) 133-151.

Books

Situational Traits of Character: Dispositional Foundations and Implications for Moral Psychology and Friendship, Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming.

Edited Collections

Virtue Ethics and Moral Psychology: The Situationism Debate, special double issue, The Journal of Ethics.

Book Reviews

Review of Folke Tersman's Moral Disagreement (Cambridge University Press, 2006), The Review of Metaphysics, forthcoming.

Review of Paul Sheldon Davies' Norms of Nature: Naturalism and the Nature of Functions (MIT Press,2001), Essays in Philosophy, Vol. 5 No. 1, January 2004.

Review of John Doris's Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (Cambridge University Press, 2002), The Journal of Value Inquiry, forthcoming

Department of Philosophy, 2000 East Asbury Ave., Sturm Hall 257, Denver, CO 80208
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