VIRGINIA HELD
Department of Philosophy
City University of New York
Graduate School
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Academic Appointments
1996-
Distinguished Professor
City University of New York
Graduate School
City University of New York
Hunter College
City University of New York
Graduate School and Hunter College
2001-
Professor Emerita
1996-2001
Distinguished Professor
Fall 1989
Truax Visiting Professor of Philosophy
Hamilton College
Spring 1986
Visiting Professor
UCLA
Winter, Spring 1984
Visiting Professor
Dartmouth College
1980-84
Deputy Executive Officer
Ph.D. Program, CUNY Graduate
School
1977-
Professor of Philosophy
CUNY Graduate Faculty and Hunter
College
1973-77
Associate Professor
CUNY Graduate Faculty and Hunter
College (tenured)
Spring 1972
Visiting Lecturer
Yale University (graduate and
undergraduate)
1969-72
Assistant Professor
1965-69
Lecturer
1964-66
Lecturer
Hunter College/CUNY
Hunter College/CUNY
Barnard College/Columbia University
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Honors, Fellowships, and Awards
2003
James Wilbur Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Appreciation and
Advancement of Human Values. From The Conference on Value Inquiry
2001-02
President, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division
1998
Norms and Values: Essays on the Work of Virginia Held, ed. Joram Haber and
Mark Halfon. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
1994
Hunter College Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship
1992
Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award, Society for Women in Philosophy
1984-85
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA
1984-85
Scholar Incentive Award, Hunter College, CUNY
1981-82
Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School
1981
Director, NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers of Law, Stanford Law School
1975-76
Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship
1969
CUNY Doctoral Faculty Research Grant
1950-51
Fulbright Fellowship/France
Editorial Board Appointments
Springer. Studies in Global Justice, book series
2005-
Journal of Social Philosophy
1995-
The Journal of Ethics
1993-96
American Philosophical Quarterly
1990-93, 2003-
Public Affairs Quarterly
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1983-2014
Hypatia
1982-91
Ethics
1990-96
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
1979-
Political Theory
1975-
Social Theory and Practice
Other Appointments
1994-
Encyclopedia of Philosophy Supplement, Macmillan Publishing Co.,
Consulting Editor
Spring, Fall 1994
CUNY Doctoral Program Colloquium Series Director
1993-
The Philosopher’s Annual, Nominating Board
1988-
Center for Philosophic Exchange, Board of Advisors
1987-2003
Westview Press, Co-Editor of Feminist Theory Series
1982-87
New York Council for the Humanities, Speaker in the Humanities
1979-88
Center for Philosophy and Public Policy, Advisory Board
Offices and Membership in Professional Associations
American Philosophical Association:
Advisory Board, 1995-96
Board of Officers, 1992-95, 2000-02
Committee on Committees, 1992-95
Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession 1997-2000
Committee on the Status of Women, 1985-88
Eastern Division:
President 2001-02
Vice-President 2000-01
Divisional Representative, 1992-95
Executive Committee, 1979-82, 1992-95
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Advisory Committee to the Program Committee, 1986-89
Nominating Committee, 1975-76, 1985-86
Committee on Philosophy and the Law, 1982-85
Program Committee, 1979
Subcommittee on Unionization, 1974-76
American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Columbia University Seminar on Political and Social Thought, Associate, 1972Columbia University Human Rights Seminar
Conference for the Study of Political Thought
Conference on Methods, Executive Committee, 1971International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
American Section (AMINTAPHIL):
President, 1981-83
Vice President, 1979-81
Executive Committee, 1976-85, 1991-93
Nominating Committee, 1994-96
Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs
Chairperson, 1972
Program Committee Chair, 1976-77
Executive Committee, 1970-73
New York Group, Executive Committee, 1969-71
Society for Women in Philosophy
Higher Education
Columbia Univ.
Ph.D. (lst Col.)
Philosophy, 1968
Univ. of Strasbourg
2 Certificates
Philosophy and Psychology
Barnard College
A.B. cum laude
Philosophy and English
University of Paris
Credit
French Literature
Other Work
Staff Member, The Reporter (magazine), 1954-65
Writing, editing, research
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Biographical Listings
Who’s Who in America, 43rd ed. (1984- ) (2014- )
Many others
Grant Review Committees
American Council of Learned Societies
Australian Research Council
CUNY Committee to evaluate Fulbright applicants
Hunter College, Excellence Awards Panel
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Humanities Center
National Science Foundation
PSC-CUNY Research Award Program
Research Council of Canada
Tenure and Promotion Reviews
Bowling Green State University
Clark University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
George Mason University
Georgia State University
Louisiana State University
Mercer University
Mount Holyoke College
New York University
Notre Dame University
Purdue University
Rutgers University
St. Joseph’s University
Smith College
Stanford University
State University of New York/Stony Brook
Tufts University
UCLA Law School
UC/Riverside (Political Science)
Union College
University of Central Florida
University of Connecticut/Storrs
University of Delaware
University of Hawaii
University of Houston
University of Illinois/Chicago
University of Illinois/Urbana
University of Kentucky
University of Maine
University of Memphis
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota0
University of Oregon
University of Tennessee
University of Utah
Vassar College
Washington University/St. Louis
Wells College
Visiting Committees
Lehigh University, Philosophy Visiting Committee, 1983-86
Montclair State College, Montclair, N.J., 1986
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Dissertations Supervised, CUNY
Georgina Campelia, Virtue’s Web: The Virtue of Empathic Attunement… 2016
Julie Zilberberg, The Ethics of Sex Selection, 2006
Karen Kovach, Who We Are and What We Do: Ethnicity and Moral Agency, 200l
Allyson Robichaud, Emotions: Something More Than Feelings, 1997
Karin Brown, Sophie Grouchy de Condorcet on Moral Sympathy, 1997
Peter Rajsingh, What’s Left of Rights: Engaging Legal Skepticism and Critique, 1996 (Political Science)
Celeste Friend, Trust and the Limits of Contract, 1995
Omar Dahbour, A Critique of National Self-Determination, 1995
Camillo Bica, Just War and Practical Pacifism, 1995
Eddy Souffrant, The Ethics of Colonization and John Stuart Mill, 1993
Joram Haber, Forgiveness, 1989
Mark Halfon, The Meaning and Value of Moral Integrity, 1986
Robert Hirschfeld, The Image of Sexual Desire in Recent Political and Philosophical Thought, 1981
(Political Science)
Dissertation Examiner for Other Universities
SUNY Buffalo, 1994
University of Toronto, Law School, 1997
New York University, Department of Comparative Literature, 1998
New School for Social Research. 2014
Publications
Books:
How Terrorism Is Wrong: Morality and Political Violence
New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 205 pp. (paper, 2010).
The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006 (hardcover and paper) 211 pp.
In Italian
In Arabic, Transl. Michael Mittias, 2008
In Chinese
In Czech
Women’s Realities, Women’s Choices, Third Edition (co-author)
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 472 pp.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 594 pp. (Second Edition)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. 621 pp. (First Edition)
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Justice and Care: Essential Readings in Feminist Ethics (editor)
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995.
Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society, and Politics
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993 (hardcover and paper). 285 pp.
In Italian: Etica Feminista. Trad. Lucia Cornalba. Milan: Feltrinelli, 1997
Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989 (paper).
New York: Free Press/Macmillan, 1984 (hardcover). 327 pp.
Property, Profits, and Economic Justice (editor)
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1980. Introduction by V. Held.
Philosophy, Morality, and International Affairs, edited by Virginia Held, Sidney Morgenbesser, and
Thomas Nagel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
Philosophy and Political Action, edited by Virginia Held, Kai Nielsen, and Charles Parsons. Includes
“On Understanding Political Strikes,” by V. Held.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1972.
The Public Interest and Individual Interests
New York: Basic Books, 1970. 248 pp.
The Bewildered Age: A Report on Ethical Attitudes in the U.S.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1962. 215 pp.
Journal Issue edited:
The Philosophical Forum, special issue on Work
Edited by Gerald Dworkin, Virginia Held, and Sara Ruddick. Vol. 1
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Chapters in Scholarly Books
“Distributive Justice and the Ethics of Care.” In Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice, ed Serena
Olsaretti. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
“The Moral Dimensions of Terrorisam,” in Oxford Handbook on Terrorism, ed Erica Chenoweth, Richard
English, Andreas Gofas, and Stathis Kalyvas. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
“Ethnic Conflict and the Ethics of Care,” in Reflections on Ethics and Responsibility, ed. Zachary J.
Goldberg. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2017.
“Care and Justice, Still,” in Care Ethics and Political Theory,” ed. Daniel Engster and Maurice
Hamington. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
“Care and Human Rights,” in Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights, ed. Rowan Cruft, S. Matthew
Liao, and Massimo Renzo. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
“Gender, Care, and Global Values,” in The Routledge Handbook of Global Ethics,” ed. Darrel
Moellendorf and Heather Widdows. London: Routledge, 2015.
“Morality,” in Morality: Diversity of Concepts and Meanings, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Philosophy. Moscow, 2014.
“Can the Ethics of Care Handle Violence?” in Care Ethics: New Theories and Applications, ed. Christine
Koggel and Joan Orme. Routledge, 2013
“Terrorism,” in Ethics and World Politics, ed. Duncan Bell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
“Gender Identity and The Ethics of Care in Globalized Society,” in Global Feminist Ethics, ed. Rebecca
Whisnant and Peggy DesAutels. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008.
“The Ethics of Care,” in Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory, ed. David Copp. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2006.
“Taking Care: Care as Practice and Value,” in Setting The Moral Compass, ed. Cheshire Calhoun. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
“Taking Oneself Seriously, But Not Too,” in Singing In The Fire: Women’s Experiences in Philosophy,
ed. Linda Alcoff. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003.
“Caring Relations and Principles of Justice,” in Controversies in Feminism, ed. James Sterba.
Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001
“Rights and the Presumption of Care,” in Rights and Reason, ed. M. Friedman, L. May, et al. Boston:
Klewer Academic Publishers, 2000.
Forward, Ethics and International Affairs, ed. Andrew Valls. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield,
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2000.
“The Normative Import of Action,” in Gewirth: Critical Essays on Action, Rationality, and Community,
ed. Michael Boylan. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.
“Feminist Ethical Theory,” in Ethics, Vol. 1 of Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of
Philosophy, ed. Klaus Brinkmann. Bowling Green State University: Philosophy Documentation Center,
1999.
“Liberalism and the Ethics of Care,” in Feminist Ethics and Politics, ed. Claudia Card. Lawrence, KS:
University Press of Kansas, 1999.
“Feminist Interpretations of Social and Political Thought,” in Is Feminist Philosophy Philosophy?, ed.
Emanuela Bianchi. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1999.
“Media Culture and Democracy,” in Demokratischer Experimentalismus, edited by Hauke Brunkhorst.
Frankfurt: Suhrkamp-Verlag, 1998.
“Feminist Reconceptualizations in Ethics,” in Philosophy in a Feminist Voice: Critiques and
Reconstructions, edited by Janet Kourany. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
“Whose Agenda? Ethics vs. Cognitive Science,” in Mind and Morals: Essays on Ethics and Cognitive
Science, edited by Larry May et al. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1995.
“Freedom and Feminism,” in Democracy and Possessive Individualism: The Intellectual Legacy of C.B.
Macpherson, edited by Joseph M. Carens. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1993.
“Terrorism, Rights, and Political Goals,” in Violence, Terrorism, and Justice, edited by R.G. Frey and
Christopher Morris. Cambridge, Eng: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Also published in Justice,
Law, and Violence, edited by James Brady and Newton Garver. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, 1992.
“Liberty and Equality From a Feminist Perspective,” in Enlightenment, Rights and Revolution, edited by
Neil MacCormick and Zenon Bankowski. Aylesbury: Aberdeen University Press, 1989.
“Changing Perspectives in Philosophy,” in Revolutions in Knowledge: Feminism in the Social Sciences,
edited by Sue Rosenberg Zalk and Janice Gordon-Kelter. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989.
“Access, Enablement, and the First Amendment,” in Philosophical Dimensions of the Constitution, edited
by Diana Meyers and Kenneth Kipnis. Boulder: Westview Press, 1988.
“Gender as an Influence on Cultural Norms Relating to War and the Environment,” in Cultural Norms,
War, and the Environment, edited by Arthur H. Westing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
“Non-contractual Society: A Feminist View,” in Science, Morality, and Feminist Theory, edited by
Marsha Hanen and Kai Nielsen. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, SupplementaryVolume 13.
Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1987.
“Feminism and Moral Theory,” in Women and Moral Theory, ed. Eva Kittay and Diana Meyers.
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Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1987.
“Corporations, Persons, and Responsibility,” in Shame, Responsibility, and the Corporation , ed. Hugh
Curtler. New York: Haven, 1987.
“Reasons and Economic Justice,” in Economic Justice: Private Rights and Public Responsibilities, ed.
Diana Meyers and Kenneth Kipnis. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985.
“The Obligations of Mothers and Fathers,” in Mothering: Essays in Feminist Theory, ed. Joyce Trebilcot.
Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Allanheld, 1984.
“The Division of Moral Labor and the Role of the Lawyer,” in The Good Lawyer, ed. David Luban.
Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Allanheld, 1983.
“On Ronald Dworkin’s Liberalism and Conservatism,” in Two Centuries of Philosophy in America (APQ
Library of Philosophy), ed. Peter Caws. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1980.
“Consent and Civil Disobedience,” in Consent: Concept, Capacity, Conditions, and Constraints (Archiv
für Rechts - und Sozial-philosophie, Nr. 12). Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1979.
“The Equal Obligations of Mothers and Fathers,” in Having Children: Philosophical and Legal
Reflections on Parenthood, ed. O. O’Neill and W. Ruddick. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1979.
“Men, Women, and Equal Liberty,” in Equality and Social Policy, ed. Walter Feinberg.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978.
“Abortion and Rights to Life,” in Bioethics and Human Rights, ed. Bertram and Elsie L. Bandman.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1978.
“Persons, Male and Female,” in Equality and Freedom: International and Comparative Jurisprudence, ed.
Gray Dorsey. Dobbs Ferry: Oceana Publications, 1977.
“Marx, Sex, and the Transformation of Society,” in Women and Philosophy, ed. Carol Gould and Marx
Wartofsky. New York: Putnam, 1976.
“Rationality and Social Cooperation,” in Proceedings of the Aspen-Cornell Colloquium on Choice and
Decision, ed. Max Black (1975). Available from Cornell University Program on Science, Technology
and Science. The volume also includes my comment on “Individual Rationality and Collective Stability,”
by Frederick Schick.
“Between Science and Philosophy: A Redistribution of Effort?” in Proceedings of the Working Group on
Philosophy, Science and Technology, ed. Rene Miller. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1973.
“Moral Responsibility and Collective Action at My Lai 4,” in Individual and Collective Responsibility:
Massacre at My Lai., ed. Peter A. French. Cambridge, MA: Schenkman, 1972.
“Coercion and Coercive Offers,” in Coercion (NOMOS XIV), ed. Roland Pennock and John Chapman.
New York: Aldine-Atherton, 1972.
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“Civil Disobedience and Public Policy,” in Revolution and the Rule of Law, ed. Edward Kent.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1971.
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Selections reprinted (partial listing):
“The Ethics of Care,” (excerpt) in Exploring Philosophy, ed. Steven M. Cahn. 5th edition. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2014. Also 3rd and 4th editions.
“Non-Contractual Society,” in Political Philosophy, ed. Steven M. Cahn. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2014.
“Caring Relations and Principles of Justice,” in The Right Thing To Do, Companion volume to Stuart
Rachels, The Elements of Moral Philosophy. McGraw Hill, 2010.
“Feminism and Epistemology,” excerpt in Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated Readings,
by Robert C. Solomon. New York: Harcourt Brace. Ninth Edition, 2008- Fifth Edition, 1993.
“Taking Care: Care as Practice and Value.” In The Feminist Philosophy Reader,, ed. Alison Bailey and
Chris Cuomo. New York: McGraw Hill, 2007.
“Terrorism, Rights, and Political Goals,” excerpt reprinted with postscript in Terrorism: The
Philosophical Issues, ed. Igor Primoratz. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004
“Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory” in First Philosophy: Fundamental Problems and Readings in
Philosophy, ed. Andrew Bailey. Ontario: Broadview Press, 2002.
“Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory” (excerpt) in Ethics: History, Theory, and Contemporary
Issues, ed. Steven M. Cahn and Peter Markie. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998; 2nd ed., 2002.
“Rights and Goods” (Selection). McGraw-Hill Primus database for Political and Social Philosophy
“Birth and Death” (excerpt) in Exploring Philosophy, ed. Steven M. Cahn. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2000.
“Feminism and Moral Theory,” in Ethical Traditions, ed. Paul A. Newberry. London: Mayfield, 2000.
“Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory,” in Morality and Moral Controversies, ed. John Arthur,
New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1999.
“Non-Contractual Society: A Feminist View,” in Feminism (2 vols), ed. Susan Moller Okin and Jane
Mansbridge. Edward Elgar Pub., 1998?
“The Meshing of Care and Justice,” in Perspectives in Ethics, ed. Judith A. Boss. Mayfield Pub. Co.
1998?
“Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory,” and “The Meshing of Care and Justice,” in The
International Research Library of Philosophy. Ashgate Pub. Co., Ltd.
“Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory,” in Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy, ed. Charles K.
Wilber. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.
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“Non-Contractual Society,” in Gender: Key Concepts in Critical Theory, ed. Carol C. Gould. New
Jersey: Humanities Press, 1997.
“Feminism and Moral Theory,” in Feminist Social Thought: A Reader, ed. Diana Tietjens Meyers.
New York: Routledge, 1997.
“Shaping Feminist Culture,” chapter from Feminist Morality reprinted in The Company of Others:
Perspectives on Community, Family, and Culture, edited by Nancy Snow. Lanham, MD: Rowman and
Littlefield, 1996.
“Terrorism, Rights, and Political Goals,” in Theoria (Belgrade), XXXVIII, 2 (1995).
“Non-Contractual Society: A Feminist View,” article reprinted in Critical Issues in the United States, ed.
Peter Marsh. New York: McGraw Hill, 1995.
“Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory” (excerpt) in Ethics, ed. Peter Singer. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1994.
“Non-Contractual Society: A Feminist View,” article reprinted in Feminism and Community, ed. Penny
Weiss and Marilyn Friedman. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994.
“Non-Contractual Society: A Feminist View,” article reprinted in Critical Choices for America, ed. David
Bennett. New York: McGraw Hill, 1994.
“Feminism and Moral Theory,” chapter reprinted in Discourses, ed. Don Abel. Primus electronic
database system. New York: McGraw Hill, 1994.
“The Grounds for Social Trust,” chapter from Rights and Goods reprinted in Fifty Readings in
Philosophy, ed. Don Abel. New York: McGraw Hill, 1994. Also included in Primus electronic database
System Discourses, McGraw Hill, 1994.
“Terrorism, Rights, and Political Goals,” excerpt in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial
Moral Issues, Third Edition, ed. Stephen Satris. Guilford, CT: Dushkin, 1992.
“Can a Random Collection of Individuals Be Morally Responsible?” reprinted in Collective
Responsibility: Five Decades of Debate in Theoretical and Applied Ethics, ed. Larry May and Stacey
Hoffman. Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1991.
“Mothering versus Contract,” revised version of “Non-Contractual Society: A Feminist View,” in Beyond
Self-Interest, ed. Jane Mansbridge. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
“Birth and Death,” reprinted in Feminism and Political Theory, ed. Cass R. Sunstein.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
“Violence, Terrorism, and Moral Inquiry,” reprinted in Ethical Theory and Society: Historical Texts and
Contemporary Readings, ed. David Goldberg. New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1988.
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“Reasonable Progress and Self-Respect,” reprinted in Making Ethical Decisions, ed. Norman E. Bowie.
New York: McGraw Hill, 1985.
“Free Expression,” Chapter 12 of Rights and Goods, excerpted in Transaction/Social Science and Modern
Society (September/October 1984).
“The Obligations of Mothers and Fathers,” in Masculinity, Femininity, and Androgyny; A Modern
Philosophical Discussion, ed. Mary Vetterling-Braggin. Totowa, NJ: Littlefield Adams, 1982.
“Marx, Sex, and the Transformation of Society,” reprinted in Philosophy and Women, ed. Sharon Bishop
and Marjorie Weinzweig. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1979.
“Reasonable Progress and Self-Respect,” reprinted in Ethics and Public Policy, ed. Tom L. Beauchamp.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975.
“The Community Revolution,” by Daniel Bell and Virginia Held, reprinted in Cities in Change: Studies
on the Urban Condition, ed. Walton and Carne (Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1973). Also reprinted in
Collective Behavior, ed. Turner and Killian (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1972) and The View
from Below: Urban Politics and Social Change, ed. N. and S. Fainstein (Boston: Little, Brown, 1972).
“PPBS Comes to Washington,” reprinted in The Presidential Advisory System, ed. Thomas Cronin and
Sanford Greenberg (New York: Harper & Row, 1969). Also reprinted in Readings in Economics, ed.
Heinz Kohler, Second Edition (New York: Holt, Reinhart & Winston, 1969); Politics, Programs, Budgets,
ed. James W. Davis (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1968); and Planning-Programming-Budgeting:
A Systems Approach to Management, ed. Fremont J. Lyden and Ernest G. Miller (Chicago: Markham,
1968).
Articles
“The Ethics of Care as Normative Guidance: Comment on Gilligan,” Journal of Social Philosophy 45:1
(Spring 2014) 107-115.
3am Magazine. Interview. “The Ethics of Care,” March 6, 2013
“Comment on Margaret Gilbert’s ‘Foundations and Consequences of Collective Moral Responsibility’,”
Journal of TCRS, University of Catania, Italy, 2012.
“Care, Empathy, and Justice: Comment on Michael Slote’s Moral Sentimentalism,” Analytic Philosophy
52:4 (December 2011) 312-318.
“Morality, Care, and International Law,” Ethics and Global Politics, Vol. 4, No. 3 ((2011) 173-194.
“Can the Ethics of Care Handle Violence,” Ethics and Social Welfare, Vol. 4, No. 2 (July 2010) 115-129.
“Precis,” and “Responses to Symposium Papers,” on How Terrorism Is Wrong. Public Affairs Quarterly,
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24:3 (July 2010) 187-8 and 247-255.
“Military Intervention and the Ethics of Care,” The Southern Journal of Philosophy. Spindel Supplement
(2008).
“Legitimate Authority in Non-state Groups Using Violence,” Journal of Social Philosophy 36:2 (Summer
2005) 175-193.
“Care and Justice in the Global Context,” Ratio Juris 17:2 (June 2004) 141-55.
“Care and Justice in the Global Context,” Asssociations. 7:1 (August 2003) IVR 21st World Congress,
Plenary Session Papers. 159-170.
“Terrorism and War,” The Journal of Ethics, 8 (2004); 59-75
“Moral Subjects: The Natural and The Normative,” Presidential Address. Proceedings and Addresses of
the American Philosophical Association. Newark, DE. November, 2002.
“Group Responsibility for Ethnic Conflict,” The Journal of Ethics 6:2 (2002) 157-178.
“Care and the Extension of Markets,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. 17:2 (Spring 2002)
19-33.
“Feminist Moral Inquiry: The Role of Experience,” Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in
Literature, Continental Philosophy, Phenomenological Psychology, and the Arts. 5.1 (Spring 2002)
70-86.
“The Contribution of Feminist Philosophy,” Associations: Journal for Social and Legal Theory. Duncker
and Humblot, Berlin. 2, 2 (Fall 1998) pp. 175-188.
“Feminist Morality and Rights,” Rechtstheorie. Beiheft 19, Berlin (1998?) pp. 385-395.
“The Media and Political Violence,” The Journal of Ethics, l, 2 (1997) pp. 187-202.
“Justice and Utility: Who Cares?” Philosophic Exchange 1995-1996, SUNY/ Brockport, 1996,
pp. 27-39.
“Reply to Moody-Adams,” Hypatia 11, 1 (Winter 1996) pp. 168-174.
“Affirmative Action,” contribution to symposium in Dissent, Fall 1995.
“Feminist Morality and Rights,” 17th IVR World Congress, Challenges to Law at the End of the 20th
Century, Vol. II Plenary and Parallel Sessions, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, 1995.
“Rights and the Ethic of Care,” American Philosophical Association Newsletter, Spring 1995.
“The Meshing of Care and Justice,” Hypatia 10:2 (Spring 1995), pp. 128-32.
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“Feminist Morality and the Role of Law,” Rechtssystem und Praktische Vernunft, Hrsg. Von Robert
Alexy und Ralf Dreier. ARSP-Beiheft 51. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1993.
“Developing Feminist Philosophy,” American Philosophy Association Newsletter on Feminism and
Philosophy, 91:1 (Spring 1992), pp. 118-20.
“Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Supplement,
Fall 1990.
“Philosophy and the Media,” Journal of Social Philosophy Vol. II, Nos. 1 & 2 (Spring/Fall 1989).
“Birth and Death,” Ethics 99 (January 1989), pp. 362-88.
“Culture or Commerce: On the Liberation of Expression,” Philosophic Exchange 1988-89, Nos. 19 & 20.
“Feminism and Epistemology: Recent Work On the Connection Between Gender and Knowledge,”
Philosophy and Public Affairs 14:3 (Summer 1985), pp. 296-307.
“Philosophy and International Problems,” Teaching Philosophy 8:2 (April 1985), pp. 121-27.
“Violence, Terrorism, and Moral Inquiry,” The Monist 67:4 (October 1984), pp. 605-26.
“Advertising and Program Content,” Business and Professional Ethics Journal 3:3/4 (Spring/Summer
1984), pp. 61-76.
“Human Rights and American Foreign Policy: Discussion,” The Center Magazine Vol. XVII, No. 1
(January/February 1984), pp. 17-19, and Vol. XVII, No. 2 (March/April 1984), p. 40.
“The Independence of Intellectuals,” Journal of Philosophy 80:10 (October 1983), pp. 572-82.
“The Validity of Moral Theories,” Zygon 18:2 (June 1983), pp. 167-81.
“The Political ‘Testing’ of Moral Theories,” Midwest Studies in Philosophy VII (Spring 1982), 343-63.
“Freedom of Information and Scientific Research,” Westminster Institute Review, Vol I, No. 1 (January
1981), pp. 5-7.
“Feminism and Imperialism,” in “America and Empire: An Exchange,” The Nation (November 1, 1980),
pp. 444-45.
“Ethics,” Social Research 47:4 (Winter, 1980), special issue on contemporary philosophy, pp. 635-48.
“Property Rights and Interests,” Social Research 46:3 (Autumn 1979), pp. 550-79.
“Energy and the American Business Ethic,” Op-Ed, The Baltimore Evening Sun, November 20, 1979.
“The Rights of M.A. Farber: An Exchange,” New York Review of Books, December 7, 1978.
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“What is Minimal Government?” The Personalist (Fall 1978), special issue from AMINTAPHIL
conference.
“Rationality and Reasonable Cooperation,” special issue of Social Research on rationality and morality,
44:4 (Winter 1977), pp. 708-44.
“On Rawls and Self-Interest,” Midwest Studies in Philosophy I (1976).
“John Locke on Robert Nozick,” Social Research 43:1 (Spring 1976).
“Justification: Legal and Political,” Ethics 86:1 (October 1975).
“Marx, Sex, and the Transformation of Society,” Philosophical Forum 5:1/2 (Winter 1974).
“The Terms of Political Discourse,” Political Theory 1:1 (February 1973).
“Reasonable Progress and Self-Respect,” The Monist 57:1 (January 1973).
“Political Strikes--Walking Out on the System,” The Nation, October 18, 1971.
“Egalitarianism and Relevance,” Ethics 81:3 (April 1971).
“Professional Reform or Participatory Democracy,” Social Policy (July-August 1970).
“Can a Random Collection of Individuals Be Morally Responsible?” Journal of Philosophy 67:7
(July 1970).
“The Community Revolution,” by Daniel Bell and Virginia Held, The Public Interest (Summer 1969).
“On the Meaning of Trust,” Ethics 78 (January 1968).
“The High Cost of Culture,” The Public Interest, No. 6 (Winter 1967).
“Rationality and Social Value in Game-Theoretical Analyses,” Ethics 76 (April 1966).
“PPBS Comes to Washington,” The Public Interest, No. 4 (Summer 1966).
“The Error of Misplaced Disparagement,” The New Leader, March 14, 1966.
“Ethics in Transition,” The Antioch Review, Fall 1960.
“The Formless Years,” The Reporter, August 20, 1959.
“How Good Are New York’s Schools,” The Reporter, June 27, 1957.
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Encyclopedia articles:
“Feminism and Political Theory,” in The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy, ed. Robert
L. Simon. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
“Rights: Moral and Legal,” in A Companion to Feminist Philosophy, ed. Alison M. Jaggar and Iris
Marion Young. Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, 1998.
“Feminist Social and Political Philosophy,” for Encyclopedia of Philosophy Supplement, ed. R. Borchert.
New York: Macmillan, 1997?.
“Power,” Blackwell Dictionary of Business Ethics, ed. R.E. Freeman and P. Werhane. Oxford: Basil
Blackwell (in press).
Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Lawrence C. Becker and Charlotte B. Becker. Articles on Mass Media;
Moral Pluralism. New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1992. Revised articles for Second Edition, 2001.
Book reviews and review essays:
Review of Tom Digby, Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance. New York:
Columbia Univ Press. Hypatia Reviews online. 2016
Review of Marian Barnes, Care in Everyday Life: An ethic of care in practice. Bristol: Policy Press,
2012. Journal of Social Policy, July 2013, 42(03): 648-649.
Review of Corey Brettschneider, When the State Speaks, What Should It Say: How Democracies Can
Protect Expression and Promote Equality. Princeton University Press, 2012. Notre Dame Philosophical
Reviews, Oct 12, 2012.
Review of Tracy Isaacs, Moral Responsibility in Collective Contexts. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2011. Ethics, April 2012, pp. 598- 602.
Review of Sally J. Scholz, Political Solidarity. Pennsylvania University Press, 2008. The Journal for
Peace and Justice Studies, 2010?
Review of Daniel Engster, The Heart of Justice: Care Ethics and Political Theory. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2007. Perspectives on Politics. June 2008.
Review of Marilyn Friedman, Autonomy, Gender, Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Ethics, April 2005, pp. 605-608.
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Review of Susan Mendus, Impartiality in Moral and Political Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2002. Perspectives on Politics, Dec. 2003, pp. 765-766.
Review of David Braybrooke, Moral Objectives,Rules, and the Forms of Social Change, Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 1998. Ethics, 110, 1 (October 1999) pp. 188-190.
Review of Annette Baier, Moral Prejudices: Essays on Ethics, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
1994. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. LVII, 3 (Sept. 1997) pp. 703-707.
Review of Anne Phillips, The Politics of Presence, New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Ethics,
107, 3 (April 1997) pp. 530-32.
Review of Ross Harrison, Democracy, London: Routledge, 1993. Mind 104: 416 (Oct. 1995)
pp. 904-07.
Review of Elizabeth Frazer and Nicola Lacey, The Politics of Community: A Feminist Critique of the
Liberal-Communitarian Debate, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993. American Political Science
Review 88:4 (December 1994), pp. 974-76.
Review of Susan Moller Okin, Justice, Gender, and the Family, New York: Basic Books, 1989. Political
Theory (May 1991).
Review of Ilham Dilman, Love and Human Separateness, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. The New York
Times Book Review (April 5, 1987).
Review of Genevieve Lloyd, The Man of Reason; J. Kelly, Women, History, and Theory; and J. Stiehm,
Women’s Views of the Political World of Men. Ethics 96 (April 1986), pp. 652-54.
Review of Carl Wellman, Welfare Rights, Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1982. Philosophical
Review 95 (January 1986), pp. 150-53.
Review of Daphne Patai, The Orwell Mystique, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1985. The
New York Times Book Review (February 3, 1985).
Review of Jonathan Harrison, Hume’s Theory of Justice, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. Philosophical
Review 93 (January 1984), pp. 110-12.
Review of Stanley Hoffman, Duties Beyond Borders, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1981. Journal
of International Law and Politics 14:4 (Summer 1982), pp. 911-21.
Review of Susan Moller Okin, Women in Western Political Thought, and Zillah Eisenstein, The Radical
Future of Liberal Feminism. Signs (Spring 1982), pp. 696-700.
Review of Richard Flathman, The Practice of Political Authority, Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1980. Political Theory 9:3 (August 1981), pp. 443-46.
Review of Alan Gewirth, Reason and Morality, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978. Social
Theory and Practice 5:2 (Spring 1979), pp. 243-50.
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“Justice and Harriet Taylor,” The Nation, October 25, 1971.
“Publishing the Perishable,” The New Leader, July 4, 1966.
“The Validity of Value,” The New Leader, May 23, 1966.
“A ‘New’ Liberalism,” The New Leader, October 12, 1964.
“But Does It Work,” The Reporter, May 23, 1963.
“Underneath the Intellect,” The New Republic, October 27, 1958.
“Up From Zero,” The Reporter, June 12, 1958.
Letters:
“Liberals, Neocons and American Power,” The New York Times, October 7, 2007.
“Untainted Learning,” The New York Times, Dec. 25, 2000.
“Locke and Sea Mining,” The New York Times, April 21, 1994.
“Spectrum of Debate,” The New York Times, August 21, 1994.
“Commercial-TV Fees Could Pay for PBS,” The New York Times, April 4, 1985.
“Feminism and Hannah Arendt,” New York Review of Books, October 12, 1982.
Professional Activities
Rhode Island College, “Why Care? Moral Theory and Practice,” March 15, 2017
LaGuardia Community College, “Feminism, Care, and the Changing Compositions of Philosophy,” April 15, 2016
University of Oxford, England, Lecture in Seminar Series on the Ethics of Care, Oxford Institute of Population
Aging, “Care and Justice in Society.” Oct 22, 2014.
Keynote Speaker on the ethics of care, Conference at SUNY Global Center, New York City, Oct 9, 2014.
U.S. Military Academy, West Point NY, “The Ethics of Care.” Meeting with students, and lecture for Philosophy
Forum. April 28, 2014.
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Wheaton College, Norton, MA, “The Ethics of Care,” philosophy lecture, April 22, 2014.
City College, CUNY, Philosophy Club, “The Ethics of Care: Anything New?” March 27, 2014.
N. Y. Society for Women in Philosophy, Sue Weinberg Lecture, “Justice and Care, Still?”
Nov 22, 2013.
University of Verona, Italy, Conference on Caring, “The Ethics of Care.” October 10, 2013.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Philosophy speakers series, “Distributive Justice and the
Ethics of Care.” Oct 3, 2013.
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, Conference on Justice and Violence, “Justice, Violence, and the
Ethics of Care.” May 15-16, 2013.
Stony Brook SUNY, Dean’s Lecture Series, “Rights, Realities, and the Ethics of Care,” May 8, 2013.
CUNY Graduate Center, Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Commentary on Carol Gilligan, “Reframing the
Conversation about Difference: The Contribution of Care Ethics,” Feb 28, 2013.
Seton Hall University. MA Program lecture, “The Ethics of Care.” June 2, 2012.
Brooklyn College, CUNY, Sprague & Taylor Annual Lecture, “Why Care? The World and the Ethics of
Care.” May 3, 2012.
Interview by Jack Weinstein on Why? Radio Program, “Should the Government Care About You?” Feb.
12, 2012
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Memorial Session on Sara Ruddick. “On Sally
Ruddick.” Dec 28, 2011.
John Jay College, CUNY, Panel Discussion “Terrorism and the Media.” Nov. 4, 2011.
Copenhagen, Denmark. Roskilde University. Conference of Terrorism and Liberal Democracy. “Political
Violence and International Law,” September 7-9, 2011.
Canadian Political Science Association, Waterloo, Ontario. Session on Global Justice. “Care, Justice, and
International Law.” May 16-18, 2011.
Radical Philosophy Association Conference, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. Keynote address on
Violence, International Relations, and the Ethics of Care. Nov. 11, 2010.
Fifth International Conference on Applied Ethics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Keynote address
on care and international law. Nov. 5, 2010.
Roy Wood Sellars lecture, Bucknell University, “The Ethics of Care and International Law.” Oct. 14,
2010.
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Wartofsky Lecture, CUNY Graduate School, Philosophy Department. April 21, 2010, “Morality, Care,
and International Law.”
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division annual meeting. New York, NY. Author Meets
Critics Session on V. Held, How Terrorism is Wrong. Response, Dec. 30, 2009.
American Political Science Association annual meeting. Toronto. “Morality and International Law,” on
panel on International Governance and Global Democracy. Sept. 4, 2009.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division annual meeting, Philadelphia. Society for Applied
Philosophy, presented paper “Progress in Normative Theory,” Dec. 29, 2008.
AMINTAPHIL (American Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social
Philosophy) conference, Villanova University, Sept. 26-28, 2008. Comment on Larry May, “Incitement
to Genocide and the Rwanda Media Case.”
ILECS (International Law and Ethics Conference Series). Presented invited paper “World Government,
International Law, and the Ethics of Care.” Belgrade University, Serbia, June 27-29, 2008.
University of Oslo, Norway. Conference on Philosophy and Ordinary Life. Keynote speaker, “Can the
Ethics of Care Handle Violence?” June 9-10, 2008.
American Philosophical Association, Central Division. Annual Meeting. Invited participant in
Symposium “Is Terrorism Ever Justifiable? “ Presented paper, “Demonizing Opponents.” Chicago, April
16-18, 2008.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division. Annual meeting. Chaired session on “Women and
Terrorism,” Baltimore, Dec 27-28, 2007.
University of Memphis, Spindel Conference. Keynote address: “Military Intervention and the Ethics of
Care.” Oct. 18-20, 2007
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) conference. Chaired session on terrorism. Tampa, Florida,
Sept 28-30, 2007.
American Political Science Association. Annual Meeting. Invited participant in Session “Ethics and
Politics in the ‘War on Terror.’ Presented paper “Terrorism and Military Intervention.” Chicago, Aug. 31Sept. 2, 2007.
Feminist Philosophy Conference. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Commentator, May 11-12,
2007.
New Jersey Philosophical Association. Felician College. Keynote speaker, “Military Intervention and
Terrorism,” March 17, 2007.
Denison University, Invited Speaker, with commentators, on the ethics of care . Feb 22-23, 2007
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Yale University. Legal Theory Workshop. Discussed paper on “Terrorism and Military Intervention,” Feb
1, 2007.
Hampshire College, “Military Intervention and Terrorism,” lecture in series on “Challenges to Legal
Thought in the 21st Century.” Nov. 30, 2006.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, Conference on Terrorism and the University. Spoke on
Ethics, the University, and Terrorism, Nov. 10-11, 2006.
Social Trends Institute, Barcelona, Spain. Invited paper on “Gender Identity and the Ethics of Care,” at
meeting on Gender Identity in a Globalized Society, Oct. 12-14, 2006.
Wellesley College, Philosophy Department talk, “Principled Differences: Military Intervention and the
Ethics of Care,” April 6, 2006.
American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Author Meets Critics session on The Ethics of
Care, Portland, OR. March 25, 2006.
American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Session on Ethics and Foreign Intervention.
Presented paper “Principled Differences,” Portland, OR. March 23, 2006.
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) Conference. Spoke on panel on Foreign Policy. Chaired
session on global issues. Clearwater, FL. Jan 5-7, 2006.
New York Society for Women in Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center. Chaired Panel on “Care Ethics
Goes Global,” April 15, 2005.
Rutgers University, Newark. Public Philosophy Colloquium Series. Invited talk on “Philosophy and
Terrorism,” April 11, 2005.
Scripps College, Claremont CA. Humanities Institute Conference on Empathy. Invited talk on “The
Caring Person,” April 1, 2005
American Philosophical Association, Group Meeting, Concerned Philosophers for Peace. Chaired Session
on Michel Boylan’s A Just Society, Boston. Dec. 29, 2004.
CUNY Graduate Center, Symposium on Terrorism. Spoke on “Legitimate Authority in Non-State
Groups Using Violence.” Dec. 14, 2004.
American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Invited Symposium on Rethinking
Just War Theory, “Legitimate Authority in Non-State Groups Using Violence.” Pasadena, CA.
March 26, 2004.
University of Delaware, Norton Lecture, “The Caring Person.” Nov. 19, 2003.
Tufts University. Philosophy department colloquium. Presented paper, “The Caring
Person,” Nov. 12, 2003.
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Columbia University, Jeremy Waldron seminar, “Care and Justice in the Global Context”
discussed. Oct. 14, 2003.
Lund, Sweden, IVR World Congress, Plenary Lecture, “Care and Justice in the Global Context,” Aug 1218, 2003
North American Society for Social Philosophy, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Invited plenary address, “Terrorism and War,” July 19, 2003.
University of North Dakota. Plenary Speaker at Conference on Value Inquiry, “Terrorism and War,”
April 10, 2003.
Vanderbilt University. Presented paper “Care as Practice and Value,” in Philosophy Dept. Colloquium
April 4, 2003.
Wagner College, Staten Island, NY. Invited speaker, “Care and Markets.” March 19, 2003.
University of Arizona, Tucson. Invited speaker at conference on terrorism, “Terrorism and War.”
March 7-8, 2003.
American Political Science Association. Annual meeting, Boston. Commentator on panel on “Alternative
Conceptions of an Ethic of Care.” Aug. 30, 2002.
Seoul, Korea. Conference on Democracy and East Asian Traditions, sponsored by the Korean
Commission for UNESCO. Invited speaker, “The Ethics of Care in Political Life.” June
11-13, 2002.
American Philosophical Association (Central Division) Annual meeting, Chicago.
American Society for Value Inquiry session. Presented paper, “Care as Practice and Value.” April
25, 2002. Philosophers for Social Responsibility session. Invited speaker, “Kinds of Terrorism.”
April 25, 2002.
American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) Annual meeting, Seattle. Invited speaker on panel
on “Gender and Terrorism.” March 30, 2002.
University of Florida, Gainesville. Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum. Keynote Speaker. “Care
and the Extension of Markets.” Feb. 1, 2002.
American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) Annual meeting, Atlanta. Delivered Presidential
Address, “Moral Subjects: The Natural and the Normative.” Dec. 29, 2001.
City University of New York, Philosophy Colloquium. Presented paper, “Group Responsibility for Ethnic
Conflict.” September 5, 2001.
George Washington University. Conference on the work of Peter Caws. Invited Speaker, “Feminist Moral
Inquiry: The Role of Experience.” April 21, 2001
Baruch College/CUNY. Conference on Women and the Constitution. Chaired session on “The
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Constitution and Sexuality,” Feb. 9. 2001.
American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) Annual Meeting. Introduction to Presidential
Address by Daniel Dennett, Dec. 29, 2000.
New Jersey Regional Philosophy Association. Plenary address: “Care and the Extension of Markets,”
Nov. 18, 2000.
Columbia University Faculty Seminar directed by Jeremy Waldron and David Johnston. Presented paper
“Care and the Extension of Markets,” Nov. 14, 2000.
American Philosophical Association (Central Division) Annual Meeting. Commented on paper by
Cynthia Stark, April 21, 2000.
American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) Annual Meeting. Invited Symposium: The Work
of Richard Wasserstrom. Member of Panel, April 8, 2000.
Toronto. The Philosophy of Education Society. Annual Meeting. “Distinguished Speaker”: “The
Commercialization of the Classroom,” April 1, 2000
American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) Annual Meeting. Speaker at session on book by
James Sterba, Dec. 28, 1999; Member of Panel on Feminist Philosophy chaired by Janet
Kourany.
College of William and Mary. Philosophy colloquium speaker: “Group Responsibility for Ethnic
Hatred,” Nov. 12, 1999.
IVR (International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy) World Congress,
New York City. Invited Speaker: “Rights to Ethnic Identity,” June 25, 1999.
Tehran, Iran. The World Congress of Mulla Sadra. Invited Speaker: “Rights and the Presumption of
Care.” May 26, 1999.
Dartmouth College. Ethics Conference. Comment on paper by Shelly Kagan. May 15, 1999.
SUNY/Binghamton. Conference. Invited Speaker: “Feminism, Democracy, and Media Culture,”
April 17, 1999.
Clemson University. Conference on Creativity and Value. Invited Speaker: “Thinking Creatively
About Values,” April 10, 1999.
Bergen Community College. Women’s History Month Speaker: “Feminist Philosophy and the Future,”
March 2, 1999.
CUNY Graduate School. Philosophy Colloquium: “Caring Relations and Principles of Justice,”
Feb. 3, 1999.
Vanderbilt University. Conference . Paper on “Feminist Ethics,” Jan. 31, 1999.
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Santa Barbara, CA. Conference on Ethnic Strife and Reconciliation. Invited Speaker: “Group
Responsibility for Ethnic Hatred,” Oct. 10, 1998.
World Congress of Philosophy. Boston. Chair and Invited Speaker: “Types of Ethical Theory,”
August 10, 1998
Pace University, NYC. Center for Applied Ethics. Lecture on “The Contributions of Feminist
Ethics,” April 6, 1998.
American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) Annual Meeting. Invited Symposium Paper:
“Caring Relations and Principles of Justice,” Mar. 28, 1998.
American University, Washington DC. Conference on Philosophy and Feminism. Invited Speaker: “How
Feminism Has Changed Ethics,” Nov. 14, 1998.
Marymount University, Arlington, VA. Conference on Alan Gewirth. Invited Speaker: “The Normative
Import of Action,” Nov. 7, 1998.
Kutztown University, PA. Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker: “Liberalism and the Ethics of Care,”
Sept. 24, 1998; Student Philosophy Association: “Feminist Ethics: Justice and Care.”
CUNY Graduate School. Philosophy Colloquium: “The Normative Import of Action,” Sept. 17, 1998.
Tampere, Finland. Conference on Morality in Times of Uncertainty. Invited Plenary Speaker: “The
Contribution of Feminist Philosophy,” May 24, 1998.
University of Turku, Finland. Philosoophy Department Lecture: “Liberalism and the Ethics of Care,”
May 23, 1998.
New School, NYC. Political Theory Colloquium: “Feminism and Rights,” March 14, 1998.
Union College, Schenectady, NY. Philosophy Department Colloquium: “Liberalism and the Ethics of
Care,” Feb. 28, 1998.
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Austin and Hempel Lecture, “Media Culture and
Democracy;” Philosophy Department Colloquium, “Liberalism and the Ethics of Care,”
Nov. 14-15, 1997.
University of Toronto Law School. Spoke in “Liberalism and the Ethics of Care,” Jan. 10, 1997.
AMINTAPHIL (American Section of International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social
Philosophy) Meeting, Lexington KY. Presented paper, “Media Culture and Democracy,”
Nov. 1, 1996.
University of Minnesota, Morris
Presented paper: “Justice and Utility: Who Cares?” in Philosophy Dept. program, April 16, 1996.
Gave public lecture: “Culture: Independence vs. Commercial Control,” April 16, 1996.
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Georgia State University, Atlanta
Presented paper: “Political Violence and the Media,” at conference on Political Violence, April
11, 1996.
Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen, Germany
Presented paper: “Media Culture and Democracy,” and participated in conference on Democratic
Experimentalism, March 13-16, 1996.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division
Chaired Symposium on Feminism and Jurisprudence, December 28, 1995.
Spoke at panel on “Media and the New World Order,” sponsored by the Radical Philosophy
Association, December 28, 1995.
Commented on paper by Margaret Gilbert, “Reconsidering the ‘Actual Contract’ Theory of
Political Obligation,” December 30, 1995.
Manhattanville College
Gave public lecture: “Feminist Views of Rights,” November 17, 1995.
State University of New York, Brockport
Seminar: “Objectivity in Ethics,” October 20, 1995.
Center for Philosophical Exchange Lecture: “Justice and Utility: Who Cares?” October 19, 1995.
American Philosophical Association, Central Division
“Author Meets Critics” session to discuss my book Feminist Morality, April 28, 1995.
International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) 17th World Congress,
University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, June 16-21, 1995.
Presented paper: “Feminist Morality and Rights.”
Ripon College, Ripon, WI, March 2-3, 1995
Lecture on Feminist Reshaping of Society; also spoke to philosophy class and met with students.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division
Chaired session on Feminist Epistemology for APA program, Boston, December 29, 1994.
Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
Robert G. Woodhouse Memorial Lecture: “Ethics vs. Cognitive Science,” December 1, 1994.
Society for Women in Philosophy, New York Group
Presented paper: “Whose Agenda? Ethics vs. Cognitive Science,” November 18, 1994.
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Gave endowed lecture on Feminist Reshapings of Society, and Philosophy Department talk on
Ethics vs. Cognitive Science, October 27-28, 1994.
University of Connecticut, Storrs
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“Ethics vs. Cognitive Science,” Philosophy Department colloquium, October 20, 1994.
American Political Science Association, Session on Feminist Ethics, NY
Presented paper at panel, September 12, 1994.
American Philosophical Association, Central Division
North American Society for Social Philosophy session on my “Non-contractual Society” chapter,
May 5, 1994.
Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Conference on Mind and Morals, April 8-9, 1994
Presented paper: “Whose Agenda? Ethics vs. Cognitive Science.”
University of Pittsburgh, PA, Conference on Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, November 5-7, 1993
Chaired and commented on panel on the Military and Peace.
University of Memphis, TN, Association for General and Liberal Studies Conference, Oct. 14-16, 1993
Presented paper: “Feminist Reshapings of Society” as Kettering Foundation Lecturer.
New School for Social Research, Conference on Feminist Philosophy
Presented paper: “Feminist Interpretations of Social and Political Thought,” October 8, 1993.
Columbia University: Seminar on Social and Political Thought.
Presented and discussed two chapters from Feminist Morality, Sept. 23, 1993.
University of Rhode Island, Kingston
Philosophy Department colloquium, “Feminist Moral Inquiry,” April 19, 1993.
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Philosophy Department colloquium, “Feminist Moral Inquiry,” April 8, 1993.
Society for Women in Philosophy, Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association,
Washington, DC
1992 Honoree. Award December 19, 1992. Spoke on Feminist Morality.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Washington, DC
Chair, Special APA Symposium for Columbus Quincentenary, December 28, 1992.
University of Tampere, Finland
Philosophy Department lecture: “Feminist Moral Epistemology,” October 1, 1992.
University of Helsinki, Finland
Philosophy Department lecture: “Feminist Moral Epistemology,” September 30, 1992.
University of Lapland, Rovianemi, Finland
Lectures for Philosophy Department and Women’s Studies Program: “Culture or Commerce: On
the Liberation of Expression,” “Feminist Moral Inquiry,” September 29, 1992.
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St. Mary’s College, Indiana
Council for Philosophical Studies Lecture: “Feminist Moral Inquiry: Methods and Prospects,”
November 21, 1991.
University of Colorado, Boulder, Bertram Morris Colloquium on Social Philosophy: Feminist Ethics,
November 15-16, 1991.
Presented paper: “Feminist Moral Epistemology.”
SUNY Buffalo.Philosophy Department colloquium: “Feminist Moral Inquiry: Methods and Prospects,”
October 18, 1991.
IVR World Congress, International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Göttingen,
Germany. August 18-25, 1991, Presented paper: “Feminist Morality and the Role of Law.”
American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting
Chaired Symposium: “Moral Theory, Pro and Con,” April 27, 1991.
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Feminist Moral Inquiry,” and meetings with students,
January 18-19, 1991.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, December 29-30, 1990.
Panelist at Special APA Symposium on Doing Philosophy as a Feminist, December 30.
Chaired session on 17th Century Women Philosophers and Their Fate in History, December 29.
CUNY Graduate School
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Feminist Moral Inquiry: Methods and Prospects,”
December 12, 1990.
Vassar College
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Feminist Moral Inquiry,” December 4, 1990.
CUNY Women’s Studies Proseminar
Guest Lecture on Feminist Approaches to Political Theory, November 15, 1990.
SUNY Stony Brook
Presented paper to Women’s Studies Program: “Feminist Moral Inquiry,” September 14, 1990.
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Gender and Peace,” September 13, 1990.
New School for Social Research
Lecture on Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory, May 1, 1990.
American Philosophical Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 25-28, 1990.
Commentator on paper by Stephen Darwall on Rationality and Morality.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, April 17-18, 1990.
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory.” Two
interdisciplinary presentations on “Changing the Disciplines: The Impact of Women’s Studies.”
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Western Connecticut State University, Danbury
Philosophy Department public lecture: “Freedom and Media Culture,” April 3, 1990.
Hampshire College, Philosophy and Legal Studies Program
Presented paper: “Terrorism, Rights, and Political Goals,” December 5, 1989.
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, November 30-December 2, 1989
Public lecture on Feminist Moral Theory; Philosophy Department colloquium: “Terrorism,
Rights, and Political Goals.”
Colgate University
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Terrorism, Rights, and Political Goals,” and public lecture
on Feminist Morality, November 13, 1989.
Hamilton College, Truax Lectures, November 2 and 9, 1989
Presented two lectures on “The Prospect of Feminist Morality.”
University of Toronto, Conference on the Legacy of C.B. Macpherson, October 1989
Invited speaker: “Freedom and Feminism.” Also met with graduate students.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Society for Women in Philosophy Meeting, October 20-21, 1989
Invited speaker: “Birth and Death.”
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, World Congress of International Association for Philosophy of Law
and Social Philosophy, August 16-23, 1989.
Invited plenary speaker: “Freedom and Equality from a Feminist Perspective.”
University of Hawaii, East/West Philosophy Conference, July 30-August 12, 1989.
Invited plenary speaker: spoke on culture and social change.
Rockefeller University, Concerned Scientists for Peace
Spoke on Gender and Peace, May 16, 1989.
Williams College, Conference for the Study of Political Thought Conference on Markets and Political
Theory. Commented on paper by David Miller, April 29, 1989
University of Buffalo, Conference on Law and Violence, March 16-18, 1989
Presented paper on Terrorism.
University of Colorado, Boulder, Conference on Ethics and International Relations, February 24, 1989
Invited panelist.
Marymount College
Public lecture: "Gender and Peace," February 6, 1989.
American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) Annual Meeting, Washington DC. Arranged and
chaired session on “Philosophy and the Media.” Dec. 29, 1988.
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CUNY TV, December 7, 1988
Panelist on Ethics and International Relations; Joseph Murphy moderator.
University of Virginia
Presented paper: "Birth and Death," sponsored by Philosophy Department and Women's Studies
Program, December 1, 1988.
Bowling Green University, Conference on Violence, November 18-20, 1988
Presented paper: "Terrorism, Rights, and Political Goals."
Hobart and Smith Colleges
Palmeri Memorial Lecture: "Birth and Death," May 20, 1988.
American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, Cincinnati, April 29, 1988
Commented on paper on Collective Responsibility.
New York University, Feminist Lecture Series
Presented paper: "Birth and Death," February 29, 1988.
Society for Women in Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, New
York, December 28, 1987
Commented on paper by Marilyn Friedman on Voluntarism and Feminist Ethics.
Conference on Methods, New York, December 5, 1987
Participant in panel discussion on Rational Choice Models
Baruch College, Colloquium for Philosophy, Politics, and the Social Sciences, October 21, 1987
Commented on talk by V. Mshveniradze on New Political Thinking in the Soviet Union.
University of Dayton, Concerned Philosophers for Peace conference, October 15-17, 1987
Presented invited address on Gender and the Search for Peace.
University of Maine, Orono
Presented paper on Freedom of Expression, Philosophy Department colloquium, October 1, 1987.
American Political Science Association, Annual meeting, Chicago, September 3, 1987
Presented invited paper: "The Family as Model."
University of Western Ontario, Conference on Contractarianism, April 24-26, 1987
Presented invited paper on Non-contractual Society.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, March 13-18, 1987
Presented invited paper and participated in conference on Cultural Norms Concerning War and
the Environment.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Presented paper on Freedom of Expression, Philosophy Department colloquium, Mar. 9, 1987.
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Ramapo College, NJ
Interdisciplinary talk on Moral Philosophy, January 28, 1987.
New York University
Commentator for paper by Genevieve Lloyd on Feminist Theory, December 1, 1986.
University of Cincinnati, Conference on Feminist Moral, Social, and Legal Theory, Nov. 21-23, 1986
Presented paper: "Non-contractual Society."
American Section of International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
(AMINTAPHIL), Conference on the U.S. Constitution, October 31-November 2, 1986
Presented paper: "Access, Enablement, and the First Amendment."
University of California, Davis
Presented paper on Free Expression, Philosophy Department colloquium, May 12, 1986.
UCLA Law School
Spoke at faculty luncheon meeting, May 5, 1986.
University of California, San Diego
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, April 25, 1986.
New York University, Law and Philosophy Seminar directed by Thomas Nagel
Presented paper on Freedom of Expression, March 13, 1986
CUNY Graduate School, Women's Studies Lecture Series
Lecture: "Changing Perspectives in Philosophy," February 26, 1986.
Baruch College Colloquium for Philosophy, Politics, and the Social Sciences, January 21, 1986
Commentator on paper by Albert O. Hirschman.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Washington DC, Dec. 28-30, 1985
Chaired session of regular program. Was commentator for sessions of two affiliated groups:
North American Society for Social Philosophy; Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs.
Tufts University
Presented paper on Freedom of Expression and Access, November 22, 1985.
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA
Presented paper: "Some Epistemological Implications of Feminism," May 1, 1985.
UCLA
Philosophy Dept. colloquium: "Freedom of Expression in Complex Cultures,", April 19, 1985.
Presented paper: "Feminist Moral Theory," Women's Studies Program, April 18, 1985.
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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Philosophy Dept. colloquium: "Corporations, Persons, and Responsibility," April 12, 1985.
University of Pennsylvania
Philosophy Dept. Colloquium: "Freedom of Expression in Complex Cultures," March 27, 1985.
SUNY Stony Brook, Conference on Women and Moral Thought, March 22-24, 1985
Presented paper: "Women and the Division of Moral Labor."
Society for Women in Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San
Francisco, March 20, 1985
Presented paper: "Feminist Moral Theory."
University of Colorado, Boulder, Conference on the Press and the Public, February 28-March 2, 1985
Presented paper on Access to Expression.
San Jose State University
Philosophy Department Lecture: "The Media: Free Expression vs. Commercial Control,"
February 15, 1985.
University of Notre Dame, AMINTAPHIL Meeting on War, Peace, and Disarmament, Nov. 2-4, 1984
Presented paper: "Against Intervention."
Villanova University
Philosophy Department Lecture: "On the Liberation of Cultural Expression," October 4, 1984.
Dartmouth College
Philosophy Department colloquium: "Political Violence and Terrorism: Can They Be Justified?"
May 9, 1984.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Conference on Advertising Ethics, April 6-7, 1984
Delivered invited paper.
Dartmouth College
Women's Studies Lecture: "Non-contractual Society: A Feminist Interpretation," April 2, 1984.
Rockland Community College
Robert Woodhouse Lecture: "Freedom and Cultural Values," March 22, 1984.
SUNY Brockport, Center for Philosophical Exchange
Lecture: "Culture and Commerce: The Liberation of Expression," and taped interview on my
book Rights and Goods, March 20, 1984.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, December 28, 1983
Invited speaker on "The Social Responsibilities of Intellectuals," with Richard Rorty and Alasdair
MacIntyre.
CUNY Graduate School
Philosophy Department colloquium: "The Independence of Intellectuals," December 14, 1983.
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Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Lecture on Feminist Society: "A World of Women," November 17, 1983.
Hunter College
Philosophy Department colloquium: "Culture and Commerce," Nov. 9, 1983.
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, CA, Conference on Human Rights,
October 27-28, 1983
Invited participant.
Colby College, Waterville, ME
Council On Philosophical Studies Lecturer: lectured on Culture, gave class presentation, October
13-14, 1983.
University of Colorado, Boulder
Lecture: "Culture, Free Expression, and the Good Life," April 18, 1983.
Loyola University, Chicago, Conference on The Roots of the Feminine, April 16, 1983
Invited address.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Conference on Philosophy and Legislation, April 4-6, 1983
Invited participant.
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
Invited lecture on Condorcet, February 24, 1983.
University of Florida, Gainesville, AMINTAPHIL Conference, January 14-15, 1983
Presided and commented.
John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio
Invited address: "The Grounds of Social Trust," October 8-9, 1982.
Smith College, Society for Women in Philosophy Conference, October 1-3, 1982.
Chaired panel on Feminist Theory.
Temple University, Philadelphia, Conference on Art, Law, and Society, June 5, 1982
Presented paper: "Rights to Free Expression."
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
Philosophy Department colloquium: "Rights to Basic Necessities," March 15, 1982.
Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Philosophy Department colloquium: "Rights to Basic Necessities," March 10, 1982.
University of Florida, Gainesville
Philosophy Department colloquium: "The Division of Moral Labor and the Role of the Lawyer,"
February 10, 1982.
American Association of Law Schools, annual meeting, January 9, 1982
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Invited address at Jurisprudence panel, on Rights to Basic Necessities.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, December 28-30, 1981
Chaired two sessions: Rights of Children, December 28; Marxism, December 30.
Conference on Human Rights--Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, November 5-6, 1981
Invited participant.
Center for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland
Presented paper on Legal Ethics to working group, September 24, 1981.
NEH Seminar for Teachers of Law, Columbia Law School (Director: Kent Greenwalt)
Spoke on Women's Rights and “Reasonable Progress,” July 7, 1981.
Brandeis University, The Heller School, Lecture Series on Ethics and Public Policy
Spoke on “Trust, Trustworthiness, and American Society,” April 28, 1981.
AMINTAPHIL Meeting, London, Ontario, April 10-12
Presented paper on the Concept of Harm.
Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
Council for Philosophical Studies Visiting Lecturer, March 26-27, 1981.
Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, New York Group
Panel participant on “Are Feminism and Liberalism Compatible?” March 10, 1981.
Smith College
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Trust and American Society,” March 6, 1981.
Temple University
Philosophy Department colloquium: spoke on Testing Moral Theories, February 6, 1981.
New Jersey Regional Philosophy Association
Plenary session speaker: “The Unreliability of the Ideal Observer,” January 31, 1981.
Center for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland
Working Group on Legal Ethics. First meetings, January 9, 1981.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, December 30, 1980
Chaired Symposium on Political Philosophy.
New York University
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Trust and American Society,” November 25, 1980.
Hunter College Institute for Trial Judges, November 19, 1980
Sponsor. Moderator of session on Law as an Instrument for the Enforcement of Moral Values.
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Rutgers University, Multidisciplinary colloquium on Energy, October 22, 1980
Presented paper on Our Obligations to Future Generations.
American Philosophical Association, Western Division Meeting, Detroit, April 26, 1980
Commentator for colloquium in Political Philosophy.
Society for Women in Philosophy, Eastern Division, Princeton University, April 19, 1980
Paper, “Morality and Experience,” discussed at meeting.
Columbia University, University Seminar on Political and Social Thought, April 17, 1980
Paper on Testing Moral Theories discussed.
Hunter College School of Social Work
Lecture on Moral Theory and Social Work, February 25, 1980.
American Association for the Advancement of Science, annual meeting, San Francisco, January 4, 1980
Symposium paper: “Is Ethics a Science?”
Franco-American Colloquium on Human Rights, sponsored by the Columbia University Center for the
Study of Human Rights, Paris December 17-19, 1979
Panelist and participant.
Society for Women in Philosophy, New York Group
Presented paper: “On the Testing of Moral Theories,” November 28, 1979.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Lecture on Energy and the Business Ethic, November 15, 1979.
Conference on “Broadcasting in the Public Interest,” Automation House, NYC, November 10, 1979
Talk on Television and the Public Interest.
University of Delaware, Center for the Study of Values, Conference on “Ethical Issues in Government,”
November 8, 1979
Paper on the Role of the Legislator.
Rutgers University, Department of Sociology Lecture Series
Presented paper: “Trust, Trustworthiness, and the American Society,” October 18, 1979.
AMINTAPHIL Meeting, University of Texas at Austin, October 12-14, 1979
Presented paper: “The Accountability of the Legislator.”
Thyssen Philosophy Group, Pittsburgh, PA
Comment on talk by Herbert Simon on Economic Justice, October 6, 1979.
Ethics Advisory Board of U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Commissioned paper on proposed exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act: “Freedom of
Information and the Public Interest,” September 15, 1979.
Suburban Action Institute, Conference on Urban Poverty and Distributive Justice, NYC, May 4, 1979
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Panel participant.
Tufts University, Conference on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, March 29, 1979
Participant on two panels.
SUNY Stony Brook
Presented paper on Moral Theory, December 7, 1978.
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Lecture: “The Testing of Moral Theories,” November 9, 1978.
National League of Cities Conference, Washington, DC, May 23, 1978
Presented paper: “The Public Interest in an Urban Democracy.”
Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Presented paper: “Rationality and Cooperation,” April 20, 1978.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Presented paper: “The Pursuit of Morality,” February 20, 1978.
University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Presented paper: “The Pursuit of Morality,” February 17, 1978.
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Presented paper: “Equal Liberty in the Welfare State,” February 16, 1978.
Ramapo College, NJ
Lecture: “Liberty and the Ecological Future,” November 23, 1977.
University of Connecticut at Storrs
Presented paper: “Rationality and Reasonable Cooperation,” October 20, 1977.
Union College
Philosophy Department colloquium: “Equal Liberty in the Welfare State,” June 3, 1977.
Purdue University
Interdepartmental colloquium: presented paper on Trust, April 25, 1977.
University of Pennsylvania, Course given by Amelie Rorty
Guest lecture, February 15, 1977.
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Conference on Scottish Philosophy, November 28-29, 1976
Presented paper.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, November 17, 1976.
Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, New York
Presented paper with two commentators, October 19, 1976.
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Vassar College
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, October 14, 1976.
Bicentennial Symposium in Philosophy, CUNY, October 7-10, 1976.
Commented on Ronald Dworkin, panel on Morality and Politics.
American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 4, 1976
Chairperson of panel on Theories of Justice.
American Philosophical Association, Western Division Meeting, New Orleans, April 29-May 1, 1976
Chairperson on panel on Political Philosophy.
University of Delaware
Public lecture to Women's Studies Program, April 15, 1976.
University of Delaware
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, April 15, 1976.
Northwestern University
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, April 9, 1976.
Long Island University, Conference on Bioethics, April 7, 1976.
Presented paper.
University of Illinois, Conference on Equality, March 9-10, 1976.
Presented paper.
Swarthmore College
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, January 22, 1976.
Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, Symposium on Robert Nozick, New York, January 17, 1976
Presented paper.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, December 1975
Commented on paper at a meeting of the Society for Women in Philosophy.
Rutgers University, Newark
Presented paper at Faculty Seminar, December 3, 1975.
Brown University
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, November 21, 1975.
Columbia University
Presented paper at University Seminar, November 20, 1975.
Brown University, Conference of Caucus for New Political Science
Panel chairperson, November 1975.
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World Congress in Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, St. Louis, MO, August 1975
Was one of two U.S. delegates; presented paper.
Rockefeller University, Conference for the Study of Political Thought, Legal Philosophy Group
Presented paper, Spring 1975.
Columbia University, University Seminar on Social and Political Thought, Spring 1975
Presented paper.
Conference for the Study of Political Thought, CUNY, March 1975
Comment on paper by Bernard Williams.
American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1974
Chairperson, session on Social Philosophy.
Participant, Radical Caucus panel.
Conference on Methods, New York, December 1974
Presented paper at Symposium.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, October 1974.
Aspen-Cornell Colloquium on Choice and Decision, Aspen, CO, June-July 1974
Presented papers, with extended discussion.
Dartmouth College
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, May 1974.
Tufts University
Lecture given at Philosophy Department Lecture Series, April 1974.
University of North Carolina, Raleigh
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium and gave public lecture, April 1974.
American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, March 1974
Presented paper.
University of Minnesota, School of Public Affairs
Public lecture and television discussion, March 1974.
University of Minnesota
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, March 1974.
Hamilton College
Presented paper at Philosophy Department colloquium, November 1973.
New York University, School of Continuing Education. Lecture given, October 1973.
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