Curriculum Vitae
ANDREW JASON COHEN
November 2004
ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Religion
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia (2000-present)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1997-2000)
EDUCATION
Georgetown University
Ph.D., Philosophy (1997)
M.A., Philosophy (1994)
Emory University
B.A., Economics and Philosophy (1989)
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Social and Political Philosophy, Normative Ethical Theory
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
History of Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy; Existentialism; Applied Ethics (especially Medical and Environmental Ethics); Free Will; Philosophy of Religion
PUBLICATIONS
"What Toleration Is." Ethics , forthcoming October 2004.
"Defending Liberalism Against the Anomie Challenge." Social Theory and Practice, Volume 30 No. 3, July 2004. (391-427).
"Liberalism, Communitarianism, and Asocialism." The Journal of Value Inquiry, Volume 34 Nos. 2-3, September 2000 (249-261).
(also printed in Liberalism: New Essays on Liberal Theory, ed. Narveson, Jan and Susan Dimock, Norwelt, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishing, 2000. (101-113)).
"Does Communitarianism Require Individual Independence?" The Journal of Ethics, Volume 4 No. 3, July 2000 (283-305).
"On Universalism: Communitarians, Rorty, and ('Objectivist') 'Liberal Metaphysicians'." Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 38 No. 1, Spring 2000 (39-75).
"In Defense of Nietzschean Genealogy." Philosophical Forum, Volume 30 No. 4, December 1999 (269-288).
"Communitarianism, 'Social Constitution,' and Autonomy." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 80 No. 2, June 1999 (121-135).
"A Defense of Strong Voluntarism." American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 35 No. 3, July 1998 (251-265).
REVIEWS
Real Ethics: Rethinking the Foundations of Morality. (John Rist, Cambridge University Press, 2002). Utilitas, Volume 16 No. 1, March 2004 (115-117).
A Case for Conservatism (John Kekes, Cornell University Press, 1998). Ethics, Volume 111 No. 2, January 2001 (411-414).
WORKS IN PROGRESS OR UNDER REVIEW
"What Toleration Does and Does Not Require From Liberalism" (under review, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, July 2004)
"Existentialist Voluntarism: From Radical Choice to Normativity" (under review, European Journal of Philosophy, May 2004)
"The Value of Toleration"
"Toleration in the Economic Order"
"Toleration in the International Arena"
"What is Terrorism?"
"Enriching Justice: The Roles of the Ideals of Autonomy and Reciprocity"
Letting Toleration Reign: What it Means, Why it Matters, What it Requires
PRESENTATIONS
"Religion, Truth, and Toleration." Central Division APA Conference Colloquium, Chicago, Illinois, April 2005 and Virginia Philosophical Association Conference, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, October 2004.
"Toleration and Borders: The Moral Questions." Invited Speaker, Southern Virginia University, December 2004.
"Toleration, Harm, and Autonomy." Eastern Division APA Conference Colloquium, Washington, DC, December 2003.
"Enriching Justice: The Ideal of Autonomy and the Ideal of Reciprocity as Coinciding." Pacific Division APA Conference Colloquium, San Francisco, California, March 2003.
"From Radical Choice to Real Impartiality: Existentialist Voluntarism as a Source of Normativity." Invited Speaker, College of William and Mary Department of Philosophy, November 2002.
"The shepherd, the wolf, & the sheep: An Exploration into Toleration and Liberalism." Invited Speaker, MA College of Liberal Arts Philosophy Club, May 2002 and Hampden Sydney College Philosophy Club, February 2002.
Commentator, Norman Melchert's "The Last Word in Ethics." Virginia Philosophical Association Conference, Hollins College, Roanoke, VA, October 2001.
Commentator, Adam Moore's "Owning Genetic Information and Gene Enhancement Techniques: Why Privacy and Property Rights May Undermine Social Control of the Human Genome." Eastern Division APA Conference Colloquium, New York, December 2000.
"Religion and Life." Guest Speaker, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, May 2000.
"A Libertarian View of the Current Global Economy." Guest Speaker, Students Against Sweatshops Colloquia Series, University of Arizona, October 1999.
"What Toleration is and What it Requires." Invited Speaker, Social Philosophy and Policy Center and Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University and Departments of English, Political Science and Philosophy, University of Waterloo, July 1999.
"In Defense of Nietzschean Genealogy." Invited Speaker, Departments of English, Political Science, and Philosophy, University of Waterloo, July 1999.
Commentator, David Garren's "Freedom Not To Be Free: What is Right With Slavery." Pacific Division APA Conference Colloquium, Berkeley, California, March 1999.
"For Autonomy: Is Paternalism Dead?" Invited Speaker, Ethics Grand Rounds, Department of Religion, Health & Human Values of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center/Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, May 1998.
Chair, Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs: "Compatriots, Friends and Political Obligation." Central Division APA Conference Group Session, Chicago, Illinois, May 1998.
"A Defense of Strong Voluntarism." Pacific Division APA Conference Symposium, Los Angeles, California, March 1998.
GRANTS, ETC.
PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Visiting Scholar (Summer, 2002)
JMU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT (Summer, 2002)
NEH FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: SUPRANATIONALISM: THE ETHICS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
(directed by The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs), School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Participant (Summer, 2001)
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY AND POLICY CENTER, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY Visiting Scholar (Summer, 1999
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY (Fall 2000-present)
400 level: The Limits of Liberty; Advanced Political Philosophy; Advanced Moral Philosophy
300 level: The Individual, The State, and Justice; Moral Theory; Existentialism; Environmental Ethics
200 level: Introduction to Ethics
100 level: regularly 2 sections of Introduction to Philosophy (sometimes Honors)
Thesis Committees:
Sarah Hippolitus (2002 Philosophy BA, on Mackie and Nagel)
Jonathon Norris (2003 History BA, on Dostoevsky and Nietzsche)
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Fall 1997-Spring 2000)
4/500 level: History of Political Philosophy; History of Moral Philosophy; Normative Ethics; Independent Study: Plato's Moral & Political Thought
300 level: Medical Ethics
200 level: Existentialism; 19th Century Philosophy: Hegel to Nietzsche; Philosophy of Religion
100 level: Philosophical Perspectives on Society; Justice and Virtue; Introduction to Philosophy; Logic and Critical Thinking
Comprehensive Examination Committee for Rhonda Smith (1998)
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Fall 1994-Spring 1997)
100 level: Ethics and Public Policy; Introduction to Philosophy