Larry S. Temkin | curriculum vitae Professor II Contact Information Office: Davison Hall 47 Email: Phone: (732) 932-9861 x151

Education

B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., Princeton University

Speciality

Normative Ethics, Meta-ethics, Social & Political Phil.

Research

In addition to a number of articles regarding the nature, foundation, and appeal of equality, I am currently working on a book tentatively entitled Rethinking the Good, Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning. This book spans a broad array of topics, including principles and problems of aggregation, transitivity, continuity, independence conditions, person-affecting principles, impersonal values, intrinsic versus essentially comparative conceptions of moral ideals, and the role moral ideals play in our all things considered judgments. Together, the book's topics raise a host of deep and complex issues that have far-reaching practical and theoretical implications. Ultimately, the book may challenge the very intelligibility of ranking outcomes in many cases. Minimally, it challenges us to rethink standard assumptions about the good, moral ideals, and the nature of practical reasoning.

Selected Publications

Books Inequality, Oxford University Press, 1993. -Reprinted in paperback, Oxford University Press, 1996 Monograph-length Contributions to Special Journal Symposia "Thinking about the Needy, Justice, and International Organizations," and "Thinking about the Needy: A Reprise," Journal of Ethics, 8, pp. 349-395 and 409-458, 2004. These articles appeared as part of a special issue devoted to a debate between Jan Narveson and myself regarding obligations to the needy. "Personal versus Impersonal Principles: Reconsidering the Slogan," "Determining the Scope of Egalitarian Concern: A Partial Defense of Complete Lives Egalitarianism," "Measuring Inequality's Badness: Does Size Matter? If So, How, If Not, What Does?" and "Exploring the Roots of Egalitarian Concerns," Theoria 69, no.s 1-2, pp. 20-30, 45-58, 84-107, and 124-50, 2003. These articles appeared in a special double issue devoted to a discussion of my book Inequality, with responses from me. Articles "Larry S. Temkin," in Political Questions: 5 Questions on Political Theory, edited by Morten Ebbe Juul Nielsen, pp. 147-167, Automatic Press/VIP, 2006. "Equality, Moral and Social [addendum]," Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 3, second edition, edited by Donald M. Borchert, pp. 334-337, Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. "A 'New' Principle of Aggregation," Philosophical Issues, 15, Normativity, edited by Ernest Sosa and Enrique Villanueva, pp. 218-234, 2005. "Welfare, Poverty, and the Needy: A Pluralistic Approach," in Philosophie und/als Wissenschaft (Philosophy-Science-Scientific Philosophy: Main Lectures and Colloquia of GAP.5), edited by Nimtz, Christian and Beckermann, Ansgar, pp. 147-63, Paderborn, Germany, Mentis Press, 2005. "Egalitarianism Defended," Ethics 113, no. 4, pp. 764-782, 2003. "Equality, Priority, or What?" Economics and Philosophy 19, no. 1, pp. 61-88, 2003. "Worries about Continuity, Transitivity, Expected Utility Theory, and Practical Reasoning" in Exploring Practical Philosophy, eds. Egonsson, Dan, Josefsson Jonas, Petersson, Björn, and Rønnow-Rasmussen, Toni, pp. 95-108, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2001. "Egalitarianism: A Complex, Individualistic, and Comparative Notion," in Philosophical Issues, volume 11, eds. Sosa, Ernie and Villanueva, Enriquea, pp. 327-352, Blackwell Publishers, 2001. "Equality, Priority, and the Levelling Down Objection," in The Ideal of Equality, eds. Clayton, Matthew and Williams, Andrew, pp. 126-161, Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 2000. "An Abortion Argument and the Threat of Intransitivity," in Well-being and Morality: Essays in Honour of James Griffin, eds. Crisp, Roger and Hooker, Brad, pp. 336-356, Oxford University Press, 2000. "Intransitivity and the Person-Affecting Principle: A Response," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, LIX, no. 3, September, 1999, pp. 777-784. "Equality and the Human Condition," in a special issue on Justice, Equality, and Difference of Theoria (South Africa) 92, December, 1998, pp. 15-45. "Rethinking the Good, Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning," in Reading Parfit, ed. Dancy, Jonathan, pp. 290-344, Basil Blackwell, 1997. "A Continuum Argument for Intransitivity," Philosophy and Public Affairs 25, no. 3, Summer, 1996, pp. 175-210. "Justice and Equality: Some Questions about Scope," in Social Philosophy and Policy 12, no. 2, eds. Paul, Ellen F., Miller, Fred D., and Paul, Jeffrey, pp. 72-104, Cambridge University Press, 1995. -Reprinted in Equality and Justice: Distribution of What?, vol. 3, edited by Peter Vallentyne, pp. 328-360, Routledge, 2003. "Weighing Goods: Some Questions and Comments," Philosophy and Public Affairs 23, no. 4, Fall, 1994, pp. 350-380. "Harmful Goods, Harmless Bads," in Value, Welfare, and Morality, eds. Frey, R. G. and Morris, Christopher, pp. 290-324, Cambridge University Press, 1993. "Intergenerational Inequality," in Philosophy, Politics, and Society, Sixth Series, eds. Laslett, Peter and Fishkin, James, pp.169-205, Yale University Press, 1992. "Intransitivity and the Mere Addition Paradox," Philosophy and Public Affairs 16, no. 2, Spring, 1987, pp. 138-187. "Inequality," Philosophy and Public Affairs 15, no. 2, Spring, 1986, pp. 99-121.