I am a specialist in applied philosophy–especially applied ethics. I received my Ph.D. at Columbia University, and I’ve actually had two separate careers as a philosopher. First, I did historical scholarship, specializing in the social and political philosophy of the Renaissance thinker Thomas More. Then I shifted to applied ethics, focusing on animal ethics and business ethics. The most important research I’ve done is on the philosophical implications—especially the ethical implications—of the scientific research on whales and dolphins. For more information about that part of my career, see my In Defense of Dolphins website. I taught historical courses in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Upsala College in New Jersey, then business ethics at the business schools of Rider University in New Jersey and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. For my work in business ethics, see my Socrates Comes to Wall Street website. At LMU, I founded the International Business Ethics Case Competition, the oldest case competition of its kind. For information about IBECC, click here.
Here’s my CV.