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University of Wyoming
 

Ed Sherline

 

Associate Professor

Philosophy
 

Areas of Specialization

Metaethics, normative ethics, social philosophy, political philosophy.

Areas of Competence

Ancient philosophy.

 

Academic Appointments

2002, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming, Department Head

1996, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming, Associate Professor.

1990-1996, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming, Assistant Professor.    

 

Education

1990          Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago, Ph.D. (Philosophy).

1983          University of Chicago, M.A. (Philosophy).

1982          Princeton, B.A. (Philosophy).

 

Publications

Articles

“Heteronomy and Spurious Principles of Morality in Kant’s Groundwork”

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (1996).

“Confirmation Theory and Moral Justification”

Philosophical Studies, 73 (1994).

 

“Moral Realism and Objective Theories of the Right”
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, (1992)

Papers Presented

1998            “Gibbard's Open Question Argument”

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

1993            “Confirmation Theory and Moral Justification”

Pacific Division APA, San Francisco, CA..

1992            “Ordinary Morality and the Problem of Rationality”

Pacific Division APA, Portland, OR

 

Courses

Undergraduate (frequently taught)

  • History of Moral Philosophy

  • Ethical Theory

  • Political Philosophy

Recent Graduate Seminars

  • Truth and Morality

  • Metaethics (Smith and Korsgaard)

  • Normativity

  • Political Philosophy (Rawls)

  • Survey of Contemporary Political Philosophy