David Schmidtz
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Born | 1955 |
Alma mater | Rational choice, game theory, political philosophy |
Notable ideas | Justice as a map, not a theory[1] |
Website | www |
David Schmidtz (
Education and career
Schmidtz grew up in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada.[3] In 1983, he received his B.A. in philosophy from the University of Saskatchewan. He earned an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Arizona in 1985, and an M.A. in economics, also from the University of Arizona, in 1987. Schmidtz earned his PhD at the University of Arizona in 1988 under the direction of Allen Buchanan. He also studied with Joel Feinberg and Keith Lehrer, Holly Martin Smith, R. Mark Isaac, and Vernon Smith.[4]
In 1988, Schmidtz took a job as an assistant professor at Yale University. He was promoted to associate professor in 1991. He left Yale in 1994, taught at Bowling Green State University, and joined the University of Arizona in 1995. He was promoted to Professor (of Philosophy, joint in Economics) in 1998.[5]
Schmidtz taught first-year property as a visiting professor at
Philosophical work
He is author of Elements of Justice,
He has published articles in many journals, including the Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, and Political Theory along with reviews in journals such as Philosophical Review, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and Mind. Many of his essays have been (or are in the process of being) reprinted, and have been translated into other languages.[citation needed]
Thirteen of his essays (one previously unpublished, on Peter Singer's approach to moral theory) were published as Person, Polis, Planet: Essays in Applied Philosophy in 2008.[11] A Brief History of Liberty, with co-author Jason Brennan, appeared in 2010.[12] He co-authored the introductory textbook Commercial Society: A Primer on Ethics and Economics with Cathleen Johnson and Robert Lusch[13] and the book Debating Education: Is There a Role for Markets? with Harry Brighouse, both published in 2020.[14]
Selected publications
Books
- Schmidtz, David (1991). The limits of government: an essay on the public goods argument. Boulder: Westview Press. OCLC 22380961.
- Schmidtz, David (1995). Rational choice and moral agency. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. OCLC 30474060.
- Schmidtz, David; Goodin, Robert E. (1998). Social welfare and individual responsibility. For and against. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 38144477.
- Schmidtz, David, ed. (2002). Robert Nozick. Contemporary philosophy in focus. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 46866414.
- Schmidtz, David (2006). Elements of justice. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 60189639.
- Schmidtz, David (2008). Person, polis, planet: essays in applied philosophy. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. OCLC 177063142.
- Schmidtz, David; OCLC 430736591.
- Schmidtz, David; Willott, Elizabeth, eds. (2012). Environmental ethics: what really matters, what really works (2nd ed.). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. OCLC 746489205.
- OCLC 978902248.
- Schmidtz, David; Pavel, Carmen E., eds. (2018). The Oxford handbook of freedom. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. OCLC 1028580625.
- Schmidtz, David; Shahar, Dan C., eds. (2018). Environmental ethics: what really matters, what really works (3rd ed.). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. OCLC 1029060677.
- Johnson, Cathleen; Lusch, Robert F.; Schmidtz, David (2020). Commercial society: a primer on ethics and economics. Economy, polity, and society. London; Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. OCLC 1104298783.
- Schmidtz, David; Brighouse, Harry (2020). Debating education: is there a role for markets?. Debating ethics. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. OCLC 1099949826.
- Schmidtz, David (2023). Living Together: Inventing Moral Science. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. OCLC 1338165537.
Articles and chapters
- S2CID 154196866.
- Schmidtz, David (October 1990). "Justifying the state". S2CID 170852106.
- Schmidtz, David (October 1990). "When is original appropriation required?". JSTOR 27903207.
- Schmidtz, David (September 1992). "Rationality within reason". JSTOR 2941111.
- Schmidtz, David (Winter 1993). "Reasons for altruism". Social Philosophy and Policy. 10 (1): 52–68. S2CID 145389376.
- Schmidtz, David (January 1994). "Choosing ends". S2CID 222815868.
- Schmidtz, David (Summer 1994). "The institution of property". Social Philosophy and Policy. 11 (2): 42–62. S2CID 146201495.
- Schmidtz, David (1998). "Are all species equal?". JSTOR 24354005.
- Schmidtz, David (2016) [1999]. "The meanings of life" (PDF). In OCLC 934937791.
- Schmidtz, David (November 2000). "Islands in a sea of obligation: limits of the duty to rescue". Law and Philosophy. 19 (6): 683–705. S2CID 143279079.
- Schmidtz, David (October 2001). "A place for cost-benefit analysis". JSTOR 3050599.
- Schmidtz, David (December 2002). "How to deserve". S2CID 146183035.
- OCLC 317068055.
- Schmidtz, David (January 2010). "Property and justice". Social Philosophy and Policy. 27 (1): 79–100. S2CID 145284633.
- Schmidtz, David (June 2011). "Respect for everything". Ethics, Policy & Environment. 14 (2): 127–138. S2CID 144887016. With commentaries by Robin Attfield, Thom Brooks, Greg Bognar, Martin Drenthen, Matt Ferkany, Kendy M. Hess, Dan C. Shahar, James P. Sterba, and Gary Varner.
- Schmidtz, David (July 2011). "Nonideal theory: what it is and what it needs to be". .
- Zwolinski, Matt; Schmidtz, David (2013). "Environmental virtue ethics: what it is and what it needs to be". In Russell, Daniel C. (ed.). The Cambridge companion to virtue ethics. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 221–239. OCLC 801219079.
- Schmidtz, David (Fall 2016). "A realistic political ideal". Social Philosophy and Policy. 33 (1–2): 1–10. .
- Schmidtz, David (2017). "Realistic idealism". In Blau, Adrian (ed.). Methods in analytical political theory. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 131–152. OCLC 972309027.
- Gaus, Gerald; Courtland, Shane D.; Schmidtz, David (January 22, 2018). "Liberalism". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2018 ed.).
- Schmidtz, David (2019). "The ethics and economics of ecological justice". In White, Mark D. (ed.). The Oxford handbook of ethics and economics. Oxford handbooks. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 543–558. OCLC 1052875966.
See also
- Canadian philosophy
- List of Canadian philosophers
- American philosophy
- List of American philosophers
References
- ^ a b Schmidtz 2006.
- ^ "David Schmidtz: Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and joint Professor of Economics". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ Whetzel, Melissa (2013-03-18). "College Creates Awareness on Economic Topics with Adam Smith Week". College of Charleston. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ a b "David Schmidtz". University of Arizona. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "History and Pattern". Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics. Ohio University. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ Schmidtz 1995.
- ^ Schmidtz & Goodin 1998.
- ^ Schmidtz 2002.
- ^ Schmidtz & Shahar 2018.
- ^ Schmidtz 1991.
- ^ Schmidtz 2008.
- ^ Schmidtz & Brennan 2010.
- ^ Johnson, Lusch & Schmidtz 2020.
- ^ Schmidtz & Brighouse 2020.
External links
- David Schmidtz's homepage
- Library of Economics and Liberty.