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Donald W. Bruckner

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and
Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, Penn State New Kensington

Education:
  • B.S., Philosophy and Mathematics, Bowling Green State University, 1992
  • M.A., Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, 1994
  • M.A., Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, 1996
  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, 2001
Areas of Specialization:
  • Practical Reason
  • Ethics
Recent Courses:
  • PHIL 001: Basic Problems of Philosophy
  • PHIL 012: Symbolic Logic
  • PHIL 103: Introduction to Ethics
Recent Publications:
  • “Silent Prudence.” Forthcoming in Philosophical Explorations, 12:3 (2009).
  • “In Defense of Adaptive Preferences.” Philosophical Studies, 142:3 (2009), 307-324.
  • “Rational Responsibility for Preferences and Moral Responsibility for Character Traits.” Journal of Philosophical Research, 32 (2007), 191-209.
  • “Considerations on the Morality of Meat Consumption: Hunted Game versus Farm Raised Animals.” Journal of Social Philosophy, 38:2 (2007), 311-330.
  • “Prudence and Justice.” Economics and Philosophy, 20:1 (2004), 35-63.
  • “A Contractarian Account of (Part of) Prudence.” American Philosophical Quarterly, 40:1 (2003), 33-46.
  Current Projects:
  • "Flukes, Quirks, and the Desire Theory of Well-Being."
  • "Present Desire Satisfaction and Past Well-Being."
  • "Philosophical Lessons from Positive Psychology."
  • "Second Order Preferences and Instrumental Rationality."

 

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