James D. Wallace
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James Donald Wallace is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the author of several books on the subject of morality and ethics that draw on the American Philosophical tradition of Pragmatism, in particular the ethical theory of John Dewey
. His works include Norms and Practices (2008), Ethical Norms, Particular Cases (1996), Moral Relevance and Moral Conflict (1988), and Virtues and Vices (1978), as well as numerous articles. His teaching has covered a variety of subjects including: "value theory, practical reasoning, social and political philosophy, bioethics, ancient Greek philosophy, and philosophy of art." Wallace is the father of celebrated American novelist and philosopher David Foster Wallace
.
in 1959 and a PhD from Cornell University
in 1963.
John Dewey
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology...
. His works include Norms and Practices (2008), Ethical Norms, Particular Cases (1996), Moral Relevance and Moral Conflict (1988), and Virtues and Vices (1978), as well as numerous articles. His teaching has covered a variety of subjects including: "value theory, practical reasoning, social and political philosophy, bioethics, ancient Greek philosophy, and philosophy of art." Wallace is the father of celebrated American novelist and philosopher David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...
.
Education
Wallace graduated with a BA from Amherst CollegeAmherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
in 1959 and a PhD from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1963.
External links
- Faculty Home Page at University of Illinois
- List of published Papers on PhilPapers.org
- Norms and Practices on Google Books
- Review of Norms and Practices by Daniel Groll of Carleton College:
- Ethical Norms, Particular Cases on Google Books
- Moral Relevance and Moral Conflict on Google Books
- http://books.google.com/books?id=jce4AAAAIAAJ Virtues and Vices on Google Books]
- Audio clips of James D. Wallace, et al., responding to the work of Mike W. Martin at a 2001 conference