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David Schmidtz

(U.S.), Professor of Philosophy, Director of Center for the Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona, and editor of Social Philosophy and Policy

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Address:
CEVRO Institute
Jungmannova 17
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic

Curriculum vitae

Current Position

• Professor by courtesy, Arizona, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship
• Kendrick Professor, Arizona    

Past Positions

• National Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2015   
• John Stuart Mill Professor, Hamburg U, 2014    
• Julian Simon Fellow, Property & Environment Research Center, 2012-13    
• Professor (joint in Economics),  Arizona, 1998-     
• Assoc. Prof. (joint in Economics), Arizona, 1995-98    
• Assoc. Prof., Yale, 1991-94     

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in  Philosophy, 1988,  U of Arizona    
• M.A. in Economics, 1987, U of Arizona
• M.A. in Philosophy, 1985,     U of Arizona    
• B.A.  in Philosophy, 1983,  U of Saskatchewan     
• B.S.  in General Studies, 1982, U of Calgary     

Publications

Books

• MacMillan Handbook of Environmental Ethics, editor. Cengage Learning (2016) under contract.
• Schmidtz, & D. Shahar, editors, Environmental Ethics, 3rd ed. Oxford (2016) under contract. 
• Schmidtz & H. Brighouse, Markets in Education, Oxford (2015) under contract.
• Schmidtz & Pavel, editors, Oxford Handbook of Freedom, Oxford (2015) under contract.
• Schmidtz & J. Thrasher, eds. Creating Wealth: Ethical & Economic Perspectives, 2nd ed. Cognella (2012).
• Schmidtz & E. Willott. Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works, 2nd ed. Oxford (2011). 
• Creating Wealth: Ethical & Economic Perspectives, editor. Cognella (2011).
• Schmidtz & J. Brennan. A Brief History of Liberty, Blackwell (2010).
• Person, Polis, Planet, Oxford (2008). 
• Elements of Justice, Cambridge (2006).
• Schmidtz & E. Willott, editors, Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works, Oxford (2002). 
• Robert Nozick, editor. Cambridge (2002).
• Schmidtz & R. Goodin, Social Welfare & Individual Responsibility, Cambridge (1998).
• Rational Choice & Moral Agency. Princeton  (1995). 
• The Limits of Government: An Essay on the Public Goods Argument. Westview (1991).

Journal Articles

• “Nonideal Theory: What It Is and What It Needs To Be,” Ethics 121 (2011) 772-96.
• “When Justice Matters,” Ethics 117 (2007) 433-59.
• “How To Deserve,” Political Theory 30 (2002) 774-99.
• “A Place For Cost-Benefit Analysis,” Philosophical Issues (Noûs annual supplement) 11(2001) 148-71.
• “Natural Enemies,” Environmental Ethics 22 (2000) 397-408.
• “Diminishing Marginal Utility,” Journal of Value Inquiry 34 (2000) 263-72.

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