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Upcoming public talks November 16, 6-8 pm: Conversations on Ethics book launch and debate with Krister Bykvist (Oxford), 6- 7 pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE (on the corner of Sardinia Street and Lincoln's Inn Fields). Followed by drinks from 7 pm in the Underground Bar, Clare Market, LSE. Open to all.
November 17, 8-10 pm: 'Discussing Conversations on Ethics' in Felix & Sofie, Felix Meritis, Keizers-gracht 324, Amsterdam. Open to all.
November 30, 6-8 pm: 'Counter-Composition: Conversations on Ethics'. A lecture & debate with Frances Kamm, T.M. Scanlon and Steve Pyke in the Thompson Room, Barker Center 136, Harvard University. Open to all.
December 1, 4-6 pm:
'Can We Trust Our
Intuitions in Health Care Allocation? An Experiment'
Harvard Program in Ethics and Health,
HMS, 641
Huntington Avenue, Boston (1st floor conference room).
RSVP to
ethics_health[ at] harvard.edu
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Alex Voorhoeve I'm a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the LSE. I am currently pursuing two research projects: 1. Liberal Egalitarianism I'm interested in several questions that are central to liberal egalitarian theory:
2. The Economy of the Soul I am interested in what psychology reveals to us about how we actually make moral decisions and what rational choice theory and moral reflection tell us about how we should make moral decisions. |
Photograph by Sarah Sloboda E-mail: a.e.voorhoeve [at] lse.ac.uk
Reviews 'I have rarely enjoyed a philosophy
book as much. Voorhoeve's bold effort really works. He cunningly brings
ethical theory to life through insightful conversations with key
philosophers and scientists. Not only do the issues come alive, but the
participants do as well. Don't miss the chance to eavesdrop on these
conversations.' 'This
volume is an extraordinarily rich resource. Alex Voorhoeve has
interviewed many of the most interesting and influential recent thinkers
on ethical topics, expertly focusing on their core positions and
arguments in a series of insightful philosophical dialogues. In doing so
he has produced not only a comprehensive introduction to contemporary
ethical thought, but also a real sense of the human beings behind the
writings.' 'In the introduction to his first interview, Voorhoeve cites Nietzsche's dictum that all great problems demand great love. (...) Nietzsche was a hard man to please. But he would have felt some satisfaction with Voorhoeve's eleven interviews. His philosophers are passionate devotees of their own moral systems. They fight for their theories, defending them ferociously and lovingly. (...) Each of them argues his or her case convincingly. Almost always, one falls in with their reasoning--at least, this is what happened to me. But, of course, this leads to inconsistency. For the difference in their views is far too great. This is bewildering, and teaches us a good lesson: not to be unmovable in one's attachments to one's moral views. (...) Voorhoeve shows just how difficult moral calculation and justification of one's views to others is.' Jan Greven, Trouw (a Dutch daily newspaper; click here for the full article; translation mine.)
Counter-Composition VI by Theo van Doesburgh (TATE modern) |
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Book Conversations on Ethics. Oxford University Press (2009). A book of conversations on moral philosophy with leading thinkers from philosophy, psychology and evolutionary game theory. With photographs by Steve Pyke (click here for full cover). CONTENTS
I. Ethics and Intuitions 1. Frances Kamm In Search of the Deep Structure of Morality 2. Peter Singer Each of Us Is Just One Among Others 3. Daniel Kahneman Can We Trust Our Intuitions? II. Virtue and Flourishing 4. Philippa Foot The Grammar of Goodness 5. Alasdair MacIntyre The Illusion of Self-Sufficiency III. Ethics and Evolution 6. Ken Binmore The Origin of Fairness 7. Allan Gibbard A Pragmatic Justification of Morality IV. Unity and Dissent 8. T.M. Scanlon The Kingdom of Ends on the Cheap 9. Bernard Williams A Mistrustful Animal V. Love and Morality 10. Harry Frankfurt The Necessity of Love 11. David Velleman Really Seeing Another
Research articles (English) Why It Matters that Some Are Worse Off Than Others. With Michael Otsuka. Philosophy & Public Affairs 37 (2009): 171-99. Heuristics and Biases in a Purported Counterexample to the Acyclicity of "Better Than". Politics, Philosophy and Economics 7 (2008): 285-99. Scanlon on Substantive Responsibility. Journal of Political Philosophy 16 (2008): 184-200. Preference Change and Interpersonal Comparisons of Welfare. In Serena Olsaretti (ed.) Preferences and Well-Being. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 59 (2006): 265-79. Transitivity, the Sorites Paradox, and Similarity-Based Decision-Making. With Ken Binmore. Erkenntnis 64:1 (2006): 101-14. Equal Opportunity and Opportunity Dominance. With Matthias Hild. Economics and Philosophy 20 (2004): 117-45. Defending Transitivity Against Zeno's Paradox. With Ken Binmore. Philosophy & Public Affairs 31 (2003): 272-79.
Research articles (Dutch) Prioriteit voor patienten met een lagere levenskwaliteit! (Priority for patients who are worse off!) Forthcoming in Filosofie & Praktijk (Philosophy & Practice). Schuldverlichting: niet voor niets. (Debt relief: not for nothing.) With R.M. Oort. Economisch-Statistische Berichten (Economic-Statistical Letters) 85 (2000): 141-43. Dollarisering gewenst? (Is dollarisation desirable?) Economisch-Statistische Berichten 84 (1999): 577-81.
Work in progress Should Losses Count? A Critique of the Complaint Model. Choice Group Working Papers Vol 2 (2006). Epicurus on Death. An Experimental Test of the Hurwicz Criterion for Decision-Making Under Uncertainty. With Ken Binmore and Lisa Stewart. Similarity-Based Decision-Making in Moral Decisions: An Experiment. With Ken Binmore and Brian Wallace. Evaluating the distribution of risks: ex ante or ex post? With Marc Fleurbaey.
Interviews (Revised and expanded versions of these interviews appear in Conversations on Ethics.) In Search of the Deep Structure of Morality. An Interview with Frances Kamm. Imprints 9:2 (2006): 93-117. [The link is to the penultimate draft of the version that appears in Conversations on Ethics.] A Mistrustful Animal: Bernard Williams Interviewed. The Harvard Review of Philosophy XII (Spring 2004): 81-92. Harry Frankfurt on the Necessity of Love. Philosophical Writings 23 (2003): 55-70. The Grammar of Goodness. An Interview with Philippa Foot. The Harvard Review of Philosophy XI (2003): 32-44. The Good, the Right, and the Seemly. Ken Binmore Interviewed. The Philosophers' Magazine 21 (2002): 48-51. Kant on the Cheap. Thomas Scanlon Interviewed. The Philosophers' Magazine 16 (2001): 29-30.
Reviews The Practice of Ethics by Hugh LaFollette. Social Choice and Welfare (forthcoming). Pursuing Equal Opportunities: The Theory and Practice of Egalitarian Justice by Lesley A. Jacobs. Economics and Philosophy 21 (2005): 155-61. The Philosophy of Science by A. Rosenberg. Philosophy Today 14 (2001): 8-9.
Other short pieces Mill and Barry on the Foundations of Liberal Rights. Published in a shortened version as 'The Limits of Autonomy', The Philosophers' Magazine, 46 (2009): 78-82. Security and the War on Terror (contribution to a roundtable) in What More Philosophers Think eds. J. Baggini and J. Stangroom Continuum (2007): 19-32. Is Poverty Our Problem? The Philosophers' Magazine, 36 (2006): 46-9. Incentives and Principles for Individuals in Rawls' Theory of Justice. Ethics & Economics 3 (2005): 1-7. (In Russian) Взрывная волна ('Shockwave'--an interview with me by Mika Velikovskiy about the response to the London bombings of 7/7/05.) Political Journal, 27 (2005): 48-9. Erasmus in The Great Thinkers A-Z. eds. J. Baggini and J. Stangroom, Continuum (2004): 91-3. Rawls in The Great Thinkers A-Z. eds. J. Baggini and J. Stangroom, Continuum (2004): 199-201. The House that Jack Built. The Philosophers' Magazine 22 (2003): 28-31. Mandeville. The Philosophers' Magazine 20 (2002): 53.
2008-09: STICERD grant for the proposal 'An Experimental Test of the Hurwicz Criterion for Decision-Making Under Uncertainty' (with Ken Binmore). 2008-09: Faculty Fellowship at the Center for Ethics of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 2006-08: British Academy Small Research Grant for the proposal 'Rational Choice Theory and Moral Decision-Making' (with Ken Binmore).
Since arriving at LSE, I have taught (part of) the following courses: PH 103 Reason, Knowledge and Values PH 214 Morality and Values PH 416 Philosophy, Morals, and Politics PH 211 Philosophy of Economics PH 413 Philosophy of Economics M.Sc. Seminar PH 415 Philosophy of Public Policy
'The Economy of the Soul: Rational Choice and Moral Decision-Making' LSE, November 21-22, 2008. Debate on 'The Power of Religion in Society'. (With Tijs Broeke for the Dutch Labour Party in London.) January 24, 2008. Conference 'World Poverty and the Duty of Assistance'. LSE June 27, 2006. (With Catherine Audard and Nick Bunnin.)
Seminar in Philosophy and Public Policy, LSE 2004-08. (With Luc Bovens.) Workshop in Philosophy, Economics, and Public Policy, ECAP5, Lisbon August 27-31 2005. (With Luc Bovens and Geoff Brennan.)
PhD in Philosophy at University College London, 2005. M.Phil. in Philosophy at King's College, Cambridge, 2000. Post-graduate diploma in Financial and Economic Policy from the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), 1999. M.A. in Philosophy, EUR, 1999. M.Sc. in Economics, EUR, 1997. Dr. Vincent Guillin: Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on Sexual Equality, 2005. Winner: Prix du Maison d'Auguste Comte 2006 (Paris). Now published. Assistant Professor (tenure track), Universite de Montreal. Dr. Michael Moehler: A Theory of Minimal Morality, 2007. 2009-10: Fellowship at the Murphy Institute, Tulane; 2007-09: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Katherine King (on justice for children). Ittay Nissan (on emotions and moral decision-making). Esha Senchaudhuri (on political liberalism). Allison Mallard (on Kant's theory of progress and the right to revolution). Harald Schmidt (on responsibility in health care). Alice Obrecht (on the moral obligations of NGOs). Ben Ferguson (on exploitation). Mischa van den Brandhof (on incentives for healthy behaviour). |
