Decision Theory, Environmental Ethics, The Purpose of Moral Theory, Why be Moral? Philosophy of Law, Welfare, Justice, Environmental Policy (at the law school), Property (at the law school), Philosophy of Freedom

e-mail schmidtz at u dot arizona dot edu

Current Projects

• The Purpose of Moral Theory

• A Brief History of Liberty (with Jason Brennan)

• Singer Under Fire

Courses Taught

Books

• Person, Polis, Planet (Oxford, 2009)
• Elements of Justice (Cambridge, 2006)
• Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works, co-editor with Elizabeth Willott (Oxford, 2002)
• Robert Nozick, editor (Cambridge, 2002)
• Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility, co-authored with Robert E. Goodin (Cambridge, 1998)
• Rational Choice and Moral Agency (Princeton, 1995)
• The Limits of Government: An Essay on the Public Goods Argument (Westview, 1991)

Favorite Articles

• "When Justice Matters," (Ethics, 2007)
• "Reinventing the Commons" (w/ E. Willott, UC Davis Law Rev, 2003)
• "How to Deserve" (Political Theory, 2002)
• "The Meanings of Life" (from Robert Nozick, 2002)
• "A Place For Cost-Benefit Analysis" (Philosophical Issues, 2001)
• "The Tragedy of the Commons," w/E. Willott (Blackwell Companion to Applied Ethics, 2001)
• "Natural Enemies" (Environmental Ethics, 2000)
• "Are All Species Equal?" (Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1998)
• "When Preservationism Doesn't Preserve" (Environmental Values, 1997)
• "Choosing Ends" (Ethics, 1994). Available on JSTOR.
• "The Institution of Property" (Social Philosophy and Policy, 1994)
• "Reasons for Altruism" (Social Philosophy and Policy, 1993)
• "Rationality Within Reason" (Journal of Philosophy, 1992). Available at JSTOR.
• "Justifying the State" (Ethics, 1990). Available at JSTOR.

Hugh Lafollette and Dave discuss private property on Hugh's radio show:

Doctoral Students

Name	Ph.D.	Topic	Employment
Walter Glannon	1995	free will	Canada Research Chair, Philosophy	U of Calgary
Lainie Ross	1996	justice for children	Bucksbaum Prof, Clinical Ethics	U of Chicago
Linda Radzik	1997	normativity	Associate Prof, Philosophy	Texas A&M
Steve Scalet	1999	liberal justice	Associate Prof, Philosophy	SUNY Binghamton
Rhonda Smith	2000	self-respect	Assistant Prof, Philosophy	Air Force Academy
Matt Zwolinski	2003	separateness of persons	Assistant Prof, Philosophy	U of San Diego
Cara Nine	2005	morality of borders	Lecturer, Philosophy	U College, Cork, Ireland
Jason Brennan	2007	moral theorizing	Research Assistant Prof., Philosophy	Brown U
Matt Bedke	2007	the nature of reasons	Assistant Prof, Philosophy	U of Arizona
Chris Brown	2008	Kantian virtue theory	Assistant Prof, Philosophy	National U of Singapore
Chris Freiman	2010	objectivity & moral psychology	Doctoral candidate

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