Curriculum Vitae
Justin Tosi
Department of Philosophy
University of Arizona
Social Sciences Bldg., Room 213
P.O. Box 210027
Tucson, AZ 85721-0027
E-mail: jtosi [at] email [dot] arizona [dot] edu
Education
PhD, Philosophy, University of Arizona, 2013 (expected)
MA, Political Science, Arizona State University, 2007
- MA Thesis: “Hobbes’s Reply to the Foole: Obligation and Personal Identity”
BA, Philosophy and Politics, University of Virginia, 2005 (high distinction)
Areas of Specialization
Political philosophy, philosophy of law, applied ethics
- Political obligation, rights, liberalism, civic republicanism, perfectionism, freedom
- Punishment, the nature of law
Areas of Competence
Normative ethics, history of moral and political philosophy
Publications
Review of Matt Matravers, Responsibility and Justice. Journal of Politics vol. 71 (no. 4), October 2009, pp. 1600-1602. [pdf]
“Anticipating the Political and Ethical Challenges of Human Nanotechnologies” in Nanoethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology, eds. Allhoff, Lin, Moor, and Weckert. (with David Guston and John Parsi), (Wiley 2007), pp. 185-197.
Presentations
“Enough Is Enough: A Defense of Sufficiency”
- Brave New World 2011, Manchester, UK, June 2011
“Rescuing the Right to Rule”
- Association of Legal and Social Philosophy 2011 Annual Conference, Coventry, UK, July 2011
- Northern Arizona University Conference on Philosophy, Politics, and Law, Flagstaff, Arizona, April 2011
- 4th Annual Louisiana State University Philosophy Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 2011
“Narrow Reflective Equilibrium and Moral Theory”
- Southwest Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Tempe, Arizona, March 2011
“Multiple Principles and the Justification of Punishment”
- Humane Studies Fellowship Research Colloquium, Arlington, Virginia, October 2010
Honors and Awards
Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant, 2010-2011
Fullinwider Fellow, 2010-2011 (relief from teaching for one semester)
Humane Studies Fellow, 2010-2011
Thomas W. Smith Fellowship, 2008-2010 (relief from teaching for one semester each academic year)
Distinguished Majors Program, University of Virginia, Department of
Politics
Academic Service
Panel Organizer, Northern Arizona University Conference on Philosophy, Politics, and Law, April 2011
Editor, Freedom Center Newsletter, 2010-2011
Editorial Assistant, Journal of Politics, Book Review Section,
2007-2008
Editorial Assistance for Political Ideologies and the Democratic
Ideal, 7th ed.