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David Schmidtz
Born1955
Alma mater University of Saskatchewan
University of Arizona
Era Contemporary philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Libertarianism
Arizona School liberalism
Main interests
 Rational choice, game theory, political philosophy
Notable ideas
Justice as a map, not a theory [1]
Website www.davidschmidtz.com

David Schmidtz ( /ʃmɪts/; born 1955) is a Canadian-American philosopher. He is Presidential Chair of Moral Science at West Virginia University's Chambers College of Business and Economics. He is also editor-in-chief of the journal Social Philosophy & Policy. Previously, he was Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and Eller Chair of Service-Dominant Logic at the University of Arizona. While at Arizona, he founded and served as inaugural head of the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science. [2]

Education and career

Schmidtz grew up in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. [3] In 1983, he received his B.A. in philosophy from the University of Saskatchewan. He earned an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Arizona in 1985, and an M.A. in economics, also from the University of Arizona, in 1987. Schmidtz earned his PhD at the University of Arizona in 1988 under the direction of Allen Buchanan. He also studied with Joel Feinberg and Keith Lehrer, Holly Martin Smith, R. Mark Isaac, and Vernon Smith. [4]

In 1988, Schmidtz took a job as an assistant professor at Yale University. He was promoted to associate professor in 1991. He left Yale in 1994, taught at Bowling Green State University, and joined the University of Arizona in 1995. He was promoted to Professor (of Philosophy, joint in Economics) in 1998. [5]

Schmidtz taught first-year property as a visiting professor at Florida State University College of Law in 2007. In the 2014–15 academic year, he was a national Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar and John Stuart Mill Professor at Hamburg University. Schmidtz is the founding director of the Freedom Center at the University of Arizona. [4] Among his former doctoral students are Jason Brennan.

Philosophical work

He is author of Elements of Justice, [1] Rational Choice and Moral Agency, [6] co-author of Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility (a "For & Against" book with Robert Goodin) [7] and editor of a volume on Robert Nozick in the Cambridge University Press "Contemporary Philosophy in Focus" series. [8] He also co-edited two editions of Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works with Elizabeth Willott (1955–2015); a third edition of this book with co-editor Dan Shahar was published in 2018. [9] His first book, The Limits of Government: An Essay on the Public Goods Argument, [10] combined his interests in moral philosophy and economic analysis. Schmidtz has also written on rational choice theory and environmental ethics.

He has published articles in many journals, including the Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, and Political Theory along with reviews in journals such as Philosophical Review, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and Mind. Many of his essays have been (or are in the process of being) reprinted, and have been translated into other languages.[ citation needed]

Thirteen of his essays (one previously unpublished, on Peter Singer's approach to moral theory) were published as Person, Polis, Planet: Essays in Applied Philosophy in 2008. [11] A Brief History of Liberty, with co-author Jason Brennan, appeared in 2010. [12] He co-authored the introductory textbook Commercial Society: A Primer on Ethics and Economics with Cathleen Johnson and Robert Lusch [13] and the book Debating Education: Is There a Role for Markets? with Harry Brighouse, both published in 2020. [14]

Selected publications

Books

  • Schmidtz, David (1991). The limits of government: an essay on the public goods argument. Boulder: Westview Press. ISBN  9780813308708. OCLC  22380961.
  • Schmidtz, David (1995). Rational choice and moral agency. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN  9780691029184. OCLC  30474060.
  • Schmidtz, David; Goodin, Robert E. (1998). Social welfare and individual responsibility. For and against. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511815508. ISBN  9780521564618. OCLC  38144477.
  • Schmidtz, David, ed. (2002). Robert Nozick. Contemporary philosophy in focus. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN  9780521782265. OCLC  46866414.
  • Schmidtz, David (2006). Elements of justice. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511817519. ISBN  9780521539364. OCLC  60189639.
  • Schmidtz, David (2008). Person, polis, planet: essays in applied philosophy. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN  9780521539364. OCLC  177063142.
  • Schmidtz, David; Brennan, Jason (2010). A brief history of liberty. Brief histories of philosophy. Chichester, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444318289. ISBN  9781405170796. OCLC  430736591.
  • Schmidtz, David; Willott, Elizabeth, eds. (2012). Environmental ethics: what really matters, what really works (2nd ed.). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN  9780199793518. OCLC  746489205.
  • Brennan, Jason; van der Vossen, Bas; Schmidtz, David, eds. (2017). The Routledge handbook of libertarianism. Routledge handbooks in philosophy. New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781317486794. ISBN  9781138832169. OCLC  978902248.
  • Schmidtz, David; Pavel, Carmen E., eds. (2018). The Oxford handbook of freedom. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199989423.001.0001. ISBN  9780199989423. OCLC  1028580625.
  • Schmidtz, David; Shahar, Dan C., eds. (2018). Environmental ethics: what really matters, what really works (3rd ed.). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN  9780190259228. OCLC  1029060677.
  • Johnson, Cathleen; Lusch, Robert F.; Schmidtz, David (2020). Commercial society: a primer on ethics and economics. Economy, polity, and society. London; Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN  9781786613561. OCLC  1104298783.
  • Schmidtz, David; Brighouse, Harry (2020). Debating education: is there a role for markets?. Debating ethics. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780199300945.001.0001. ISBN  9780199300952. OCLC  1099949826.
  • Schmidtz, David (2023). Living Together: Inventing Moral Science. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197658505.001.0001. ISBN  9780197658505. OCLC  1338165537.

Articles and chapters

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Schmidtz 2006.
  2. ^ "David Schmidtz: Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and joint Professor of Economics". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ^ Whetzel, Melissa (2013-03-18). "College Creates Awareness on Economic Topics with Adam Smith Week". College of Charleston. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "David Schmidtz". University of Arizona. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  5. ^ "History and Pattern". Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics. Ohio University. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  6. ^ Schmidtz 1995.
  7. ^ Schmidtz & Goodin 1998.
  8. ^ Schmidtz 2002.
  9. ^ Schmidtz & Shahar 2018.
  10. ^ Schmidtz 1991.
  11. ^ Schmidtz 2008.
  12. ^ Schmidtz & Brennan 2010.
  13. ^ Johnson, Lusch & Schmidtz 2020.
  14. ^ Schmidtz & Brighouse 2020.

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