Curriculum
Vitae
George Klosko
310 Parkwood
Place
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
434
924-3092 (office); 434 974-7703 (home)
gk@virginia.edu
Henry L. and Grace Doherty
Professor
Department of Politics
P.O.
Box 400787
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
Education
Columbia College: September
1968 - June 1972. Degree Received: B.A. Major: Political
Science.
Columbia University, Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science:
September 1972 - May 1977. Degrees Received: M.A. (June 1975). M.
Phil. (October
1976). Ph.D. (May 1977).
Dissertation: The Politics
of Philosophy: The Origin and Development of Plato's Political
Theory. Defended March 25, 1977, with a unanimous vote of
Distinction.
Academic Employment
University of Virginia,
Department of Politics, Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor,
2002- present.
University of Virginia,
Department of Politics (until Jan. 25, 2002, Department of Government
and Foreign Affairs). Professor: 1994 - 2002; Associate
Professor: 1989-94; Assistant
Professor: 1983-89.
Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana, Department of Political Science. 1979-1983:
Assistant Professor.
Columbia University, Department
of Political Science. 1976-79: Preceptor, Assistant Professor,
Lecturer.
Books
Oxford Handbook of the History of Political
Philosophy. Editor. Complete mss. due
September 2009.
Aristotle. Editor. The International
Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought
(London: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2007), pp. xxvi + 445.
The Development of Plato's Political Theory, Second Edition (Oxford:
Oxford University Press,
2006): hardcover and paperback, pp. xviii, + 287.
Political Obligations (Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2005; paperback, 2008): pp. x + 266.
Winner of the 2007 David and Elaine Spitz Prize, for the best book in liberal
and/or
democratic theory published in 2005. (
The David and Elaine Spitz Prize is
awarded every year by the Conference for the Study of Political Thought.)
Perfectionism and Neutrality:
Essays in Liberal Theory. With Steven Wall, eds. (Savage,
Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2003): hardcover and
paperback, pp. vi +
290.
Jacobins and Utopians: The
Political Theory of Fundamental Moral Reform (Notre Dame:
Notre Dame University Press, 2003): hardcover and paperback, pp. xii + 200.
Democratic Procedures and
Liberal Consensus (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000:
paperback, 2004): pp. viii + 271.
The Struggle for Women's Rights. With Margaret G. Klosko, eds.
(Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999): paperback, pp. xii + 285.
History of Political Theory: An
Introduction, 2 Volumes.
Volume I: Ancient and Medieval Political Theory (Fort Worth,
Texas: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1993): paperback, pp. xix + 346 .
Volume II: Modern Political Theory (Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich,
1995): paperback, pp. xxii + 485.
The Principle of Fairness and
Political Obligation (Savage, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield
Publishers, 1992): hardcover and paperback, pp. xiii + 204.
New Edition, with a new Introduction (Savage, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield
Publishers, 2004): hardcover and paperback, pp.
xxvii + 204.
Chinese translation, forthcoming from Jiangsu People's Publishing
House.
The Development of Plato's
Political Theory (New York and London: Methuen & Co.,
1986): hardcover and paperback, pp. xix + 263.
Articles on Modern Political
Theory
"Are
Political Obligations Content Independent?" Political Theory (forthcoming).
"Cosmopolitanism, Political Obligation,
and the Welfare State," Political Theory, 37 (2009), 243-65.
"Multiple Principles of
Political Obligation," Political Theory, 32 (2004), 801-24.
"Duties to Assist Others
and Political Obligations," Politics, Philosophy, and
Economics, 3
(2004), 143-59.
"Samaritanism and
Political Obligation: A Response to Christopher Wellman's 'Liberal Theory of
Political Obligation,'" Ethics, 113 (2003), 835-40.
Reprinted in Chinese translation, in Political Obligations:
Justifying and Rejecting,
S. Mao, ed. and trans. (Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2007).
"Political Obligation and
Military Service in Three Countries, with Michael Keren and Stacy
Nyikos, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, 2 (2003), 37-62.
"The Natural Basis of
Political Obligation," Social Philosophy and Policy, 18 (2001),
93-114.
Reprinted in Natural Law and Modern Moral
Philosophy, E. Paul, F. Miller, J. Paul,
eds. (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2001).
"Political Obligation and
the United States Supreme Court," with Mark Hall, Journal of
Politics, 60 (1998), 462-80.
"Fixed Content of
Political Obligation," Political Studies, 46 (1998), 53-67.
"Political Constructivism
in Rawls's Political Liberalism," American Political Science Review,
91
(1997), 635-46.
Reprinted, in Hebrew translation, in History of Political Ideas, M.
Keren, ed. (Tel Aviv:
The Open University, 1998).
Reprinted in Liberalism: Critical Assessments,
edited by Geoff Smith, Vol. IV: The
Limits of Liberalism, (London: Routledge,
forthcoming).
"Political Obligation and
the Natural Duties of Justice," Philosophy and Public Affairs, 23
(1994), 251-
70.
Reprinted, in Chinese translation, in World
Philosophy, 2 (2003).
"Rawls's Argument from
Political Stability," Columbia Law Review, 94 (1994), 1882-97.
"Rawls's 'Political'
Philosophy and American Democracy," American Political Science Review,
87
(1993), 348-59.
"Reformist Consent and
Political Obligation," Political Studies, 39 (1991), 676-90.
"Four Arguments Against
Political Obligations From Gratitude," Public Affairs Quarterly, 5
(1991), 33-48.
"The Moral Force of
Political Obligations," American Political Science Review, 84
(1990), 1235-
1250.
"Parfit's Moral Arithmetic
and the Obligation to Obey the Law," Canadian Journal of Philosophy,
20
(1990), 191-214.
"The Obligation to
Contribute to Discretionary Public Goods," Political Studies, 38
(1990), 196-
214.
"Political Obligation and
Gratitude," Philosophy and Public Affairs, 18 (1989), 352-58.
"Presumptive Benefit,
Fairness and Political Obligation," Philosophy and Public Affairs,
16
(1987), 241-59.
Reprinted in The Duty to Obey the Law, William
Edmundson, ed. (Savage, Maryland:
Rowman and Littlefield
Publishers, 1999).
Reprinted in Chinese translation, in Political Obligations: Justifying and
Rejecting,
S. Mao, ed. and trans. (Jiangsu People's
Publishing House, 2007).
"Collective Action
Revisited" American Political Science Review, 81 (1987), 557-61 (in
"Controversy" Section).
"The Principle of Fairness
and Political Obligation," Ethics 97 (1987), 353-62.
Reprinted in Chinese translation, in Political Obligations: Justifying and
Rejecting,
S. Mao, ed. and trans. (Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2007).
"Thucydides and Hobbes'
State of Nature," with Daryl P. Rice, History of Political Thought,
6
(1985), 405-09.
Reprinted in Hobbes, Great Political Thinkers.
3 vols., John Dunn and Ian Harris, eds.
(Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997).
Reprinted in Thomas Hobbes, International Library of Essays in the
History of Political Thought.
G. Slomp, ed. (London: Ashgate,
forthcoming).
"Montesquieu's Science of
Politics," Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, 189
(1980),
153-77.
Reprinted in Charles-Louis
de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. International Library of
Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought . D. Carrithers, ed. (London:
Ashgate, forthcoming).
Articles on Plato's Political
Theory
"Knowledge and Law in Plato's Laws," Political
Studies, 56 (2008), 456-74.
"Popper's Plato: An
Assessment," Philosophy of Social Science, 26 (1996), 509-27.
"Persuasion and Moral
Reform in Plato and Aristotle," in Aristotle's Rhetoric, ed. M.
Meyer,
Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 47 (1993), 31-49.
"'Racism' in Plato's Republic,"
History of Political Thought, 12 (1991), 1-13.
Reprinted in Plato, Great Political Thinkers. 2
vols., John Dunn and Ian Harris,
eds. (Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997).
Reprinted, in Hebrew translation, in History of Political
Ideas, M. Keren, ed. (Tel-Aviv:
The Open University,
1998).
"The Nocturnal Council in
Plato's Laws," Political Studies, 36 (1988), 74-88.
Reprinted in Plato, Great Political Thinkers. 2
vols., John Dunn and Ian Harris, eds.
(Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Publishing, 1997).
"Rational Persuasion in
Plato's Political Theory," in The Politics of Fallen Man, Essays
Presented
to Herbert A. Deane, M. Goldsmith and T. Horne, eds. History of Political Thought,
7
(1986), 15-31.
"The 'Straussian'
Interpretation of Plato's Republic," History of Political
Thought, 7 (1986), 275-
93.
"Provisionality in Plato's
Ideal State," History of Political Thought, 5 (1984), 171-93.
"The Insufficiency of
Reason in Plato's Gorgias," Western Political Quarterly, 36
(1983), 579-95.
"Plato's Utopianism: The
Political Content of the Early Dialogues," Review of Politics, 45
(1983),
483-509.
"Implementing the Ideal
State," Journal of Politics, 43 (1981), 365-89.
Reprinted in Plato and Modern Law, Richard Brooks, ed. (Ashgate Publishing
Ltd.
Aldershot 2007).
Articles on Plato's Philosophy
"The 'Rule' of Reason in
Plato's Psychology," History of Philosophy Quarterly, 9 (1988),
341-56.
Reprinted in Plato, Great Political Thinkers. 2 vols., John
Dunn and Ian Harris, eds.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997.
"Plato and the Morality of
Fallacy," The American Journal of Philology, 108 (1987), 612-26.
"Socrates on Goods and
Happiness," History of Philosophy Quarterly, 4 (1987), 251-64.
"The Refutation of
Callicles in Plato's Gorgias," Greece and Rome, 31 (1984),
126-139.
"Thrasymachos Eristikos:
The Agon Logon in Republic I," Polity, 17 (1984),
5-29.
"Criteria of Fallacy and
Sophistry for Use in the Analysis of Platonic Dialogues," Classical
Quarterly,
N.S. 33 (1983), 363-74.
"Dęmotikę Aretę in
the Republic," History of Political Thought, 3 (1982),
363-81.
"The Technical Conception
of Virtue," Journal of the History of Philosophy, 19 (1981),
95-102.
"On the Analysis of Protagoras
351B-36OE," Phoenix, 34 (1980), 307-22.
"Toward a Consistent
Interpretation of the Protagoras," Archiv fur Geschichte
der Philosophie,
61 (1979), 125-42.
Book Chapters and Contributions
"Plato's
Political Theory," Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, F. D’Agostino
and G. Gaus, eds.
(forthcoming).
The
Moral Obligation to Obey the Law," Routledge
Companion to Philosophy of Law, A. Marmor,
ed. (forthcoming).
Articles on the following
subjects, in the International Encyclopedia of Political Science (all
forthcoming): "Aristotle"; "Consent of the Governed";
"Fairness"; "Greek Democracy,
Classical"; "Greek Political Thought, Ancient";
"Montesquieu, Charles-Louis";
"Plato"; "Political Obligation"; "Polybius";
"Socrates"; "Social Contract"; "State of
Nature"; "Thucydides."
"Political Obligation," in Oxford
Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy. G. Klosko, ed.
(forthcoming).
“Rawls's Public Reason and American Society,” Reflections
on Rawls: An Assessment of his
Legacy. S. Young, ed. Aldershot: Ashgate,
2008, pp. 23-43.
"Liberal
Toleration, Recognition, and Same-Sex Marriage: A Response to Richard Dees and
Elisabetta
Galeotti," in Toleration on Trial,
"John Simmons on Political
Obligation," APA Newsletter on Philosophy & Law, 7 (Fall 2007).
"Legitimacy,
Authority, and Political Obligation," in Legitimacy in an Age of Global
Politics, A.
Hurrelmann, S. Schneider,
and J. Steffek, eds. (London: Palgrave, 2007), pp. 57-74.
"Politics and Method in Plato's Political
Theory," in Ernest Barker and Classical Greek Political
Thought, Polis, Special issue, Julia Stapleton, ed., 23 (2006), 328-49.
"State of Nature," in New Dictionary of the History
of Ideas. 6 vols. M. C. Horowitz, ed. New York:
Scribner's, 2005.
"An Empirical Approach to Political Liberalism," in Political
Liberalism: Variations on a
Theme, Shaun Young, ed. (Albany: State University of New York Press,
2004).
"Reasonable Rejection and Neutrality of Justification,"
in Perfectionism and Neutrality:
Essays in Liberal Theory, G. Klosko and S. Wall, eds. (Savage, Maryland: Rowman
and Littlefield Publishers, 2003).
"Political Obligation," in Reader's Guide to the
Social Sciences, Jonathan Michie, ed.
London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001.
"Misshelligkeit und Einhelligkeit der Politik mit der
Moral: Der moralische Gehalt des
"Politischen Liberalismus." ("Disagreement and Harmony Between Morals and
Politics: The Moral Content of 'Political Liberalism,'" German translation
by Manuel Frohlich). In Republik und Weltburgerrecht, K. Dicke and K.
Kodalle, eds.
(Weimar: Bohlau Verlag, 1998), 63-90.
"Fairness," in The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary
of Business Ethics, P. Werhane and
R. E. Freeman, eds. (Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell Publishers), 1997, 272-3.
"Reflective Equilibrium and the Right to Free Speech," Human
Rights: A Cross Disciplinary
Symposium, E. Elstun, ed. Proceedings of the Virginia Humanities
Conference,
March 30-31, 1990, 35-42.
Book Reviews (Selected)
Review of Steven J. Wulff, A Philosophical Theory of Citizenship:
Obligation, Authority, and
Membership,
Perspectives on Politics, 7 (2009), 184-85.
Review of David Lewis Schaeffer. Illiberal Justice: John Rawls
vs. the American Political Tradition,
Journal of Politics (forthcoming).
Review of Josiah Ober, Athenian Legacies, Perspectives
on Politics, 4 (2006), 572-73.
Review of Patrick Deneen, Democratic Faith, Review of
Politics, 68 (2006).
"Democracy and Liberty: Extending the Paradigm." Review
of H. Richardson, Democratic
Autonomy; I. Shapiro, The State of Democratic Theory; C. Kukathas, The
Democratic
Archipelago; R. Goodin, Reflective Democracy. Review of Politics, 67
(2005), 135-52.
Review of N. White, Individual
and Conflict in Greek Ethics. Polis, 21 (2004), 171-76.
Review of B. Koziak, Retrieving
Political Emotion. American Political Science Review, 95 (2001),
721-2.
Review of R. C. Bartlet and S.
D. Collins, eds. Action and Contemplation: Studies in the Moral
and Political Thought of Aristotle. American Political Science Review, 94 (2000), 163.
Review of W. Edmundson,
Three Anarchical Fallacies, Review of Politics, 61 (1999), 536-38.
Review of G. Gaus, Justificatory
Liberalism, Journal of Politics, 59 (1997), 611-13.
"Liberalism and
Pluralism." Review of S. Holmes, Passions and Constraint; J.
Hunter, Before the
Shooting Begins; J. Hunter, Culture Wars; D. Johnston, The Idea of a
Liberal Theory,
Social Theory and Practice, 22 (1996), 251-68.
Review of Arlene Saxonhouse, Fear
of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek
Thought. Journal of Politics, 56 (1994), 546-8.
"Feature Review" of
William Galston, Liberal Purposes. With Lawrence Becker, Journal of
Politics,
54 (1992), 1173-78.
Review of David Schmidtz, The
Limits of Government. Political Theory, 20 (1992), 164-67.
Review of Stephen Salkever, Finding
the Mean. Journal of Politics, 53 (1991), 575-78
Review of I.F. Stone, The
Trial of Socrates, American Political Science Review, 83 (1989), 279-80.
Review of Richard Kraut, Socrates
and the State, Review of Politics, 46 (1984), 619-22.
Review of R.F. Stalley, An
Introduction to Plato's Laws, American Political Science Review,
78 (1984), 885-86.
Review of Robert W. Hall,
Plato, American Political Science Review, 77 (1983), 832-33.
Editorial Boards
Polis
International Encyclopedia of
Political Science (Editorial Advisory Board)
American Political Science
Review (2001-07).
Academic Honors and Awards
Endowed Chair: Henry L. and
Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Politics, 2002.
Winner of the 2007 David and
Elaine Spitz Prize, for Political Obligations, for the best book in
liberal
and/or
democratic theory published in 2005. (The David and Elaine Spitz Prize is awarded
every year by the Conference
for the Study of Political Thought, for a book published two years
earlier.)
Invited to give Frank M. Covey,
Jr., Lectures in Political Analysis, Loyola University of Chicago, Spring
2001.
National Coordinator,
Foundations of Political Theory, Organized Section of American Political
Science
Association, 1996-98.
National Endowment for
Humanities, Summer Stipend, 1990.
University of Virginia,
Sesquicentennial Grants, 1987-88, 1993-94, 1999-2000
University of Virginia, Summer
Grants: 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000,
2003 (declined).
Harrison Fund Salary Bonus, one
of 74 awarded to University faculty members, "selections based
entirely on merit," 1996.
Purdue University Summer
Faculty XL Grants: 1980, 1982
Dissertation defended with
Unanimous Vote of Distinction: March 1977.
Columbia University Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences Traveling Fellowship, to spend period
from August 1975 to July 1976 abroad, working on dissertation in Oxford,
England.
Professional Service
Editorial Board, Polis, Journal of the Society for Greek
Political Thought.
Editorial Advisory Board of International Encyclopedia of
Political Science.
Editorial Board, American Political Science Review (2001-07).
Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, Central
European University,
Budapest, Hungary, September - November, 2005; September - November, 2008.
National Coordinator,
Foundations of Political Theory, Organized Section of American
Political Science Association, 1996-98.
Foundations of Political
Theory, Newsletter Editor, 1998 - 2008.
Foundations of Political
Theory, Placement Newsletter Editor, 2008 - present.
Program Chair, Political
Theory, Southern Political Science Association, 1993.
Foundations of Political
Theory, Council, 1991-94.
Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars, Applications Evaluator, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
1996, 1997, 1998.
Outside Examiner for Phd
Dissertation Defense, Serhiy Pukas, "On Klosko's Account of Political
Obligation," Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, May 6, 2005.
Visiting Review Committee,
Loyola University of Chicago, February 1992.
Co-Chair and Co-founder,
Virginia Chapter of Conference for the Study of Political Thought.
Foundations of Political
Theory, Book Award Committee, 1991.
Departmental and University
Service (Selected)
University Promotion and Tenure
Committee, 2007-08.
Arts and Sciences Promotion and
Tenure Committee, 2005-06, 2006-07.
Department Graduate Advisor,
1994-1998: Chair of Graduate Committee; Chair of
Admissions and Financial Aid Committee.
Chair: Committee to Evaluate
and Reform Graduate Program Rules and Requirements, 1994-95.
Chair: Search Committees:
1991-92, 1992-93, 1997-98, 2001-02 (hired Joshua Dienstag,
Debra Morris, Colin Bird, Stephen White); member, Search Committee, 2006-07.
Chair, Promotion and Tenure
Sub-Committees: 1991-92; 1997-98, 2003-04.
Member, Promotion and Tenure Sub-Committees: 1993-94 (two sub-committees),
1995-96,
1997-98, 2001-02.
Chair, Renewal Sub-Committees:
1994-95; 1995-96, 2000-01.
Member, Renewal Sub-Committee: 1993-94, 2003-04.
Member, Political and Social
Thought Program Evaluation Committee, 2006.
Political and Social Thought
Program Steering Committee, 1983 - present.
Political Philosophy, Policy,
and Law, Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Major, Organizing Committee,
1998 - present.
Chair, Internal Review
Committee, for Department of Anthropology, 1998.
Head, Departmental
Distinguished Majors Program, 1988-1994.
Departmental Honors Program,
member: 1991 - present.
Referee Articles For (at least
once):
American
Journal of Political Science; American Philosophical Quarterly; American
Political Science Review; Ancient Philosophy;
Australasian
Journal of Philosophy; Canadian Journal
of Political Science; Contemporary Political Theory; Critical Review; Ethical
Theory
and Moral Practice; Ethics; European Journal of Political Theory; History of
Political Thought; Inquiry; Journal of the History
of
Philosophy; Journal of Politics; Journal of Social Philosophy; Law and
Philosophy; National Political Science Review;
Philosophers'
Imprint,
Philosophical Quarterly; Philosophy of Social Science; Political Research
Quarterly (Western Political Quarterly); Policy Studies
Journal;
Political Theory; Polity; Politics, Philosophy,
and Economics (PPE); Review of International Studies; Review of
Politics; Social
Theory
and Practice; Southern Journal of Philosophy; Theoria.
Referee Manuscripts For (at
least once):
Macmillan & Co.; M. E.
Sharpe; Methuen & Co.; Oxford University Press; Penguin Books; Penn
State Press; Routledge &
Kegan Paul; Sage; University of California Press; University of Missouri
Press.
Professional Associations
American Political Science
Association; Southern Political Science Association; Foundations of Political
Theory Group; International Political Science Association Society for Greek
Political Thought; Conference for the Study of Political Thought;
American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Presentations (Selected)
"Cosmopolitanism,
Political Obligation, and the Welfare State," Brown University, October
11, 2007.
“Rawls's Public Reason and American Society,”
Conference: Reflections on Rawls: An Assessment
of his Legacy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, August 18, 2007.
"Cosmopolitanism, Cooperation, and the Welfare State,"
Columbia University, March 22, 2007.
Discussant: Symposium on "The Chickenhawk Argument,"
American Philosophical Association,
Western Division, Portland, Oregon, March 25, 2006.
"Fairness Obligations and Multiple Principles," Murphy
Institute of Political Economy, Lexington,
Virginia, January 27, 2006.
"Fairness Obligations and Multiple Principles,"
Conference: Reconsidering Legitimacy:
Empirical and Theoretical Explorations of a Contested Concept, Bremen Germany,
November 25, 2005.
"Fairness and Political
Obligation," Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, May 6, 2005.
"The Politics of
Utopia," Conference: Must Political Theory Be Utopian?, Texas A & M
University,
College Station, Texas, February 27, 2005.
"Empirical and Normative
in Political Obligation," Conference on Political Philosophy and Empirical
Research, University College London, London, May 28, 2004.
"Multiple Principle of
Political Obligation," College of William and Mary, Williamsburg,
Virginia, March
14, 2003.
"Political Obligation: The
Empirical Dimension," George Washington University, Washington, D.C.,
October 19, 2001.
"Political Obligation: The
Empirical Dimension," with David Klein. American Political Science
Association, August 30, 2001, San Francisco, California.
Discussant: "Toleration
and Identity Conflict Conference," George Washington University,
Washington,
D.C., March 23-24, 2001.
"Jacobinism and
Utopianism": Frank M. Covey, Jr., Lectures in Political Analysis, Loyola
University of
Chicago, March 12-16, 2001.
"Liberal Consensus,"
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, February 23, 2001.
"Liberal Consensus,"
University of Colorado, Boulder, September 22, 2000.
Chair and Participant,
Roundtable on "Liberal Neutrality," American Political Science
Association,
September 2, 2000, Washington, D.C.
Natural Basis for Political
Obligation," Conference on Natural Law and Modern Moral Philosophy,
Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green, Ohio, October 8, 1999.
"Rawls's Political
Liberalism," Catholic University, November 16, 1998.
"An Empirical Approach to
Political Liberalism," American Political Science Association, September
5,
1998.
"An Empirical Approach to
Political Liberalism," Conference on Comprehensive and Political
Liberalism,
University of London, May 29, 1998.
"The Problem of Values in
Montesquieu's Social Science," University of Calgary, September 26, 1997.
Chair and Participant,
Roundtable on "Political Liberalism," American Political Science
Association,
August 29, 1997, Washington, D.C.
"Disagreement and Harmony
Between Morals and Politics: The Moral Content of 'Political Liberalism,'"
Conference on The Foundation of Peace and Democracy: Kant and the Republican
Tradition of
Political Order, May 23, 1996, Jena, Germany
Participant: Roundtable on
Political Obligation, North American Society for Social Philosophy,
December 28, 1992, Washington, D.C.
Chair and Participant,
Roundtable: "Gregory Vlastos and Plato's Socrates," American
Political Science
Association Meeting, September 3, 1992, Chicago, Illinois.
"The Problem of Values in
Montesquieu's Social Science," Conference on Montesquieu and the Birth of
the American Constitution, presented by The Committee on Montesquieu and the
American
Constitution, San Marino, California, February 21, 1989.
"What Socrates Says, and
Does Not Say," Conference on Methodological Approaches to Plato and His
Dialogues, April 22, 1988, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Foreign Languages: French;
Greek (Attic); German
Teaching
Courses Taught at Virginia
Graduate:
Problems in Contemporary Political Philosophy
(Political
Obligation, Liberal Political Theory)
Political Inquiry (Philosophy of Social Sciences)
Introduction
to Political Theory
Marxist Theories
Plato and Aristotle
Seminar: Rawls and Critics
Seminar: Political Obligation
Seminar in Classical Political Theory
Seminar on The Emergence of the Modern State, with Prof. Dante L. Germino
Dissertation Seminar
Undergraduate:
Introduction to Political Theory
Marxism and Its Critics
The Duty to Obey the Law
Liberalism and Its Critics
Morality, Law, and the State
Interdisciplinary Seminar on the Foundations of Modern Political Thought
Modern Political Theory
Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
Courses Taught at Purdue
(1979-83)
Graduate:
Scope and Empirical Theories
Undergraduate:
Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
Modern Political Theory
Marxism and Its Critics
Courses Taught at Columbia
(1976-79)
Graduate:
Marxism and Its Critics
Undergraduate:
Marxism and Its Critics
Revolution and the Uses of Power
Human Nature and Politics
Contemporary Civilization (two semesters)
Colloquium on the History of Political Thought: Ancient and Medieval
Political Theory, with Prof. Herbert A.
Deane