Biography:Michael Huemer
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| Born | December 27, 1969 |
| Education | B.A., University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., Rutgers University |
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| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy
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| Institutions | University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Notable ideas | Phenomenal conservatism |
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| Website | https://www.owl232.net/ |
Michael Huemer (/ˈhjuːmər/; born 27 December 1969) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder.[1] He has defended ethical intuitionism, direct realism, libertarianism, veganism, and philosophical anarchism.
Education and career
Huemer graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and earned his Ph.D. at Rutgers University in 1998 under the supervision of Peter D. Klein.[2]
Philosophical work
Huemer's book Ethical Intuitionism (2005) was reviewed in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews,[3] Philosophy and Phenomenological Research[4] and Mind.[5]
Huemer is the author of The Problem of Political Authority (2013) which argues that the modern arguments for political authority fail and that society can function properly without state coercion. In a review, philosopher Aeon J. Skoble stated that Huemer "joins the ranks of twenty-first-century philosophical defenders of an anarchist position that is rooted in a conception of the efficacy of voluntary and competitive institutions."[6]
Veganism
Huemer is an advocate of ethical vegetarianism (veganism). In 2016, Huemer debated Bryan Caplan on the ethical treatment of animals, including insects.[7] In 2018, Huemer commented "In the overwhelming majority of actual cases, meat eaters do not have any reasons that could plausibly be claimed to justify the pain and suffering caused by their practice."[8]
His Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism (2019) is a series of dialogues on the ethics of eating meat. Peter Singer who wrote the foreword to book commented that "In the future, when people ask me why I don’t eat meat, I will tell them to read this book.”[9][10]
Books
Authored
- Skepticism and the Veil of Perception (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001)
- Ethical Intuitionism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
- The Problem of Political Authority (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
- Approaching Infinity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
- Paradox Lost (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
- Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism (Routledge, 2019)
- Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy (Independently published, 2021)
- Justice Before the Law (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)
Edited
- Epistemology: Contemporary Readings (Routledge, 2002)
References
- ↑ "Michael Huemer". 24 March 2015. https://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/michael-huemer.
- ↑ "Curriculum Vitae". http://www.owl232.net/cv.htm.
- ↑ McNaughton, David (10 September 2006). "Michael Huemer: Ethical Intuitionism". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617. http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/25112/?id=7604.
- ↑ Schroeder, Mark (2009). "Review: Huemer's Clarkeanism: Ethical Intuitionism by Michael Huemer". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 78 (1): 197–204. doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2008.00239.x.
- ↑ Lemos, Noah (2008). "Review: Michael Huemer: Ethical Intuitionism". Mind 117 (466): 483–486. doi:10.1093/mind/fzn063. ISSN 0026-4423.
- ↑ Skoble, Aeon J. (2014). "Reviewed Work: The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey by Michael Huemer". The Independent Review 19 (1): 144–147.
- ↑ "Do animals have rights? Professors Bryan Caplan and Michael Huemer discuss". Learnliberty.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Debate: Libertarians Should Be Vegetarians". Reason.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Interview with Michael Huemer, the author of ”Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism". Animainternational.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism". Routledge.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
Further reading
- McGrew, Timothy (12 May 2002). "Michael Huemer: Skepticism and the Veil of Perception". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617. http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/23238/?id=1166.
- Seddon, Fred (2007). "Review: Recent Writings on Ethics: Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics by Tara Smith". The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 8 (2): 271–284. doi:10.5325/jaynrandstud.8.2.0271.
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