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John Rudisill

John Rudisill

Professor of Philosophy, Pre-Law Advisor

Biography

Rudisill specializes in social and political philosophy and theoretical ethics. Additional teaching interests include the philosophy of race and gender, philosophy and literature, and the history of modern philosophy. His current research focuses on the problem of political legitimacy and justification in an increasingly multicultural and globalized world and a critical analysis of various alternatives to liberalism.

Courses Taught

  • Political Philosophy
  • Ethical Theory
  • Junior Independent Study Seminar
  • Existentialism
  • Art, Love and Beauty
  • Ethics, Justice and Society

Selected Publications & Presentations

  • “” Journal of Philosophical Research, Volume 37, 2012, pp. 243-248.
  • “” Journal of Philosophical Research, Volume 37, 2012, pp. 221-232.
  • “ .” Teaching Philosophy, Volume 34, No. 3, September 2011. Winner of the 2012 . Reprinted together with commentaries (by Wendy Turgeon, Christopher Mayer, and M.J. Mulnix and Jennifer Wilson Mulnix) and my “Reply to Turgeon, Mayer, and Mulnix and Mulnix” in Philosophy Through Teaching, ed. Emily Esch, Kevin Hermberg, and Rory E. Kraft, Jr. (Charlotsville, VA. Philosophy Documentation Center, 2014).
  • “.” Discusiones Filosóficas, Volume 11, No. 17, July-December 2010.
  • “Review of John Christman’s Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction.” Teaching Philosophy, volume 27, number 2, June 2004.
  • Essays in Philosophy, Volume 5, number 1, January 2004.
  • “” Janus Head, 5.1 Spring 2002.
  • Auslegung, Volume 23, No. 2. Spring/Summer 2000.
  • “Culture as Cure…Sometimes Worse than the Disease: A Review of Geoffrey Hartman’s The Fateful Question of Culture.” Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, Volume 18, April 1999.

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