about me                        

I work in the Philosophy Department at UM-St. Louis, where I regularly teach courses in moral, political, and legal philosophy.  Before coming to St. Louis, I studied philosophy at Columbia (in New York City) where I taught Contemporary Civilization for three years.  Most of my research these days concerns issues in ethical theory related to requirements of rationality (especially instrumental rationality) and the concept of a reason.  I've posted links below to papers I've written.  If you can't access them, send me an email and I'll gladly send you a copy.

email: bruneroj [at] umsl [dot] edu                   C.V. (updated april '09)

 

            teaching                          

Fall 2009

     PHIL 5538:      Recent Ethical Theory

     PHIL 5533:      Topics in Philosophy of Law

Spring 2009

     PHIL 5538:     Seminar in Ethical Theory: Reasons & Rationality

Fall 2008

     PHIL 5530:    Social and Political Philosophy 

     PHIL 5533:    Topics in Philosophy of Law 


             papers                            

(Click on the paper title to link to the official version; click on "dc" for an unofficial draft copy.) 

Consequentialism and the Wrong Kind of Reasons  Utilitas (forthcoming)  dc

Against Cognitivism about Practical Rationality  Philosophical Studies (forthcoming)  dc 

The Scope of Rational Requirements  Philosophical Quarterly (forthcoming)  dc 

Reasons and Evidence One Ought  Ethics 119 (April 2009) 538-545.  dc

McDowell on External Reasons  European Journal of Philosophy 16 (April 2008) 22-42.  dc 

Are Intentions Reasons?  Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 88 (December 2007) 424-444.  dc

Instrumental Rationality and Carroll's Tortoise  Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 8 (November 2005) 557-569.  dc

Two Approaches to Instrumental Rationality & Belief Consistency  Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 1 (April 2005) 2-20. 

Korsgaard on Motivational Skepticism  Journal of Value Inquiry 38 (June 2004) 253-264.  dc 

Evolution, Altruism and Internal Reward Explanations  Philosophical Forum 33 (Winter 2002) 413-424.  dc

           upcoming talks         

"Rational Intentions: A Unified Account"    Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (Boulder, August 2009)

"Reasons and Evidence One Ought"    Pacific APA Colloquium Paper (Vancouver, April 2009)

"Consistency in Belief and Intention"   Central APA Colloquium Paper (Chicago, February 2009)