James Lenman: Curriculum Vitae
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
University of Sheffield, From September 2003, Lecturer in Philosophy
Promoted to Senior Lecturer, August, 2004
Promoted to Professor, January 2007
University of Glasgow, From August 1997, Lecturer in Philosophy.
Promoted to Senior Lecturer, August 2003.
Lancaster University, September 1994- July 1997, Lecturer in Philosophy
St Andrews University, 1993-1994, Graduate Teaching Assistant in Moral Philosophy
AWARDS and DISTINCTIONS
2009: Competitively awarded grant from the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council Research Networks and Workshops Scheme. (Jointly held with Yonatan Shemmer) (Value, £25,062)
2006-2007: Competitively awarded grant from the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council Research Leave Scheme. (Value £25,990)
2002: Elected President: British Society for Ethical Theory. Re-elected 2005.
2002-2003: Faculty Fellowship at the Harvard University Center for Ethics and the Professions.
1999-2000: Competitively awarded grant from the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Board Research Leave Scheme.
1990: Sir Henry Jones Memorial Prize for Moral Philosophy at St Andrews University.
1987 – 1990: Competitively awarded Scottish Education Department Major Scottish Studentship.
EDUCATION
HIGHER
PhD, University of St Andrews, Department of Moral Philosophy, 1995 (submitted 1994) Supervisor: Professor John Haldane. Examiners: Professors John Skorupski and Michael Smith
Thesis: Realism and Idealism in the Theory of Value.
M. Phil., University of St Andrews, Department of Moral Philosophy, 1987
B. A. University of Oxford (St Catherine´s College), Honours School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 1985.
RESEARCH
PUBLISHED OR FORTHCOMING PAPERS
1. "Beliefs about Other Minds: A Pragmatic Justification" in American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 31, 1994, pp223-234.
2. "Finding Beauty" in Journal of Value Inquiry (special issue on aesthetic value), Vol. 28, 1994, pp245-256.
3. "Immortality: A Letter" in Cogito, Vol. 9, 1995, pp164-169.
Reprinted in
David Benatar (ed.): Life, Death and Meaning (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004)
4. "Belief, Desire and Motivation: An Essay in Quasi-Hydraulics" in American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 33, 1996, pp. 291-301.
5. "Michael Smith and the Daleks: Reason, Morality and Contingency" in Utilitas, Vol 11, 1999, pp. 164-177.
6. "The Externalist and the Amoralist" in Philosophia (Israel) Vol. 27., 1999, pp. 441-457.
7. "Contracting Responsibility" in Ton van den Beld (ed), Moral Responsibility and Ontology (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000), pp. 171 - 182.
8. "Preferences in their Place" in Environmental Values, Vol. 9, 2000, pp. 431-451.
9. "On Becoming Redundant or What Computers Shouldn't Do" in Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 18, 2001, pp. 1 - 11.
Reprinted in in John Weckert(ed.) Computer Ethics (Ashgate: International Library of Essays in Public and Professional Ethics, forthcoming, 2007).
10. "Consequentialism and Cluelessness" in Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol 29, 2000 (actual publication date of the issue containing this paper: Autumn, 2001), pp. 342-370.
11. "On the Alleged Shallowness of Compatibilism: A Critical Study of Saul Smilansky: Free Will and Illusion" in Iyyun Vol. 51, 2002, pp. 63-79.
12. "On Becoming Extinct" in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 83, 2002, pp. 253-269.
Reprinted in
David Benatar (ed.): Life, Death and Meaning (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004)
and:
Hon-Lam Li and Anthony Kwok-wing Yeung (eds.): Animal Rights, Personhood and the Ethics of Killing (Palgrave MacMillan, f'coming)
13. "Noncognitivism and the Dimensions of Evaluative Judgement: A Review of Michael Smith: "Evaluation, Uncertainty and Motivation"" in BEARS (Brown Electronic Article Review Service), World Wide Web, (http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/bears/homepage.html). Posted January 15th 2003 as part of a symposium with Smith and others.
14. "Disciplined Syntacticism and Moral Expressivism" in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 2003.
15. "Moral Deviants and Amoral Saints: A Dilemma for Moral Externalism" in Southern Journal of Philosophy Vol. 61, 2003, pp. 223-240.
16. "Noncognitivism and Wishfulness" in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Vol. 6, 2003, pp. 265-274
17. "Utilitarianism and Obviousness" in Utilitas 16, 2004, pp. 322-325.
18. "How to Live, What to Do: A Critical Study of Allan Gibbard: Thinking How to Live" in Journal of Moral Philosophy 3, 2006.
19. "Moral Naturalism" in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
20. "Compatibilism and Contractualism: THe Possibility of Moral Responsibility" in Ethics
117, 2006, pp. 7-31
21. "The Saucer of Mud, The Kudzu Vine and the Uxorious Cheetah: Against Neo-Aristotelian Naturalism in Metaethics" in The European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 1, 2005 (actual date of publication 2006), pp. 37-50.
22. "What is Moral Inquiry?" in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume 81, 2007, pp. 63-81.
23. "Why I Have No Plans to Retire: In Defence of Moderate Professional Complacency" in Ratio 20, 2007, pp. 241-246.
24. "Contractualism and Risk Imposition", Politics, Philosophy and Economics 7, 2008, pp. 99-122.
25: "Against Moral Fictionalism", Philosophical Books 49, 2008, pp. 23-32.
26. "Actions, Motives and Causes: A Critical Study of Alfred R. Mele: Motivation and Agency", Philosophical Quarterly 58, 2008, pp. 53-62.
27. "The Politics of the Self" forthcoming in Lisa Bortolotti (ed.): Philosophy and Happiness (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008).
28. "Naturalism Without Tears", forthcoming in Ratio.
SHORT BOOK REVIEWS
29. Kurt Baier: The Rational and the Moral Order and J. B. Schneewind (ed.): Reason, Ethics and Society in Philosophical Books, Vol. 38, 1997
30 Michael Smith: The Moral Problem in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 1, 1998
31. Christine Korsgaard: Creating the Kingdom of Ends in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 1, 1998.
32. Marcel S. Lieberman: Commitment, Value and Moral Realism in Mind 109, 2000
33. Tae-Chang Kim and Ross Harrison (eds.): Self and Future Generations in Philosophical Books 43, 2002.
34. Brad Hooker: Ideal Code, Real World in Philosophical Books 44, 2003.
35. Jeanette Kennett: Agency and Responsibility in Utilitas 15, 2003.
36. Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons (eds.): Metaethics After Moore in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Posted 20th March 2007.
37. G. F. Schueler: Reasons and Purposes in Mind 116, 2007, pp 776-778.
38. Terence Cuneo: The Normative Web in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Posted 23rd June 2008.
GUEST EDITORSHIP OF JOURNAL
39. I was responsible for selecting the papers for a special issue of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice – Volume 5, issue 3, September 2002 - comprising selected papers (authors: George Harris, Devin Henry, Elinor Mason, Michael Smith, Julie Tannenbaum and Valerie Tiberius) from the 2001 British Society of Ethical Theory Conference at Glasgow.
INTERNET RESOURCES
40. Metaética: Notas de aulas de James Lenman
In Trolei 1, 2003
(Translated into Portuguese from my lecture notes by Pedro Galvao)
41. A Bibliography of Metaethics
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. "Desire, Belief and Motivation", Lancaster philosophy department staff-student seminar, 1994-5 session.
2. "The Contingent and the Contemptible", Lancaster philosophy department staff-student seminar, 1995-6 session.
3. "In Defence of Preferences" was read to a Lancaster-Zürich joint research group seminar meeting, "Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis: Deliberation, Judgement and Public Policy", Charlotte Mason College, Ambleside,15th February, 1996.
4. "The Externalist and the Amoralist" was read to a meeting of the same joint research group at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, 14th June, 1996.
5. "The Contingent and the Contemptible" was given at the inaugural conference of the British Society for Ethical Theory, University of Keele, 28th March, 1996.
6. "Contracting Responsibility" was read to the Glasgow University Philosophy Senior Seminar, 16th December 1997.
7. "On Being Jubblesome, Expressivism, Naturalism and the Absence of Knowledge Argument" was read to the first Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (on realism) at the University of Idaho and Washington State University, U. S. A., 3rd-5th April, 1998.
8. "Contracting Responsibility" was read at a conference on "Moral Responsibility and Ontology" at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 4th-7th June 1998.
9. "Who´s Afraid of the Frege-Geach Problem?" was read to a meeting of the Leeds University Philosophy Senior Seminar, 3rd December, 1998.
10. Invited participant at Workshop at Ambleside on Ethics and Environmental Valuation funded by DG XII of the E.C., Environment and Climate RTD Programme, 23rd-25th April 1999.
11. "On Becoming Extinct" was read to the Senior Seminar of the Bolton Institute Philosophy Department, 21st May, 1999.
12. "On Becoming Extinct" was read on 28th December 1999 to a plenary session of the International Conference on Bioethics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 28th-30th December 1999.
13. "Autonomy and Responsibility" was read to the Philosophy Departments of the University of St Andrews, 16th February 2000.
14. "Contractualism, Utilitarianism and Risk-Imposition" was read on 26th March, 2000 to the International Society for Utilitarian Studies Utilitarianism 2000 Conference hosted by Wake Forest University, North Carolina, 24th-26th March, 2000.
15. "Consequentialism and Cluelessness" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Dundee, 18th October 2000
16. "Consequentialism and Cluelessness" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Haifa, Israel, 18th December, 2000.
17. "Consequentialism and Cluelessness" was read to the Philosophy Department of Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 19th December, 2000.
18. "Gambling with Responsibility" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Tel-Aviv, Israel, 20th December, 2000
19. "Contractualism and Responsibility" was read to the Philosophy Department (Stapledon Society) of Liverpool University, 12th March 2000.
20. Contractualism and Responsibility" was read to the Philosophy Department, University of Birmingham, 26th March, 2001.
21. "Contractualism and Responsibility" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Edinburgh, 27th April, 2001.
22. "Utilitarianiam, Contractualism and Risk-Imposition" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Stirling, 29th November, 2001
23. "Imposing Risks" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Reading, 12th February, 2002.
24. "Contractualism and Risk-Imposition: Some Thoughts" was read to Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, 6th February, 2003.
25. "Contractualism and Risk Imposition: Some Thoughts" read and discussed with Harvard Ethics and the Professions Seminar, 18th February, 2003.
26. "Anscombe´s Saucer: Desires and Desirability Characteristics" read at the Moral Philosophy Seminar, University of Oxford, 10th November, 2003.
27. "On Goodness" was read to the Philosophy Department, University of York, 4th December 2003.
28. I was an invited plenary speaker at a conference on virtue ethics, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 3rd-5th, 2004 where I was to read a paper "Some Remarks on Neo-Aristotelian Naturalism" but was unable to attend due to illness.
29. "Humean Constructivism in Moral Theory" was read to a conference, "Reasonable Questioning", on the work of T. M. Scanlon, University of London, June 4th-5th, 2004 at which I was an invited planary speaker.
30. "Some Remarks on Neo-Aristotelian Naturalism" was read to the Philosophy Department at the university of Leeds, October 28th, 2004.
31. "Some Remarks on Neo-Aristotelian Naturalism" was read to the Philosophy Department at Essex University, 11th November 2004.
32. "Humean Constructivism" was read to the Moral Sciences Club, University of Cambridge, January 25th 2005.
33. "What is Moral Inquiry?" was read to a workshop on The Metaphysics of Value held at Leeds on 14th May 2005.
34. "What is Moral Inquiry?" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Birmingham, 30th January, 2006.
35. "Humean Constructivism in Moral Theory" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Nottingham, 8th Febuary, 2006.
36. "Some Ways of Being Bleak: Parfit on Reasons and Desires" was read to a conference, "Parfit Meets Critics", University of Reading, 2nd - 3rd November 2006, at which I was an invited plenary speaker.
37. "What is Moral Inquiry?" was read to the Philosophy Department of the University of Sheffield, 8th December 2006.
TEACHING AND SERVICE
(1) SHEFFIELD
TEACHING
PHI344: METAETHICS (3rd Year undergraduate), 2003-2006
PHI217: PLATO (2nd year undergraduate), 2003-2006
PHI219: ETHICS (2nd year, undergraduate), 2004-2006
SERVICE
Director of Graduate Amissions, 2003-2005
Library, 2005, Autumn Semester
(2) GLASGOW
TEACHING
Moral and Political Theory (Honours Core)(1997-8, 1998-9, 2000-2001, 2001-2002)
Component on metaethics
Moral and Political Texts (Honours Core)(2001-2002)
Component on Hume
Philosophy of Mind (Honours Core)(1997-8, 2000-2001, 2001-2002))
Component on mind, action and mental causation.
1A: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy (1st year)(1998-9 and 2000-2001)
Component on various topics in ethics, 1998-1999.
Component on Mill's Utilitarianism, 2000-2001.
2K: Knowledge, Meaning and Inference (2ned Year)(2000-2001, 2001-2002).
Component on Plato's Theaetetus
Plus tutoring and examing on other courses and course components.
SERVICE
Co-organizer, Glasgow meetings of the Scots Philosophy Club in December 1997 and December 2000.
Organizer, Glasgow conference of the British Society for Ethical Theory in 2001.
1997 - 2002, Elected member of the Departmental Research Committee.
2000-2002, Member, Undergraduate Studies Committees of the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences from 2000 - 2002
1998 -2001, Honours convenor for dissertations (interrupted 1999-2000 during receipt of AHRB award).
1999 – 2002, Philosoiphy Department Senior Seminars (interrupted 1999-2000 during receipt of AHRB award).
2001 – 2002, Convenor of Philosophy 2M, the Higher Ordinary Moral Philosophy module.
2001 – 2002, member of the Department's Curriculum (Teaching) Committee.
(3) LANCASTER
TEACHING
Knowledge, Mind and Language (2nd/3rd year) (1994-5): Component on Philosophy of Language
Current Issues in Ethics (3rd year)(1994-5, 1995-6 and 1996-7)
Logic (2nd/3rd year) (1995-6)
Political Ideas (3rd year) (1996-7): Component on Rawls
Knowledge, Mind and Language (2nd/3rd year) (1994-5)
Component on Philosophy of Language
Current Issues in Ethics (3rd year)(1994-5, 1995-6 and 1996-7)
Logic (2nd/3rd year) (1995-6)
Political Ideas (3rd year) (1996-7)
Component on Rawls
SERVICE
1996-1997, Member, Teaching Committee of the Humanities Faculty Board.
EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
External examining for: University of Manchester (PhD thesis, 2000);
University of Birmingham (M. Phil. (B) thesis, 2000);
University College, London (M. Phil thesis, 2001);
University of Leeds (PhD thesis, 2006)
University of Reading (PhD thesis, 2008)
University of Adelaide (PhD thesis, 2008)
Referee for:
The Australasian Journal of Philosophy (1998, 2001, 2005)
The Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2004, 2006)
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008)
Environmental Values (1996, 2000, 2004)
The Encyclopaedia of Applied Ethics (1997)
Ethics (1998, 2001, 2003)
European Journal of Philosophy (2003, 2005, 2006, 2008)
Journal of Applied Philosophy (2006)
Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (2007)
Journal of Moral Philosophy (2003)
Journal of Philosophical Research (2006)
Philosophers´ Imprint (2004, 2008)
Philosophical Explorations (1999)
Philosophical Studies (2001, 2006, 2007)
Philosophical Quarterly (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Social Theory and Practice (2006)
Utilitas (2004)
(all the above listed journal/encyclopaedia articles primarily on metaethics)
Edinburgh University Press (1999)(book proposal, metaethics)
Oxford University Press (2001, book proposal, normative ethics))
Oxford University Press (2002, book typescript, metaethics)
Oxford University Press (2003, book proposal, ethics)
Oxford University Press (2005, book proposal, metaethics)
Oxford University Press (2005, book typescript, ethics)
Routledge (2003, book typescript, metaethics)
Routledge (2004, book proposal, metaethics)
Routledge (2006, book proposal, metaethics)
Blackwell (2006, book typescript, ethics).
In 2000 I became a member of the Scots Philosophical Club Grants Committee. And in 2001 I became a member of the Scots Philosophical Club Centenary Fellowships Committee. I relinquished these posts in 2003 on leaving Scotland.
In March 1996, I was elected as secretary by the newly formed British Society for Ethical Theory. I was reelected in 1999.
In April 2002 I was elected President of the British Society for Ethical Theory. I was reelected in 2005.
Corresponding Editor for
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice since June 2004.
Since September 2003 I am a member of the Sheffield NHS Trust Clinical Ethics Forum.
Since 2005 I have been a member of the AHRC´s Peer Review College.
LANGUAGES
French (reading knowledge)
Ancient Greek (reading knowledge)
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