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Overview

  • Paul concentrates his research in ethical theory, deontic logic, and the philosophy of moral language. He is best known for his work in deontic logic—having authored (or co-authored) book-length overviews of deontic logic (in the _Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy_, in the _Handbook of the History of Logic, vol. 7: Logic and the Modalities in the Twentieth Century_, and in the _Handbook of Deontic Logic and Normative Systems, Vol 1_) and, in particular, for a number of formal articles where he identifies logical schemes that make room for supererogation and other concepts of common sense morality, as well as informal ethical theory articles on the same topic. Some of his work and that of others in this area is summarized in his entry “Logics for Supererogation and Allied Normative Concepts” in the _Handbook of Deontic Logic and Normative Systems, Vol.2_. He was a fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, oversees the Northern New England Philosophical Association, and serves on the steering committees for the DEON conference series, and for the newer Formal Ethics conference series.
  • Teaching Activities

  • AIs, Robots, and People Taught course
  • Beginning Logic Taught course
  • Beginning Logic Taught course
  • Ethics Taught course
  • Tutorial Reading Taught course
  • AIs, Robots, and People Taught course 2022
  • Happiness and Well-Being Taught course 2022
  • Tutorial Reading Taught course 2022
  • Beginning Logic Taught course 2021
  • Topics in Value Theory Taught course 2021
  • Tutorial Reading Taught course 2021
  • AIs, Robots, and People Taught course 2021
  • Ethics Taught course 2021
  • Beginning Logic Taught course 2020
  • Happiness and Well-Being Taught course 2020
  • Tutorial Reading Taught course 2020
  • AIs, Robots, and People Taught course 2020
  • Happiness and Well-Being Taught course 2020
  • Tutorial Reading Taught course 2020
  • Beginning Logic Taught course 2019
  • Honors/Intro to Philosophy Taught course 2019
  • Tutorial Reading Taught course 2019
  • AIs, Robots, and People Taught course 2019
  • Introduction to Philosophy Taught course 2019
  • Tutorial Reading/Logic Tutor Taught course 2019
  • Beginning Logic Taught course 2018
  • Philosophy Through Fiction Taught course 2018
  • Tutorial Reading Taught course 2018
  • AIs, Robots, and People Taught course 2018
  • Ethics Taught course 2018
  • Beginning Logic Taught course 2017
  • Happiness and Well-Being Taught course 2017
  • Ethics Taught course 2017
  • Philosophy Through Fiction Taught course 2017
  • Top/Topics in Value Theory Taught course 2016
  • Happiness and Well-Being Taught course 2015
  • Happiness and Well-Being Taught course 2015
  • Computer Power & Human Reason Taught course 2014
  • General Intro to Philosophy Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

    Full Name

  • Paul McNamara