Whitley R.P. Kaufman

Expertise
Ethics (Theoretical and Applied), Philosophy of Law, Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Research Interests
Ethics; Law and ethics of war, self-defense, and punishment; Philosophy of religion.

Just War theory; Law and ethics of personal self-defense and also self-defense as justification for war; Moral justifications for punishment; Evolutionary theories of ethics; Relationship between science and religion.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Philosophy, UMass Lowell

Education

  • 1998 
    Georgetown University, Ph.D. in Philosophy

Contact Whitley for

  • General
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  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
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  • Research supervision