Mark Piper [email protected] 540.849.6361 (cell) 540.568.3531 (office) 540.568.8072 (fax) https://sites.google.com/site/philosophymarkpiper

James Madison University Department of Philosophy & Religion Cleveland Hall 318 MSC 8006 Harrisonburg, VA 22807

EDUCATION Ph.D. Visiting Studentship M.A. M.A. B.A. Visiting Studentship

St. Louis University, 2009, Summa Cum Laude Goethe-Universität; Frankfurt, Germany, 2006-7 St. Louis University, 2006 University of York, England, 2000 St. Louis University, 1997, Summa Cum Laude Oxford University, 1996

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION Normative ethical theory, autonomy theory AREAS OF COMPETENCE Metaethics, applied ethics ACADEMIC POSITIONS Associate Professor of Philosophy, James Madison University, 2015Assistant Professor of Philosophy, James Madison University, 2009-2015 Instructor, Lindenwood University, 2008 Graduate Research Fellow, St. Louis University, 2006-7 Danforth Endowed Chair Research Assistant (James Bohman), 2005-6, 2007-8 Instructor, Lewis & Clark Community College, 2005 Instructor, Webster University, 2003 Graduate Fellow, St. Louis University, 2003-5 Instructor, St. Louis University, 2000-3, 2004-2006, 2007-9 DISSERTATION The Normative Warrant for the Principle of Respect for Autonomy Committee:

Outside Reader:

James Bohman, Dissertation Director (St. Louis University) Marilyn Friedman (Vanderbilt University) Daniel Haybron (St. Louis University) John Christman (Pennsylvania State University)

Mark Piper, Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS BOOKS (2) Why Should I Respect Your Autonomy? (Lexington Press), forthcoming. Autonomy, Gender, and Oppression (Oxford University Press, 2014), co-edited with Andrea Veltman. ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS (22) “Adultery, Open Marriage, and Autonomy,” International Journal of Applied Philosophy, forthcoming. “Achieving Autonomy,” Social Theory and Practice 42:4 (October 2016): 767-792. “Adultery,” in James Petrik and Arthur Zucker (eds.), Philosophy of Sex and Love (Macmillian/Cengage, 2016): 217-242. “Navigating Subjective Theories of Well-Being,” Southwest Philosophy Review 32:1 (2016): 125-134. “Autonomy and the Demands of Love,” The International Academic Forum Journal of Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2:1 (January 2016): 41-52. “Beyond Bosnia: Ethical Reasoning in Political Deliberations about Humanitarian Intervention,” (with Pia Antolic-Piper, David McGraw and Bill Hawk) in Tim Walton (ed.), The Role of Intelligence in Ending the War in Bosnia in 1995 (Lexington Press, 2014): 15-33. “Raising Daughters: Autonomy, Feminism, and Gender Socialization,” in Andrea Veltman and Mark Piper (eds), Autonomy, Gender, and Oppression (Oxford University Press, 2014): 255-279. “Introduction,” (with Andrea Veltman) in Andrea Veltman and Mark Piper (eds), Autonomy, Gender, and Oppression (Oxford University Press, 2014): 1-11. “Autonomy and the Normativity Question: Framing Considerations,” International Journal of Philosophical Studies 21:2 (2013): 204-224. “Some Problems with Grounding Moral Respect for Persons in Autonomy,” in Vasil Gluchman (ed.), Morality: Reasoning on Different Approaches (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2013): 47-63.

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Mark Piper, Ph.D. “Autonomy and the Justification of Philosophy,” in Linda Woodward (ed.), Selections of Papers from Prometheus Trust Conferences 2006-2010 (Westbury: Prometheus Trust Press, 2013): 29-46. “Autonomous Agency and Normative Implication,” The Journal of Value Inquiry 46:3 (2012), 317-330. “The Prudential Value of Education for Autonomy,” Journal of Philosophy of Education 45:1 (February 2011): 19-35. “Kant on Why Autonomy Deserves Respect,” in Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone (eds.), Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011): 221-222. “Ethics and Well-Being,” in Richard H. Corrigan and Mary E. Farrell (eds.), Ethics: A University Guide (Gloucester: Progressive Frontiers Press, 2010): 309-335. “Hursthouse’s Virtue Ethics, the Slide into Consequentialism, and the Problem of Instrumentally Successful Vice,” Southwest Philosophy Review 26:1 (January 2010): 81-90. “On Pluralistic Virtue Ethics,” Philosophical Frontiers 5:1 (2010): 129-149. “On Respect for Personal Autonomy and the Value Instantiated in Autonomous Choice,” Southwest Philosophy Review 25:1 (2009): 189-199. “Why Theists Cannot Accept Skeptical Theism,” Sophia 47:2 (2008): 129-148. “Skeptical Theism and the Problem of Moral Aporia,” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 62:2 (2007): 65-79. “Doing Justice to Thrasymachus,” Polis 22:1 (2005): 24-44. “The Perennial Problem of Evil,” Think 4 (2003): 65-79. ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY (1) “Autonomy: Normativity,” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2010). URL: http://www.iep.utm.edu/aut-norm/. REVIEW WORK (3) “Valenta on Frankfurt’s Doctrine of Sufficiency,” Southwest Philosophy Review 30:2 (Summer 2014), 65-70.

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Mark Piper, Ph.D. A. M. Baxley, Kant’s Theory of Virtue: the Value of Autocracy, International Philosophical Quarterly 51:3 (September 2011): 412-415. T. Irwin, The Development of Ethics, chapter 79, Philosophical Forum 42:3 (Fall 2011): 322-3. WORKS IN PROGRESS Mass Audience Interactive Narrative Ethical Reasoning Instruction Self-Justification Growing Older with Satisfaction: A Dilemma For and Against Moral Conversation-Stoppers CONFERENCES AND COLLOQUIA (45) “Motivating the Decentralization of Prudential Value,” 4th Conference on Practical Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, September 2016. “Commentary on ‘Depression and the Problem of Absent Desires (by Ian Tully),” Washington University Political Theory Workshop, St. Louis, MO, March 2016. “Navigating Subjective Theories of Well-Being,” 77th Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Association, Nashville, TN, November 2015. (*read in absentia) “What is the Best Subjective Theory of Well-Being?” 3rd Conference on Practical Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, October 2015. “What is the Best Subjective Theory of Well-Being?” European Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy, Brighton, England, July 2015. “Commentary on ‘Hume on the ‘Naturalness’ of Belief in God (by Tina Baceski),” American Philosophical Association Central Division Conference, St. Louis, MO, February 2015. “Commentary on ‘Health, Harm, and Potential, (by David and Rose Hershenov)” 75th Meeting of the Virginia Philosophical Association, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, November 2014. “Autonomy and the Demands of Love,” Inaugural European Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy, Brighton, England, July 2014.

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Mark Piper, Ph.D. “Beyond Bosnia: Ethical Reasoning in Political Deliberations about Humanitarian Intervention,” (with Pia Antolic-Piper, David McGraw, and Bill Hawk) Intelligence and the Transition from War to Peace, James Madison University, March 2014. “Valenta on Frankfurt’s Doctrine of Sufficiency,” 75th Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Association, Fredricksburg, TX, November 2013. “The Madison Collaborative: Ethical Reasoning in Action: An Ethics Across the Curriculum Project at James Madison University,” (with David McGraw) 15th International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, October 2013. “Commentary on ‘Arbitrariness, Choice, and Practical Reason’ (by Patrick Fleming),” 73rd Meeting of the Virginia Philosophical Association, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, October 2012. “Autonomy, Feminism, and Gender Socialization,” McGill University workshop: ‘Relational Autonomy: Ten Years On,’ Montreal, Canada, September 2012. “The Coherence of Descartes’ Conception of God,” Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany, July 2012. “The Impossibility of Purely Content-Neutral Accounts of Autonomy,” American Philosophical Association Central Division Conference, Chicago, IL, February 2012. “Why Philosophers Should be Consulted on Moral Matters – and Why They’re Not,” Public Philosophy Network Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2011. “Navigating Subjective Theories of Well-Being,” Washington University Political Theory Workshop, St. Louis, MO, February 2011. “Autonomy and the Demands of Love,” 71st meeting of the Virginia Philosophical Association, Marymount University, Arlington, VA, October 2010. “Overcoming the Impasse on Capital Punishment: A Proposal,” 36th Conference on Value Inquiry, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, April 2010 “Autonomy and the Value of a Philosophical Education,” Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, March 2010 “Is a Theism-Friendly Moderate Skeptical Theism Philosophically Defensible?” American Philosophical Association Central Division Conference, Chicago, IL, February 2010

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Mark Piper, Ph.D. “Hursthouse’s Virtue Ethics, the Slide into Consequentialism, and the Problem of Instrumentally Successful Vice,” Southwestern Philosophical Society Conference, Dallas, TX, November 2009 “Commentary on ‘Eudaimonic Technology: Self-Control and Community as Religious Good Tricks’ (by Tibor Solymosi),” 33rd Annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, April 2009 (*read in absentia) “Is a Theism-Friendly Moderate Skeptical Theism Philosophically Defensible?” 33rd Annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, April 2009 (*read in absentia) “Commentary on ‘Adam Smith and the Facts of Moral Virtue’ (by Julia Driver),” Washington University Political Theory Workshop, St. Louis, MO, March 2009 “Navigating Subjective Theories of Well-Being: The Ascendancy of Experiential Accounts,” Fordham University, Bronx, NY, March 2009 “The Nature and Normativity of Authenticity,” James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, March 2009 “On Respect for Personal Autonomy and the Value Instantiated in Autonomous Choice,” Southwestern Philosophical Society Conference, Kansas City, MO, November 2008 “Commentary on ‘Counting the Consequences: Examining the Impersonal Standpoint of Consequentialism’ (by Jonathan Matheson),” Western Canadian Philosophical Association Conference, Edmonton, AB, October 2008 “Personal Autonomy and Prudential Value: the Inherency Thesis,” Western Canadian Philosophical Association Conference, Edmonton, AB, October 2008 “On Respect for Personal Autonomy and the Value Instantiated in Autonomous Choice,” Central States Philosophical Association Conference, St. Paul, MN, September 2008 “The Promise of Autonomy: Motivating Students to Philosophical Study,” American Association of Philosophy Teachers Conference, Ontario, Canada, August 2008 “Hursthouse’s Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, the Slide into Consequentialism, and the Problem of Instrumentally Successful Vice,” The Ohio State University 1st Graduate Philosophy Conference, Columbus, OH, May 2008 “Hursthouse’s Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, the Slide into Consequentialism, and the Problem of Instrumentally Successful Vice,” American Philosophical Association Central Division Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2008

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“Commentary on ‘Kant’s Conception of Virtue and the Autocracy of Pure Practical Reason’ (by Anne Margaret Baxley),” Washington University Political Theory Workshop, St. Louis, MO, April 2008 “On the Value Instantiated in Autonomous Choice,” Washington University Political Theory Workshop, St. Louis, MO, March 2008 “Hursthouse’s Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, the Slide into Consequentialism, and the Problem of Instrumentally Successful Vice,” Society for Student Philosophers 4th Annual Conference, Austin, TX, March 2008 “Hursthouse’s Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, the Slide into Consequentialism, and the Problem of Instrumentally Successful Vice,” 32nd Annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2008 “Beyond Kantian Autonomy: Personal Autonomy and the Question of Its Normativity,” Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, February 2008 “Jenseits Kantischer Autonomie: Persönliche Autonomie und die Frage ihrer Normativität,” Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany, December 2007 “Über die Frage, ob Autonomie als Basis für den Respekt für Personen normativ grundlegend sein kann?” Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany, July 2007 “Philosophy, Autonomy, and Well-Being,” Prometheus Trust 2nd Annual Conference, Glastonbury, England, June 2007 “Commentary on ‘Autonomy Gaps and Societal Pathology’ (by Joel Anderson),” Washington University Political Theory Workshop, St. Louis, MO, May 2006 “Commentary on ‘Deliberative Uptake and the Intolerable Other: Undeclinability and the Creativity of Democracy’ (by Michael Allen and Jason Murphy),” St. Louis University Graduate Student Conference, St. Louis, MO, September 24, 2005 “Some Problems with the Skeptical Theism Response to the Problem of Evil,” 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI January 2005 PUBLIC LECTURES (11) “Is Descartes’ Conception of God Fully Coherent?” James Madison University Department of Philosophy and Religion Honors Banquet, Harrisonburg, VA, April 2016.

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Mark Piper, Ph.D. “Raising Daughters: Autonomy, Feminism, and Gender Socialization,” James Madison University Phi Sigma Tau symposium, Harrisonburg, VA, April 2014 “Motivating Concern about Climate Change,” Climate Action Alliance of the Valley forum, Harrisonburg, VA, February 2013 “Is Greed Good?” James Madison University Conference: Pride, Envy, Greed, Harrisonburg, VA, April 2011 “Blended Learning for the Uncertain, the Unconvinced, and the Unskilled,” James Madison University Center for Instructional Technology Blended Learning workshop, Harrisonburg, VA, October 2010 “Genetic Technology and Moral Due Diligence,” Shenandoah Valley Biotechnology Symposium, Harrisonburg, VA, April 2010 “Thrasymachus and Justice,” James Madison University Phi Sigma Tau Polis Symposium, Harrisonburg, VA, March 2010 ‘Philosophers Talk Philosophy’ lecture, James Madison University Phi Sigma Tau meeting, Harrisonburg, VA, September 2009 “On Individuality,” St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, April 2003 “Is the Current War against Saddam’s Regime a Just War According to the Principles of Just War Theory?” St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, April 2003 “A Morally Defensible End to Life,” St. Louis Ethical Society Keynote lecture, St. Louis, MO, October 2001 AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS (18) Winner of one of four inaugural JMU Madison Vision Teaching Awards (student-run and chosen), 2016 JMU College of Arts and Letters Carl Harter Distinguished Teaching Award, 2015 JMU College of Arts and Letters Summer Curriculum Development Grant, 2014 James Madison University new course design workshop grant (JMUdesign), 2012 James Madison University College of Arts and Letters Summer Research Grant, 2012 James Madison University Arboretum Collaborative Fellow, 2011

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Mark Piper, Ph.D. President’s Prize for the best paper by a younger scholar (for “Hursthouse’s Virtue Ethics, the Slide into Consequentialism, and the Problem of Instrumentally Successful Vice”), 71st Southwestern Philosophical Society conference, November 2009 James Madison University Blended Learning Institute faculty development grant, 2009 St. Louis University Housing and Residence Life Faculty Excellence Award, April 2009 American Philosophical Association Graduate Student Travel Stipend Winner, Central Division meeting, April 2008 Selected participant, American Philosophical Association/American Association of Philosophy Teachers Graduate Teaching Seminar, University of Guelph, Ontario, August 2008 Nominated for the American Philosophical Association Young Scholar’s Article Prize for “Skeptical Theism and the Problem of Moral Aporia” (nominated by Eleonore Stump and John Greco), 2008 Pass with Distinction, Saint Louis University doctoral oral comprehensive examination, January 2007 Goethe Universität Stipendium Grant, 2006-7 James Collins Memorial Award for Excellence in graduate studies in philosophy, Saint Louis University, 2006-7 Nominated by Department for University-wide award for teaching excellence, 2006 Saint Louis University SLU 2000 Research Fellowship, 2006-7 Saint Louis University Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2005 REVIEW WORK Reviewed for:      

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Journal of Philosophical Research Journal of Moral Philosophy The Southern Journal of Philosophy Erkenntnis American Philosophical Quarterly

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Southwest Philosophy Review American Political Science Review Philosophia Society of Student Philosophers Philosophical Frontiers Sophia European Journal of Political Theory

Reviewed/vetted conference submissions to the 2016 Southwest Philosophical Society conference Reviewed a monograph proposal for Continuum publishers Reviewed textbook editions for the following publishers:   

Oxford University Press Wiley-Blackwell McGraw-Hill

COURSES Personal Welfare and Moral Psychology (James Madison University, Spring 2017) Happiness and Well-Being (James Madison University, Spring 2016) Bioethics (James Madison University, Spring 2015) Philosophy Through Film (James Madison University, Summer 2014) Morality and Self-Interest (James Madison University, Spring 2014) Ethical Reasoning (James Madison University, Fall 2012-) Environmental Ethics (James Madison University, Spring 2012) Hume’s Moral Philosophy (James Madison University, Spring 2011) Metaethical Objectivism (James Madison University, Spring 2010) Problems in Applied Ethics: Survey (James Madison University, Spring 2010) Moral Theory (James Madison University, 2009-) Theories of Well-Being (St. Louis University, Spring 2009)

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Mark Piper, Ph.D.

Professional Ethics (Lindenwood University, Fall 2008) Introduction to Ethics (St. Louis University, 2001-2009) Eastern Philosophy (Lewis & Clark Community College, 2005-6) Critical Thinking (James Madison University, 2009-; Webster University, Spring 2003) Introduction to Philosophy (St. Louis University, 2000-2009; James Madison University, 2010-) DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE JMU Faculty Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, 2016Department of Philosophy and Religion Personnel Action Committee, 2016-2017 JMU New Faculty Academy Mentor, 2015JMU Madison Collaborative “It’s Complicated” orientation session facilitator, 2015 Philosophy colloquium coordinator, 2015Philosophy hire search committee, 2014-2015 JMU Cluster One Committee representative, 2014-5 Proposed the idea of a Faculty Senate Vision Statement Grant of $10,000 to be given by the JMU administration to the Faculty Senate for purpose of developing and operationalizing initiatives related to the JMU Vision Statement. This idea was accepted, after which I became the Chair of the new Faculty Senate Vision Grant Task Force. Funding subsequently increased and was directed into two channels: a Madison Vision Teaching Award (entirely student-run and chosen) and a series of Engagement mini-grants (administered by the JMU Faculty Senate). I conceived the latter idea; credit for the former goes to Dr. Mark Rankin (JMU, English) (1) Funding for Madison Vision Teaching Awards ($3000/year) (2) Funding for Engagement mini-grants: In the first year (2014-2015), the total funding was $24,000. In the second year (2015-2016), the total funding rose to $36,000. In the third year (2016-2017), the total funding was $50,000. In the three years since the engagement mini-grant initiative has been ongoing, the total amount of funding for faculty engagement projects (in engaged learning, community engagement, and civic engagement) is $110,000 Madison Collaborative Ethics Associate, 2012-2016

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JMU Faculty Senate Marshal (and hence Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee), 2013-2016 Departmental committee on creating a minor in ethics Conceived and co-developed a semester-long online interactive experience for all incoming freshman for the Madison Collaborative: Ethical Reasoning in Action (called the Madison Collaborative Interactive; piloted in the fall of 2015) JMU Commencement committee, 2013-2014 Philosophy program majors recruitment committee, 2013Developed the new JMU Department of Philosophy and Religion website, 2013. JMU Madison Collaborative Assessment Committee, 2013 JMU Madison Collaborative Council, 2012-2016 Member of the Departmental Chairperson Search Advisory Committee, 2013. JMU Madison Collaborative Curriculum Development Committee, 2012-2013 Departmental Graduate Advisory Committee, 2011-2014, 2015Departmental webpage and Blackboard curator, 2011JMU Freshman Advisor, 2011-12, 2013JMU Faculty Senate Student Relations Committee, 2011-2013 James Madison University faculty senator, 2011Contributor, explanatory video on the JMU Honors Program Philosophy essay prize judge, James Madison University, 2010Phi Sigma Tau lecturer, James Madison University, 2009, 2010, 2014 Co-Chairman, St. Louis University Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, “Plato and Aristotle: Ancient, Medieval, and Contemporary Uses,” September 26-7, 2004

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Mark Piper, Ph.D. LANGUAGES: English, German

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