Faculty Profile

Alex Rajczi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

E-mail: alex.rajczi@claremontmckenna.edu
Phone: (909) 607-9872
Campus Address: Roberts North 214

Departments:
Curriculum Vitae

Educational Background

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Teaching Interests

  • Ethical Theory, Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics

Research Interests

  • Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics (esp. bioethics), Political Philosophy

Selected Research and Publications

  • "When Can One Requirement Override Another?" Philosophical Studies, vol 108, no. 3, April 2002
  • “The Moral Theory Behind Moral Dilemmas.” American Philosophical Quarterly, vol 39, no 4, October 2002
  • “Making Risk-Benefit Assessments of Medical Research Protocols.” The Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, vol. 32, no. 2, Summer 2004, pp. 327-337.
  • "A Critique of the Innovation Argument Against a National Health Program." Bioethics, vol. 21, no. 6, July 2007, pp. 316-323.
  • "Integrity and Ordinary Morality." American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 15-27
  • "A Liberal Approach to the Obesity Epidemic." Public Affairs Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, July 2008: 269-288.
  • "One Danger of Biomedical Enhancements." Bioethics, vol. 22, no. 6, July 2008: 328-336
  • "A Populist Argument for Same-Sex Marriage" The Monist, vol. 91, nos. 3-4 (double issue), July-October 2008.
  • “Consequentialism, Integrity, and Ordinary Morality.” Utilitas, vol. 21, no. 3, Sept 2009: 377-392.
  • “Abortion, Competing Entitlements, and Parental Responsibility.” Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 26, no. 4, 2009: 379-395.
  • "The Value of Self-Creation." American Philosophical Quarterly, forthcoming.