Faculty Profile

Paul Hurley, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy

E-mail: paul.hurley@cmc.edu
Phone: (909) 607-7140
Campus Address: Roberts North 204

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Office Hours

Wednesday

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Friday

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Current Course Schedule

FHS

TTh- 12:00 PM - 1:10 PM  BrC 1

Phil 176

TTh- 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM  BrC 1

Educational Background

Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh 1988 Dissertation: “The Practical Given” (advisor, Kurt Baier; 2nd reader, David Gauthier) M.A. in Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh 1986 B.A. in Philosophy with honors, University of Notre Dame 1982

Teaching Interests

  • Ethics, Metaethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Business Ethics

Selected Research and Publications

  • Books: Beyond Consequentialism, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2009) History of Philosophy (New York: Harper Collins, 1993) Co-authored with William Taschek, Hugh Benson, Dion Scott-Kakures, and Susan Castagnetto. Journal articles: “Desire, Judgment, and Reason: Exploring the Path Not Taken,” The Journal of Ethics, Volume 11, Number 4 December (2007), pp. 437-463. “Does Consequentialism Make Too Many Demands, or None at All?”, Ethics, Volume 116, Number 4, July (2006), pp. 680-706. “Fairness and Beneficence,” Ethics, Volume 113, No. 4, July (2003), pp. 841-864. “A Davidsonian Reconciliation of Internalism, Objectivity, and the Belief-desire Theory,” The Journal of Ethics, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2002), pp. 1-20. “A Kantian Rationale for Desire-based Justification,” Philosophers’ Imprint, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2001), pp. 1-16. “Sellars’s Ethics: Variations on Kantian Themes,” Philosophical Studies, Vol. 101 (2000), pp. 291-324. “Agent-centered Restrictions: Clearing the Air of Paradox,” Ethics, Vol. 107, October (1997), pp. 120-146. “Getting Our Options Clear: A Closer Look at Agent-centered Options,” Philosophical Studies, Vol. 78 (1995), pp. 163-188. “Scheffler’s Argument For Deontology,” The Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 74, June (1993), pp. 118-134. “How Weakness of the Will is Possible,” Mind, Vol. 101, No. 401, January (1992), pp. 85-88.

Selected Awards

  • Wig Distinguished Teaching Award, Pomona College 2005 Wig Distinguished Teaching Award, Pomona College 1999 Wig Distinguished Teaching Award, Pomona College 1992 Douglass Greenlee Prize, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy 1988 First Prize, John Dewey Essays Project 1987 Apple for the Teacher Award, University of Pittsburgh 1987 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Notre Dame 1982