Paul Hurley, Ph.D.
Department
Areas of Expertise
Teaching Interests
Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Business Ethics
Research Interests
Normative Ethics, particularly the deontology/consequentialism debate, Metaethics, particularly accounts of the interrelationship among reason, desire, and value, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Morality and Markets
Education
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
Awards and Affiliations
Presidential Award for Merit, CMC, 2025
Visiting Research Fellowship, Murphy Institute Center for Ethics, Tulane University, 2016-2017
Glenn R. Huntoon Teaching Award, CMC, 2016
David Huntoon Senior Teaching Award, CMC, 2015
Roy P. Crocker Award for Merit, CMC, 2011
Three-time recipient, Wig Distinguished Teaching Award, Pomona College 2005, 1999, 1992
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Notre Dame 1982
Research and Publications
Book: AGAINST the TYRANNY of OUTCOMES (Oxford University Press 2024)
Book: BEYOND CONSEQUENTIALISM, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, hbk 2009, pbk 2011).
Selected Recent Journal Articles:
"Practical Truth via Practical Soundness," in Practical Truth, J. Frey and C. Frey eds. (Oxford University Press 2024)
"The Consequentializing Argument Against...Consequentializing?" (Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics Vol 12, Mark Timmons ed. (Oxford University Press 2022), 252-75.
"Consequentialism and the Standard Story of Action," The Journal of Ethics (2018).
"Whose Problem is Non-Identity?" with Rivka Weinberg, The Journal of Moral Philosophy (2014).
"Consequentializing and Deontologizing: Clogging the Consequentialist Vacuum," Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), pp. 123-53.
"Does Consequentialism Make Too Many Demands, or None at All?", Ethics, Volume 116, Number 4, July (2006), pp. 680-706.