ROGER WERTHEIMER 8 Baobab St, Runda Evergreen, Nairobi, Kenya rwertheim1@gmail.com +254 768-608-716 DOB: April 10, 1942 Marital Status: Married 3x; Divorced 3x; no children EDUCATION 1976 Boston University Psychological Counselor Training 1970 Portland Metropolitan Police Academy Oregon Police Officer Certification 1969 Harvard University Ph.D. Philosophy 1967 Harvard University M.A. Philosophy 1963 Brandeis University B.A. Philosophy/American Civilization EMPLOYMENT 2003- -- Research Associate, Agnes Scott College 2004 Consultant, State University System of Georgia 2001-03 Distinguished Chair in Ethics, U.S. Naval Academy 2000-01 Research Scholar, University of California, Irvine 1999-00 Research Specialist & Lecturer, University of California, Irvine 1984-99 President, AGREE Co 1995 Lecturer, California State University at Chico 1989-94 Associate Professor, Long Beach State 1983-84 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Houston 1977-83 Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University 1977 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Houston 1976 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati 1975-77 Researcher/Therapist, Boston State (mental) Hospital 1974-75 Visiting Assistant Professor, Tufts University 1973-74 Guggenheim Fellow 1972 Lecturer, Downstate Medical Center 1971-73 Research Assistant Professor, CUNY Graduate Center 1971 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Oregon 1969-70 Deputy Sheriff, Multnomah County (Portland, OR) 1968-69 Lecturer, Portland State University 1965 Teacher, Le Moyne College (Memphis, TN) [Summer] 1964-68 Teaching Fellow, Harvard University HONORS & AWARDS 1998 American Philosophical Association Rockefeller Prize 1994 National Endowment for the Humanities Study Grant 1991 CSULB Center of International Education Award for Curricular Development 1987 United States Patent Des 291,155 1978 Carnegie Mellon University Falk Grant 1973 Guggenheim Fellowship 1973 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (declined) 1969 Harvard University Carrier Prize for Outstanding Philosophy Doctoral Dissertation 1967 Kent Fellowship (Danforth Foundation) 1966 New York State Regents Fellowship 1964/5 Harvard University Graduate Scholarship BOOKS 2010 Empowering Our Military Conscience: Transforming Just War Theory and Military Moral Education, ed., Ashgate 2002 Ethics for Naval Leaders, 5th ed, Pearson, co-edited with USNA Ethics Section 1972 The Significance of Sense: Meaning, Modality & Morality, Cornell ARTICLES 2015 "Jus Ante Bellum: Principles of Prewar Conduct" in G. Lucas, ed., Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics, Routledge, 54-68 2010 “The Moral Singularity of Military Professionalism” in R. Wertheimer, ed., Empowering Our Military Conscience, Ashgate, 133-158 2010 “The Morality of Military Ethics Education” in R. Wertheimer, ed., Empowering Our Military Conscience, Ashgate, 159-196. 2008 "The Paradox of Translation," in B.Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk & M.Thelen, eds., Translation and Meaning, Hogeschool Zuyd, 95-106 2007 "The Relevance of Speciesism to Life Sciences Practices," in Fred Adams, ed., Ethics and the Life Sciences, Philosophy Document Center 2007 "Reconnoitering Combatant Moral Equality," Journal of Military Ethics, Jan. (6, 1) 60-74. 2000 "The Synonymy Antinomy," A. Kanamori, ed., Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Vol VI: Analytic Philosophy & Logic, Philosophy Document Center, 1-21 1999 "Identity Syntax," Tom Rockmore, ed., Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Vol II: Metaphysics, Philosophy Documentation Center, 171-86 1999 "Translation, Quotation, and Truth," The Paideia Archive, 20th World Congress of Philosophy Website, http:www.bu.edu/wcp/ 1999 "How Mathematics Isn't Logic," Ratio, September (12, 3), 279-95 1999 "Quotation Apposition," in The Philosophical Quarterly, Oct. (49, 197), 514-519 1988 "Applying Ethical Theory: Caveats from a Case Study," in D. Rosenthal & F. Shehadi, eds., Applied Ethics and Ethical Theory, Utah, 229-55 1998 "Identity: Logic, Ontology, Epistemology," in Philosophy, April (73), 179-93 1998 "Constraining Condemning," in Ethics, April (108, 3), 489-501 1994 "Synonymy Without Analyticity," in International Philosophical Preprint Exchange, Nov, 60 pp 1993 "Socratic Scepticism," in Metaphilosophy, Oct. (24,4), 344-62 REPRINTED in: 1993 E. Winkler & J. Kuhns, eds., Applied Ethics, Blackwell 1991 "Preferring Punishment Over Provisions for Victims," in D. Sanks & D. Caplan, eds., To Be a Victim, Plenum Publishing, 409-21 1984 "Understanding Blackmun's Argument: The Reasoning in Roe v. Wade," in J. Garfield & P. Hennessey, eds., Abortion: Moral & Legal Perspectives, Massachusetts, 195-204 1983 "Understanding Retribution," in Criminal Justice Ethics, Summer/Fall (2,2), 19-38 1982 "Regulating Police Use of Deadly Force," in N. Bowie & F. Elliston, eds., Ethics, Public Policy and Criminal Justice, Oelgeschalger, Gunn & Hain, 93-109 1978 "ERRATA: A Reply to Abbott," in Political Theory, August (6,3), 337-44 1975 "Are the Police Necessary?," in E. Viano & J. Reiman, eds., The Police in Society, D.C. Heath, 49-60 1974 "Philosophy on Humanity," in R. L. Perkins, ed., Abortion: Pro and Con, Schenkman, 107-28 REPRINTED in: 1977 E. Manier, et. al., eds., Abortion, Notre Dame, 117-136. 1971 "Understanding the Abortion Argument," in Philosophy & Public Affairs, Fall (I,1), 67-95 REPRINTED in: 1972 J. Rachels & F. Tillman, eds.,Philosophical Issues, Harper & Row 1973 J. Feinberg, ed., The Problem of Abortion, Wadsworth 1974 M.Cohen, et.al., eds., The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion, Princeton 1974 U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Hearings on S.J. Res 130, Y4.J89/2:Ab7/Pt.1 (627-655) 1975 J. Rachels, ed., Moral Problems, Harper & Row, 2nd ed. 1980 C. Reid, ed., Choice and Action, Macmillan 1981 V. Barry, ed., Ethics, Wadsworth 1982 M. Bayles, ed., Right Conduct, Random House 1992 B. Moore & R. Stewart, eds. Moral Philosophy, Mayfield 1994 E. Rubin, ed., The Abortion Controversy, Greenwood Publishing 2001 M.Valdez, ed., Controversias sobre el aborto, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas 1968 "Conditions," in The Journal of Philosophy, June 13 (LXV, 12), 355-64 REVIEWS 1991 Robert Brown, Analyzing Love in Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, (LI,1), 244-45 1984 L.W. Sumner, Abortion and Moral Theory in Philosophical Review, (XCIII,1), 97-100 1983 Alan Donagan, The Theory of Morality in Nous, May, 303-08 1977 Alan White, Modal Thinking in Philosophical Review, (LXXXVI,2), 250-54 1975 Stephen Schiffer, Meaning in Philosophical Review, (LXXXIV,2), 267-70 1972 Nelson Goodman, Problems and Projects in Commentary, (54,1), 96-7 PUBLIC LECTURES 1969-71 "Understanding the Abortion Argument," Princeton; Columbia; Vassar; North Carolina (Chapel Hill); Northwestern; Indiana (Bloomington); Massachusetts (Amherst);Vanderbilt; Illinois (Urbana); Oregon 1971 "Comments on "Police as Ambiguous Agents," Western Division APA 1971-72 "The Importance of Being Human," Conference on Methods in Philosophy and the Sciences, New School for Social Research; Society for Ethical and Legal Philosophy 1972-73 "Inherent Worth and Moral Status," NYU; Rockefeller 1972 "Is Envy a Moral Vice?," CUNY Graduate Center 1974-75 "Philosophy on Humanity," Tufts; Society for Ethical and Legal Philosophy; Notre Dame Conference on Abortion 1974 "Are the Police Necessary?," National Symposium on the Humanities and the Police, American; Houston 1975 "Moral Respect and Christian Agape," Notre Dame 1975 "The Need For Self Respect," Brown 1975 "Misunderstanding the Abortion Argument," Conference on Abortion, SUNY Buffalo Law School 1976 "Recent Developments in Moral Philosophy," Conference on the Teaching of Philosophy, Union 1976-77 "What is the Meaning of "What is the meaning of life?"?," Kentucky; Carnegie Mellon; Society for Ethical & Legal Philosophy 1977 "Capital Punishment," S&H Lecture, Somerset College 1978 "The Psychologic of Punishment," Pittsburgh & Carnegie Mellon; Society for Ethical & Legal Philosophy 1979 "The Value of Values Education," 3 lectures, Westmoreland County Community College 1979 "In Defense of Speciesism," Eastern Division APA 1979 "Do I Exist?," Clark 1979 "Understanding the Question of Life's Meaning," Clark 1980 "Reflections on "Police Restraint", Conference on Ethics, Public Policy and Criminal Justice, Delaware, Carnegie Mellon 1981 "Preferring Punishment Over Provisions for Victims," Colloquium on Victims of Crime, Pace 1981 "The Social Responsibility of Scientists," Pittsburgh 1981 "Respecting Rights and Persons," Conference on Human Rights, Florida State 1981 "An Incoherence in Utilitarianism," Carnegie Mellon 1983-84 "Understanding Blackmun's Argument: The Reasoning in Roe v. Wade," Conference on Abortion, Hampshire; Houston 1983 "Understanding Retribution," Society for Ethical & Legal Philosophy; Houston 1986 "Justification," Israel Colloquium, Tel Aviv 1986 "”Justification" and "Right"," Conference on Philosophy and Linguistics, Tel Aviv 1988 "Explaining Justification," Houston 1988-89 "Applying Ethical Theory," Bowling Green State; Houston; Moral & Political Philosophy Society 1989 "Distinguishing Justification from Proof," Long Beach State 1990 "The Morality of Judgment," plenary address, Conference on Moral Philosophy in the Public Domain, British Columbia; Moral & Political Philosophy Society 1990 ""Judge Not! Condemn Not!"?," Long Beach State 1990 "Who Are You To Judge?," Fireside Forum Lecture, Long Beach State 1991 "Comment on "In Time of War"," Long Beach State 1991 "Comment on "Minding the Body"," Long Beach State 1991 "Do Philosophers Know Anything?," Long Beach State 1992 "Truth, Goodman and Rightness Reconceived," Long Beach State 1992 "Socratic Scepticism," Pomona 1992 "Outline of A Grammar of Reasons," Long Beach State 1993 "Analyticity and Facticity," Long Beach State 1993 "Truth, Facticity, and Rightness," UC Davis 1993 "Analyticity: A Nonepistemic Critique," Long Beach State 1994 "Campbell on Frankfort on Freedom," Western Division APA 1994 "Right, Reasons and Justification," Queensland 1994 "Condemning Condemning," Queensland 1995 "Analyticity: Ambiguities & Antinomies," Irvine 1995 "Who are You to Judge?," Chico State 1996-7 "The Antinomy of Synonymity," Texas (Austin); Notre Dame; Syracuse; Illinois (Urbana); Massachusetts (Amherst); Maryland (College Park); Wayne State; Riverside; Florida State; Colorado (Boulder); Houston; Santa Barbara 1996-7 "Conceptualizing Condemning," Central Division APA; Colorado (Boulder); Kansas State; Potsdam; College of New Jersey; Episcopalian Divinity School; Auburn; Redlands; New Mexico; American; Maryland (Baltimore) 1997 "The Right to Judge Others," Tulane; Duke; Florida 1998 "Identity Syntax," 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Ontology Section 1998 "Translation, Quotation and Truth" 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Philosophy of Language Section 1998 "Distinguishing Mathematics from Logic," 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Mathematics Section 1999 "Translating Logic," Irvine 2000 "Meaning as Explanation," Conference of the Philosophical Society of South Africa 2000 "Sentence Meaning and Mathematics," Irvine 2000 "Sentence Meaning," Society for Exact Philosophy 2001 "Teaching Ethical Relativism," US Naval Academy 2001 "Quoting and Denoting," Irvine 2002 "Favoring Our Fellow Humans," Agnes Scott College 2002 "Thinking Outside Pandora’s Box," US Naval Academy 2003 "How to Reason About the Morality of Abortion" Agnes Scott College 2004 "The Real Nature and Rationality of Speciesism," Georgia Tech 2004 "Slandering Speciesism," Georgia Philosophical Society 2004 "The Relevance of Speciesism to Life Sciences Policies", Conference on Ethics & Life Sciences, (Delaware) 2004 "Quotations, Displays & Autonomes," Georgia Philosophical Society 2005 "The Moral Inequality of Professional Officers," Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics (Washington, DC), US Naval Academy, Atlanta Analytic Study Group 2005 "Quotations, Displays & Autonomes," Symposium Paper, Pacific Div APA 2005 "Understanding Speciesism," Conference on Value Inquiry (LSU) 2005 "Slandering Speciesism," Colloquium Paper, Central Div APA 2005 "Forms, Facts and Truths," “On Denoting” Conference (McMaster); Georgia Philosophical Society 2005 "Signs of Speech," Society for Exact Philosophy (Toronto) 2005 "Translating Quotations and Displays," International Maastricht-Lodz Colloquium (Lodz, Poland) 2005 "Misunderstanding Speciesism," Lund (Sweden) 2005 "The Moral Significance of Military Professionalization," International Peace Research Institute (Oslo, Norway) 2005 "Empowering our Military Conscience," GA Tech Discussion Group 2006 "On the Moral Equality of Military Personnel," Joint Service Conference on Professional Ethics (Washington, DC) Panel with Jeff McMahan and Col. Dan Zupan 2009 “Comment on Paul Saka’s ‘Acts of Quotation’, APA Central Division Convention 2012 "Meaning as Explanation," Houston ADMINISTRATION 2005-06 President, Georgia Philosophical Society 2004 -05 Vice-President, Georgia Philosophical Society 2001-03 Director, USNA EAC Colloquium Series 2001-03 Chair, USNA Ethics Across the Curriculum Working Group 1993-95, 1996-99 President, Fiesta Terrace Homeowners Association 1984-98 Founder/President, AGREE Co 1977-82 Director, Philosophy Program, Carnegie Mellon University CONSULTANT 2004 to State University System of Georgia (web based Introductory Philosophy course) 1981 to U.S. Senate on S.158 (to deem that a human fetus is a human being) 1980 to EVIST grant study of Allegheny County Air Pollution Control Statutes 1978 to Guttmacher Institute on Hyde Amendment (federal funding of abortion) PUBLICATION REFEREE: Ethics, Nous, Synthese, Oxford U. Press, Cornell U. Press; MIT Press. PROGRAM REVIEWER 1991 California Council for Humanities, CSU Fullerton Conference on Environmental Ethics 1982 NEH Public Library Program COLLOQUIUM CHAIRMAN 1993 Pacific APA, "Justification in Ethics" 1991 Pacific APA, "Ethical Theory" 1984 Eastern APA, "Abortion 1981 Pacific APA, "Formalist Ethics" 1980 Midwest APA, "Moral Decisions" 1971 Eastern APA, "Equality" MEDIA PRESENTATIONS 2002 1 Pasadena, CA radio show on the morality of war 1992 10 notes on moral dilemmas for Long Beach Press Telegram 1984 1 Houston, TX TV show on abortion 1972 1 national TV & 4 NYC & Philadelphia radio shows on abortion COMMITTEES (since 1989) 2005- -- APA Committee on Public Philosophy 2003- -- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Bioethics Committee 2001-03 USNA Midshipman Development Board 2001-03 USNA Ethics/Character Assessment Project 1992-94 American Association for Applied Ethics Executive Board 1992-94 CSULB Advisory Board for Ethics Conference 1993-94 CSULB Philosophy Department Library Committee 1991-94 CSULB University Affirmative Action Advisory Committee 1989-94 VA Medical Center, Long Beach, Bioethics Committee 1989-94 CSULB University Ethics Committee 1992-93 CSULB Philosophy Department Graduate Program Committee 1990-92 Chair, CSULB Philosophy Department Philosophical Activities Committee 1989-90 CSULB Philosophy Department Curriculum Committee PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2003- -- Georgia Philosophical Society 2002- -- Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics 1992-94 American Association of Applied Ethics 1989-97 Moral & Political Philosophy Society, Orange County, CA 1987-89 Baylor College of Medicine Medical Ethics Research Group 1971-84 Society for Ethical and Legal Philosophy 1969- -- American Philosophical Association
