Michael Byron

Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator

Education:

• University of Notre Dame, Ph.D. 1996 Philosophy
• University of Notre Dame, M.A. 1993 Philosophy
• Yale University, M.A.R. 1990 Ethics
• Princeton University, A.B. 1986 Religion

Areas of Scholarly/Teaching Interest:

Moral Theory, History of Ethics, Rational Choice Theory, Research Ethics

Selected Publications:

Books

1. Satisficing and Maximizing, Editor and contributor, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
2. Research Ethics: Text and Readings, Deborah Barnbaum co-author, Prentice Hall, 2001.

Articles

1. "Human Rights: A Modest Proposal," Ethics & Politics 11 (2009), 470-494.
2. "Simon's revenge: or, incommensurability and satisficing," Analysis 65 (2005), 269-273.
3. "Teaching with Tiki," Teaching Philosophy 28 (2005), 108-113.
4. "Consequentialist friendship and quasi-instrumental goods," Utilitas 14 (2002), 249-257.
5. "Virtue and the reductivist challenge," Contemporary Philosophy 22 (2000), 34-41.
6. "Why my opinion shouldn't count: Revenge, retribution, and the death penalty debate," Journal of Social Philosophy, 31 (2000), 307-315.
7. "Satisficing and optimality," Ethics 109 (1998), 67-93.

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