Michael Weber Associate Professor 406 CT Hall (203) 432 -1679 michael.weber@yale.edu Education PhD 1998, University of Michigan Areas of Interest My research interests are primarily in normative ethics, in particular examining the place of emotions in the ethical life. I am also interested in practical reason, especially in critically examining rational choice theory. I also teach classes and seminars in political philosophy and environmental ethics. Current or Recent Courses Taught * Introduction to Ancient Philosophy (Directed Studies) * Environmental Ethics * Rational Choice Theory * Introduction to Political Philosophy * Civic Republicanism * Ethics and the Emotions * Metaethics * Relativism (to be offered, Spring '05) Selected Publications ARTICLES "A New Defense of Satisficing," in Satisficing and Maximizing: Moral Theoretic Perspectives on Practical Reasoning, Michael Byron, ed., Cambridge University Press (forthcoming, 2004). "The Reason to Contribute to Cooperative Schemes: An Examination of Christopher McMahon's Collective Rationality and Collective Reasoining," Philosophical Studies 116 (2003): 171-81. "The Motive of Duty and the Nature of Emotions: Kantian Reflections on Moral Worth," Canadian Journal of Philosophy 33 (2003): 183-202. "The Resilience of the Allais Paradox," Ethics 109 (1998): 94-118. Works in Progress I am currently working on egalitarianism, in particular whether, as Parfit claims, prioritarianism has all the advantages of egalitarianism and none of the disadvantages, e.g., the leveling down objection.