Associate Professor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Arlington
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D., writes "The Examined Life" column for TCS. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Arlington, where he teaches courses in Logic, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Biomedical Ethics, and Philosophy of Law. He has degrees in political science, history, law, and philosophy. Among his publications are a textbook (Informal Logic, 3d ed., coauthored with the late Irving M. Copi), a monograph (Rape: A Philosophical Investigation), an anthology (A Most Detestable Crime: New Philosophical Essays on Rape), and many articles, book chapters, and reviews. Details may be seen at http://www.uta.edu/philosophy/faculty/burgess-jackson. His current work is in normative ethical theory. A 15,000-word essay, "Deontological Egoism," has just been published in Social Theory and Practice: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Philosophy. Burgess-Jackson has many heroes, including Epicurus, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, J. L. Mackie, Richard A. Posner, and Lance Armstrong. A native Michigander, he lives in beautiful Fort Worth, Texas, with his canine companions, Sophie and Shelbie, who ensure that he gets plenty of exercise.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D., writes "The Examined Life" column for TCS. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Arlington, where he teaches courses in Logic, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Biomedical Ethics, and Philosophy of Law. He has degrees in political science, history, law, and philosophy. Among his publications are a textbook (Informal Logic, 3d ed., coauthored with the late Irving M. Copi), a monograph (Rape: A Philosophical Investigation), an anthology (A Most Detestable Crime: New Philosophical Essays on Rape), and many articles, book chapters, and reviews. Details may be seen at http://www.uta.edu/philosophy/faculty/burgess-jackson.
His current work is in normative ethical theory. A 15,000-word essay, "Deontological Egoism," has just been published in Social Theory and Practice: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Philosophy. Burgess-Jackson has many heroes, including Epicurus, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche, J. L. Mackie, Richard A. Posner, and Lance Armstrong. A native Michigander, he lives in beautiful Fort Worth, Texas, with his canine companions, Sophie and Shelbie, who ensure that he gets plenty of exercise.
During the past few years, in the wake of Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay, much has been written about torture, almost none of it, regrettably, philosophically edifying. May I help?
