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P.O. Box 5190
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
Phone: 330-672-2315 | Fax: 330-672-4867
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P.O. Box 5190
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
Phone: 330-672-2315 | Fax: 330-672-4867
Ask KSU Philosophy
Profiles
Michael Byron
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
Education:
- University of South Florida, Post-doctoral fellowship 1997 Philosophy
- 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
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Books
- Satisficing and Maximizing, Editor and contributor, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Research Ethics: Text and Readings, Deborah Barnbaum co-author, Prentice Hall, 2001.
Articles
- "Evidentiary Fallacies and Empirical Data," American Philosophical Quarterly 49 (2012), 175-182.
- "Floridi's Fourth Revolution and the Demise of Ethics," Knowledge, Technology & Policy 23 (2010), 135-147.
- "Human Rights: A Modest Proposal," Ethics & Politics 11 (2009), 470-494.
- "Simon's revenge: or, incommensurability and satisficing," Analysis 65 (2005), 269-273.
- "Consequentialist friendship and quasi-instrumental goods," Utilitas 14 (2002), 249-257.
- "Why my opinion shouldn't count: Revenge, retribution, and the death penalty debate," Journal of Social Philosophy, 31 (2000), 307-315.
- "Satisficing and optimality," Ethics 109 (1998), 67-93.
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