Chapters & Articles
Book Chapters
“The Post-Truth Transformation of Higher Education”
In Post-Truth’s Assault on America’s Schools and Colleges, edited by
Joseph L. DeVitis. Emerald Publishing (Leeds, UK). forthcoming 2026.
“Liberal Education, Moral Agency, and a Flourishing Life”
In Human Flourishing and Higher Education, Joseph L. DeVitis and Pietro A. Sasso, eds. Information Age Publishing (Charlotte, NC), 2024.
“Institutionalized Expertise: Trust, Rejection, and Ignorance”
In Expertise: Philosophical Perspectives, edited by Mirko Farina, Andrea Lavazza, and Duncan Pritchard. Oxford University Press (Oxford, UK), 2024
“Higher Education, the Professions, and the Place of Expertise”
In Higher Education and Society, edited by Joseph DeVitis and Pietro Sasso. Peter Lang Press (New York), 2015.
“Liberal Education and Moral Education”
In Character and Moral Education, edited by Joseph DeVitis and Tianlong Yu. Peter Lang Press (New York). Reprinted in The College Curriculum: a Reader, edited by Joseph DeVitis. Peter Lang Press (New York), 2013.
"Paradigms and Paraphernalia: On the Relationship of Theory & Technology in Science."
In New Directions in the Philosophy of Technology, edited by Joseph C. Pitt. The Department of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1995th edition
(Blacksburg, VA 1995).
"Supererogation: Artistry in Conduct"
In Foundations of Ethics. Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion, vol. 4, edited by Leroy Rouner. The University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, IN, 1983).
Articles
“The Construction of Ignorance”
The Philosophers Magazine, 79, 2017
“Of Boards and the Discourse of Doom”
Trusteeship, The Association of Governing Boards, vol. 24, no. 2, April-May, 2016, 28-31
“Reflections on Reading Plato and Aristotle at Lancaster,”
The Lancaster Journal of Philosophy, vol. 2, no. 1 (Spring 2014), 9-16
“Friends, Foes, and Nel Noddings on Liberal Education”
A “featured article” in Philosophy of Education: 2011 Yearbook, edited by Robert Kunzman. The Philosophy of Education Society (Normal, IL). Response by Nel Noddings.
“Adam Smith and the Stages of Moral Development”
Philosophy of Education: 2008 Yearbook, edited by Ronald Glass.
The Philosophy of Education Society, 2008. (Normal, IL).
“The Promise of a Liberal Arts Education,” Gettysburg, Winter 1998, pp. 8-16.
“Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered:
Reflections on Art, Fundamentalism, and Democracy.”
Published on-line by various hosts continuously since 1996: e.g., the American Society for Aesthetics, Christian Aesthetics, and (currently) Gettysburg College.
"The Emergence of the New American College"
Perspectives: The Journal of the Association for Graduate and Liberal Studies, vol. 24, nos. 1 and 2, Spring/Fall 1994. Reprinted by the Association of New American Colleges.
"Comments on Eger's 'A Tale of Two Controversies' "
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. September, 1988.
"Liberal Arts and Business"
Nation's Business. The United States Chamber of Commerce, December 1986, p. 6.
Reprinted in several local magazines. Responses in the next issue.
“Mending Wall: Response to Ericson”
Philosophy of Education 1984 Yearbook, edited by Emily E. Robertson.
The Philosophy of Education Society (Normal, IL).
"Virtue and the Need for Heroes: Response to Zigler"
Philosophy of Education 1982 Yearbook, edited by Donna H. Kerr.
The Philosophy of Education Society (Normal, IL).
"Sociobiology and Religion: A Discussion of the Issues"
Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science. December, 1980. Response by E. O Wilson.
"The Education of the Emotions"
Philosophy of Education 1979 Yearbook. The Philosophy of Education Society (Normal, IL).
“The Liberal Arts: Quality and Care”
Address delivered to the Rollins College Class of 1983 at Convocation, 1979.
Pamphlet published by Rollins College.
Excerpted by the Association of American Colleges, in Liberal Forum.
"A Typology of Conceptions of the Good"
The Personalist: An International Review of Philosophy. January, 1978.
"The Philosopher, the Teacher, and the Quest for Clarity"
Philosophical Reflections on Society and Education, edited by C. Peden and D.
Chipman. University Press of America (Washington, DC).
"Genetics, Justice, and Respect for Human Life"
Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science. June, 1976. The University of Chicago Press.
"Humanistic Choices for the Year 2000"
Central Florida in the Year 2000. Published by Seminole Community College, 1974.
"Biography and the Curriculum"
Journal of Thought, July, 1973.
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