David Sobel
David Sobel
Irwin and Marjorie Guttag Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy
CONTACT
Philosophy
534 Hall of Languages
Email: dsobel@syr.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D., The University of Michigan
Social/Academic Links
David Sobel works primarily in ethics. Much of his research has focused on understanding what makes something valuable. Recently he has also explored how demanding our moral obligations can be, problems for some libertarian conceptions of our natural rights, as well as the best understanding of what makes something good for us.
His main teaching interests are in ethics and political philosophy. In recent years he has increasingly focused his undergraduate classes on issues concerning economic inequality, mass incarceration, and gun control. His graduate teaching tends to address questions of what makes things valuable or good for a person and, especially, the role of the agent’s attitudes and concerns in determining what is valuable or good for her.
"The Case for Stance Dependent Reasons"
- Audio. See Journal of Ethics & Philosophy, 15.2 for original article.
(Dec. 6, 2016)
David Sobel co-edits online blog PEA Soup
(Dec. 15, 2015)
Eighth-graders tackle life’s persistent questions: Is it ever OK to lie? Is a hot dog a sandwich?
(Aug. 31, 2015)
Philosophers, scholars, and researchers converge on campus for Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy
