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PhD
Columbia University, 1981
Philosophy Department
Hyer Hall 211D
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750142
Dallas TX 75275-0142
214-768-3364
sverdlik@smu.edu
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Fall Office hours:
Monday and Wed 1:00-2:00 or
by appointment
Fall Syllabi:
Aesthetic Experience and Judgment
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Current Research
I work on
ethics, action theory, moral psychology and punishment. I have just completed a
book on the deontic significance of motives. I am beginning work on some
studies of consequentialism, repsonsibility and punishment.
Representative Publications
'Crime and
Moral Luck,' American Philosophical Quarterly, 1988.
'Pure
Negligence,' American Philosophical Quarterly, 1993.
'Motive
and Rightness,' Ethics, 1996.
'Intention,
Intentional Action and Moral Responsibility,'
with Al Mele, Philosophical Studies, 1996.
'Kant,
Non-Accidentalness, and the Availability of Moral Worth,' The
Journal of Ethics, 2001.
Motive
and Rightness (forthcoming. Oxford University Press)
Awards
Rotunda Teaching Award
Perrine Prize
Work in Progress
'The Sword
of Restibution'
Teaching
Aesthetic
Experience and Judgment
Free
Will and Responsibility
Philosophy
of Criminal Law
Pleasure
and Happiness
Other than that
What I do
for fun: read history, walk around cities, and go to museums.