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Christopher Olaf Tollefsen, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Tel: 803-777-3736
Christopher.Tollefsen@gmail.com
APPERTIVI
Ph.D., Philosophy, Emory University, 1995.
B.A., Philosophy, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH. 1989
ANTIPASTI
Professor, University of South Carolina, January 2009.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University, 2004-2005
Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Spring 2003.
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Fall 1997.
Visiting Instructor, Spiritan Institute of Philosophy, Ghana, Fall 1996- Spring 1997.
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Fall 1995-Spring 1996.
PRIMI
Biomedical Research and Beyond: Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry, Routledge, 2008.
Reviews: First Things April 2008
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews January 2009
Embryo: A Defense of Human Life co-authored with Robert P. George; Doubleday, 2008.
Reviews: New York Post January 13, 2008
Washington Post January 20, 2008
National Review January 28, 2008
New York Times February 10, 2008
New York Sun March 10, 2008
American Spectator March 2008
Science and Spirit March/April 2008
Zenit April 13, 2008
City Journal April 18, 2008
Commonweal May 23, 2008
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Summer 208
Journal of Clinical Investigation August 1, 2008.
American Journal of Bioethics March 2009
SECONDI
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: The New Catholic Debate, Springer, 2008.
"The President's Council on Bioethics: Overview and Assessment" special issue of HEC Forum Vol. 18, No. 2, 2006.
John Paul II's Contribution to Catholic Bioethics, Springer, 2004.
"Pragmatism in Bioethics," special issue of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, with Mark Cherry, Vol. 28, Nos. 5-6, 2003
"The Edges of Consent," special issue of HEC Forum, vol. 16, 2004.
DOLCI
"Disability and Social Justice," in Ralston, Ho, and Engelhardt, eds., Philosophical Perspectives on Disability (Dordrecht, Springer, forthcoming 2009).
"Ten Words: John Paul II on the Ten Commandments," in J.L.A. Garcia and Laura Garcia, eds., Truth, Life, and Solidarity in the Philosophical Thought of John Paul the Great (Crossroads, forthcoming 2009).
"Human Nature and Its Limits," in Mark Cherry, ed., The Normativity of the Natural (Dordrecth: Springer, 2009) pp. 17-31.
"The New Natural Law Theory," for Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American Constitutionalism an on-line encyclopedia project funded by the NEH, 2008.
"Intending Damage to Basic Goods?" Christian Bioethics 2008, pp. 1-11
"Biotech Enhancement and the Natural Law," with Ryan Anderson, The New Atlantis 20, 2008, pp. 79-103.
"The Ever-Conscious View: A Critique," National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 8, 2008, pp. 43-48.
"Could Human Embryo Transfer be Malum In Se? in S. Brakman and D. Weaver, eds., The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Moral Tradition (Dordrecht: Springer, 2008) pp. 85-101.
"Ten Mistakes About End of Life Care," in Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: the New Catholic Debate ed. Christopher Tollefsen (The Netherlands: Springer, 2008) pp. 213-236.
"Lying: The Integrity Approach," American Journal of Jurisprudence, 52, 2007, pp. 253-271.
"Religious Reasons and Public Bioethics" Christian Bioethics, 13, 2007, pp. 139-158.
"John Paul II and Children's Education," Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy 21, 2007, pp. 159-189.
"Is A Purely first Person Account of Human Action Defensible?" Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9, 2006, pp. 441-460.
"MacIntyre and the Moralization of Enquiry," International Philosophical Quarterly 46, 2006, pp. 221-238.
"Fission, Fusion, and the Simple View," Christian Bioethics 12, 2006, pp. 255-263.
"Introduction: The President's Council on Bioethics: Overview and Assessment," HEC Forum 18, 2006, pp. 99-107.
"The Ancient Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Some Platonic Objections to U2" in U2 and Philosophy ed. Mark Wrathall, Open Court 2006, pp. 195-205.
"Reasons for Action and Reasons for Belief," Social Epistemology Vol. 20, No. 1, 2006, pp. 1-11.
"Persons in Time," American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 80, No. 1, 2006. pp. 107-123.
"Universalizability in Ethics," American Journal of Jurisprudence, Vol. 50. 2005, pp. 225-232.
"Abortion and the Human Animal," Christian Bioethics, 10, 2005, pp. 105-116.
"Hume and Moral Expertise," in Moral Expertise: A Reappraisal, ed. Lisa Rasmussen. (The Netherlands: Springer Press, 2005) pp. 55-72.
"The Normativity of Natural Function," in Virtu, Natura e Normativita (Virtue, Nature, and Normativity) Antonio Da Re and Gabriele De Anna, eds. (Padua: il Poligrafo, 2004) pp. 171-190.
"John Paul II at the Beginning of the 21st Century" in John Paul II's Contribution to Catholic Bioethics ed. Christopher Tollefsen (The Netherlands: Springer Press, 2004) pp. 1-6.
"Basic Goods, Practical Insight , and External Reasons," in D.S. Oderberg and T.D.J. Chappell (eds.), Human Values: New Essays on Ethics and Natural Law (England: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2004) pp. 32-51.
"Natural Law and Meta-ethics: A Guided Tour," Natural Law and Global Ethics Mark Cherry, ed. (The Netherlands: Kluwer Press 2004) pp. 39-56.
"Roman Catholic Bioethics" with Joseph M. Boyle,, The Annals of Bioethics, Joseph Pappin, Mark Cherry and Ana Iltis, eds. (New York: Taylor and Francis, 2004) pp. 1-20.
"Introduction: At the Edges of Informed Consent," HEC Forum 16 (2004) pp. 1-5.
"Sic et Non: Some Disputed Questions in Reproductive Ethics"in, Bioethics: A Philosophical Overview George Khushf, ed. (The Netherlands: Kluwer Press, 2004) pp. 281-413.
"Pragmatism in Bioethics: Diagnosis or Cure?" with Mark Cherry, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 28(5-6) 2003, pp. 533-544.
"Justified Belief," The American Journal of Jurisprudence 48, 2003, pp. 281-296.
"Institutional Integrity" in Institutional Integrity, Ana Smith Iltis, ed. (The Netherlands: Kluwer Press 2003) pp. 121-138.
"Experience Machines, Dreams, and What Matters,"The Journal of Value Inquiry 37, 2003, pp. 153-164.
"Managed Care and the Practice of the Professions," in The Ethics of Managed Care, William Bondeson, ed. (The Netherlands: Kluwer Press, 2002) pp. 29-40.
"Cooperative, Coordinative and Coercive Epistemologies" in Realism and Antirealism, William Alston, ed. (Ithanca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2002) pp. 149-166.
"Practical Reason and Ethics Above the Line," Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 5, 2002, pp. 67-87.
"Embryos, Individuals, and Persons: An Argument Against Embryo Creation and Research," Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 18 No. 1, 2001, pp. 65-78.
"The Importance of Begging Earnestly," Christian Bioethics 6, 2000, pp. 267-280.
"Direct and Indirect Action Revisited," American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. LXXIV, No. 4, Autumn 2000, pp. 653-670.
"Journalism and the Social Good," Public Affairs Quarterly Vol. 14, No. 4, October 2000, pp. 293-307.
"McDowell's Moral Realism and the Secondary Quality Analogy,", Disputatio 8, May 2000, pp. 30-42.
"What Would John Dewey Do? The Promises and Perils of Pragmatic Bioethics," Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 25, No. 1, January 2000, 77-106.
"Non-Ecumenical Ecumenism," Christian Bioethics, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1999.
"Sidgwickian Objectivity and Ordinary Morality," Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 33, No. 1, March 1999, pp. 57-70.
"Meta Ain't Always Betta: Conceptualizing the Generic Chaplaincy Issue," Christian Bioethics, Vol. 4, No. 3, December 1998, pp. 305-315.
"Advanced Directives and Voluntary Slavery," (Response To Thomas May, "Reassessing the Reliability of Advance Directives,") Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, No. 7, October 1998, pp. 305-313.
"Self-Assessing Emotions and Platonic Fear," International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, Sept. 1997, pp. 305-318.
"Donagan, Abortion, and Civil Rebellion," Public Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 11, Number 3, July, 1997, pp. 303-312.
FORMAGGI
Review of Louis Guenin, The Morality of Embryo Use in Ethics January 2009.
"Should the Obama Conscience Rules Seek to Protect Persons or Provide Benefits?" Public Discourse, March 24, 2009.
"Liberty, Authority, and the Good of Conscience," Public Discourse, February 27, 2009.
"An Absolute Liberty of Conscience?" Public Discourse, January 9, 2009.
"What to Do About Natural Embryo Loss," Public Discourse, December 16, 2008.
Review of In the Shadow of Progress, First Things, December 2008.
"Welfare States and Welfare Rights," Public Discourse, November 21, 2008.
Review of Poverty and Justice, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Fall 2008.
"Review of Believing by Faith," The Philosophical Quarterly, Fall, 2008.
"Cloning Without Conscience: The British Embryology Bill," First Things "On the Square" May 28, 2008.
"Civil Engagement: Going Another Round on Embryos," with Robert P. George, National Review Online February 22, 2008.
"Embryonic Debate: A Reply to William Saletan," with Robert P. George, National Review Online Feburary 11, 2008.
"Animals and Machines: On Their Beginnings and Endings," Lyceum 8: available on-line at: http://lyceumphilosophy.com/?q=node/59
"Review of Ethics in Medicine," The Philosophical Quarterly 57, 2007, pp. 148-151.
"Review of Dispelling the Myths of Abortion History," Touchstone January/February, 2007.
"But Am I A Conservative?" and other essays at Right Reason available on-line at: http://rightreason.ektopos.com/tollefsen.html
"Disputed Research In the Liberal State," The Soapbox 2005, available on-line at: http://www.princeton.edu/~sshimp/26tollefson.html.
"Euthanasia and the Culture of Life," at Princeton Pro-Life: http://www.princeton.edu/~prolife/articles/tollefsen.pdf#search=%22euthanasia%20and%20the%20culture%20of%20life%22
"Animalism and the Unborn Human Being," 2004, available at: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:foWwsaBv_SMJ:ontology.buffalo.edu/medicine_and_metaphysics/Tolllefsen.doc+animalism+and+unborn+human+life&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1
"CEO Shuffle," with Jonathan Trichter, The New York Resident August 2002.
"Vouchers are What Justice Demands" The State March 2002.
"No Friend of the Disabled" The Manchester Union Leader August 2001.
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