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Christopher Olaf Tollefsen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Department of Philosophy

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208

Tel: 803-777-3736

Tollefsen@sc.edu

 

APERTIVO

 

Ph.D., Philosophy, Emory University, 1995. 

 

B.A., Philosophy, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH. 1989

 

 

ANTIPASTI

 

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University, 2004-2005

 

Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Spring 2003-present.

 

Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Fall 1997-present.

 

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.

 

Embryo: A Secular Defense of Life co-authored with Robert P. George; Doubleday, 2008.

 

SECONDI

 

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: The New Catholic Debate, Springer, 2008.

 

ÒThe PresidentÕs Council on Bioethics: Overview and AssessmentÓ special issue of HEC Forum Vol. 18, No. 2, 2006.

 

John Paul IIÕs Contribution to Catholic Bioethics, Springer, 2004.

 

ÒPragmatism in Bioethics,Ó special issue of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, with Mark Cherry, Vol. 28, Nos. 5-6, 2003

 

ÒThe Edges of Consent,Ó special issue of HEC Forum, vol. 16, 2004.

 

DOLCI

 

ÒDisability and Social Justice,Ó in Philosophical Perspectives on Disability eds. Ralston, Ho, and Engelhardt, forthcoming Springer 2009.

 

ÒThe Ever-Conscious View: A Critique,Ó National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly forthcoming Spring 2008.

 

ÒCould 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, forthcoming 2008.

 

ÒTen Mistakes About End of Life Care,Ó in Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: the New Catholic Debate ed. Christopher Tollefsen (The Netherlands: Springer, 2008) pp. 213-236.

 

ÒLying: The Integrity Approach,Ó American Journal of Jurisprudence, 2007.

 

ÒReligious Reasons and Public BioethicsÓ Christian Bioethics, 13, 2007, pp. 139-158.

 

ÒJohn Paul II and ChildrenÕs Education,Ó Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy 21, 2007, pp. 159-189.

 

ÒIs A Purely first Person Account of Human Action Defensible?Ó Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9, 2006, pp. 441-460.

 

ÒMacIntyre and the Moralization of Enquiry,Ó International Philosophical Quarterly 46, 2006, pp. 221-238.

 

ÒFission, Fusion, and the Simple View,Ó Christian Bioethics 12, 2006, pp. 255-263.

 

ÒIntroduction: The PresidentÕs Council on Bioethics: Overview and Assessment,Ó HEC Forum 18, 2006, pp. 99-107.

 

ÒThe Ancient Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Some Platonic Objections to U2Ó in U2 and Philosophy ed. Mark Wrathall, Open Court 2006, pp. 195-205.

 

ÒReasons for Action and Reasons for Belief,Ó Social Epistemology Vol. 20, No. 1, 2006, pp. 1-11.

 

ÒPersons in Time,Ó American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 80, No. 1, 2006. pp. 107-123.

 

ÒUniversalizability in Ethics,Ó American Journal of Jurisprudence, Vol. 50. 2005, pp. 225-232.

 

ÒAbortion and the Human Animal,Ó Christian Bioethics, 10, 2005, pp. 105-116.

 

ÒHume and Moral Expertise,Ó in Moral Expertise: A Reappraisal, ed. Lisa Rasmussen. (The Netherlands: Springer Press, 2005) pp. 55-72.

 

ÒThe Normativity of Natural Function,Ó in Virtu, Natura e Normativita (Virtue, Nature, and Normativity) Antonio Da Re and Gabriele De Anna, eds. (Padua: il Poligrafo, 2004) pp. 171-190.

 

ÒJohn Paul II at the Beginning of the 21st CenturyÓ in John Paul IIÕs Contribution to Catholic Bioethics ed. Christopher Tollefsen (The Netherlands: Springer Press, 2004) pp. 1-6.

 

ÒBasic Goods, Practical Insight , and External Reasons,Ó 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.

 

ÒNatural Law and Meta-ethics: A Guided Tour,Ó Natural Law and Global Ethics Mark Cherry, ed. (The Netherlands: Kluwer Press 2004) pp. 39-56.

 

ÒRoman Catholic BioethicsÓ 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.

 

ÒIntroduction: At the Edges of Informed Consent,Ó HEC Forum 16 (2004) pp. 1-5.

 

ÒSic et Non: Some Disputed Questions in Reproductive EthicsÓin, Bioethics: A Philosophical Overview George Khushf, ed. (The Netherlands: Kluwer Press, 2004) pp. 281-413.

 

ÒPragmatism in Bioethics: Diagnosis or Cure?Ó with Mark Cherry, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 28(5-6) 2003, pp. 533-544.

 

ÒJustified Belief,Ó The American Journal of Jurisprudence 48, 2003, pp. 281-296.

 

ÒInstitutional IntegrityÓ in Institutional Integrity, Ana Smith Iltis, ed. (The Netherlands: Kluwer Press 2003) pp. 121-138.

 

ÒExperience Machines, Dreams, and What Matters,ÓThe Journal of Value Inquiry 37, 2003, pp. 153-164.

 

ÒManaged Care and the Practice of the Professions,Ó 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.

 

ÒMeta AinÕt Always Betta: Conceptualizing the Generic Chaplaincy Issue,Ó Christian Bioethics, Vol. 4, No. 3, December 1998, pp. 305-315.

 

"Advanced Directives and Voluntary Slavery,Ó (Response To Thomas May, ÒReassessing 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

 

ÒReview of Believing by FaithThe Philosophical Quarterly forthcoming, 2008.

 

ÒAnimals and Machines: On Their Beginnings and Endings,Ó Lyceum 8: available on-line at: http://lyceumphilosophy.com/?q=node/59

 

ÒReview of Ethics in MedicineThe Philosophical Quarterly 57, 2007, pp. 148-151.

 

ÒReview of Dispelling the Myths of Abortion HistoryTouchstone January/February, 2007.

 

ÒBut Am I A Conservative?Ó and other essays at Right Reason available on-line at: http://rightreason.ektopos.com/tollefsen.html

 

ÒDisputed Research In the Liberal State,Ó The Soapbox 2005, available on-line at: http://www.princeton.edu/~sshimp/26tollefson.html.

 

ÒEuthanasia and the Culture of Life,Ó at Princeton Pro-Life: http://www.princeton.edu/~prolife/articles/tollefsen.pdf#search=%22euthanasia%20and%20the%20culture%20of%20life%22

 

ÒAnimalism and the Unborn Human Being,Ó 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

 

ÒCEO Shuffle,Ó The New York Resident August 2002.

 

ÒVouchers are What Justice DemandsÓ The State March 2002.

 

ÒNo Friend of the DisabledÓ The Manchester Union Leader August 2001.