Ryan Muldoon
PhD
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor
Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics Undergraduate Minor
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Ethics
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Ethics
Current Research
My research interests are primarily centered on the social organization of political, cultural, and scientific communities. In particular, I am interested in how these communities can and should respond to diversity. This focus on diversity is manifested most prominently in my three major projects: the first remakes social contract theory for very diverse societies, the second offers a normative-descriptive framework for analyzing the division of cognitive labor in science, and the third examines the emergence and persistence of social norms.
Courses
- Contemporary Moral Problems
- Law Morality Authority
Selected Publications
- Muldoon, Ryan. "Expanding the Justificatory Framework of Mill's Experiments in Living," Utilitas(forthcoming).
- Muldoon, Ryan; Lisciandra, Chiara; Colyvan, Mark; Sprenger, Jan; Martini, Carlo; Sillari, Giacomo. "Disagreement beyond the Veil of Ignorance,"Philosophical Studies 170: 3 (August , 2014): 377-94.
- Muldoon, Ryan; Borgida, Michael; Cuffaro, Michael. "The Conditions of Tolerance," Politics, Philosophy and Economics 11: 3 (August, 2012): 322-44.