Robert J. Hartman
I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, with the Lund-Gothenburg Responsibility Project. In February 2019, I will begin a postdoctoral research fellowship at Stockholm University, Sweden.
PhD, philosophy, St. Louis University, 2016.
Email: roberthartman122@gmail.com
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RESEARCH
My research interests are at the intersection of ethics and metaphysics. I have published extensively on moral luck; currently, I am working on the relationship between character and responsibility.
BOOKS
In Defense of Moral Luck: Why Luck Often Affects Praiseworthiness and Blameworthiness (Routledge, 2017)
In this monograph, I defend the thesis that certain kinds of luck in results, circumstance, and character can partially determine the praise or blame a person deserves.
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The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Luck, edited with Ian M. Church (Routledge, forthcoming)
This interdisciplinary handbook covers: (i) the history of luck, (ii) the nature of luck, (iii) moral luck, (iv) epistemic luck, (vi) the psychology of luck, and (vi) future research on luck.
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PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY
Moral Luck, Aeon (2017)
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ACADEMIC ARTICLES
Moral Luck and the Unfairness of Morality
Philosophical Studies (forthcoming)
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Constitutive Moral Luck and Strawson’s Argument for the Impossibility of Moral Responsibility
Journal of the American Philosophical Association (forthcoming)
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Accepting Moral Luck
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Luck (forthcoming)
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Armstrong on Probabilistic Laws of Nature, with Jonathan D. Jacobs
Philosophical Papers (2017)
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Counterfactuals of Freedom and the Luck Objection to Libertarianism
Journal of Philosophical Research (2017)
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Against Luck-Free Moral Responsibility
Philosophical Studies (2016)
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Utilitarian Moral Virtue, Admiration, and Luck
Philosophia (2015)
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How to Apply Molinism to the Theological Problem of Moral Luck
Faith and Philosophy (2014)
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Involuntary Belief and the Command to Have Faith
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (2011)
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BOOK REVIEWS
Agnes Callard’s Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming
The Philosophical Quarterly (forthcoming)
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Rik Peels’s Responsible Belief: A Theory in Ethics and Epistemology
Ethics (2018)
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TEACHING
I have broad teaching interests in ethics, metaphysics, free will and moral responsibility, biomedical ethics, moral psychology, epistemology, philosophy of religion, and logic as well as in the history of philosophy.
Classes Taught
- Ethics (8x)
- Introduction to Philosophy (3x)
- Logic and Critical Thinking (2x)
- Philosophy of Religion (x1, upper division)
Student Resources
- The field of philosophy.
- How to read philosophy.
- How to write philosophy.
- How to avoid plagiarism.
- Why you’re not allowed to use your laptop.
Philosophy Students Ask Valuable Questions
- Does God exist?
- Do we have free will?
- What makes actions right and wrong?
- What is the good life?
- What makes life meaningful?
- How do the mind and body relate?
- What does it mean to be the same person over time?
- What distinguishes mere true belief from knowledge?
- *Disclaimer* The opinions expressed in these videos and podcasts do not necessarily reflect my own.
More Benefits of Studying Philosophy
- The value of the humanities.
- Philosophy majors earn well.
- Philosophy majors find employment.
- What you can do with philosophy.
- Philosophy majors outperform all other majors on the GRE and score excellently on the LSAT and GMAT.
