Elizabeth Harman

Elizabeth Harman

Room 207, Marx Hall
Department of Philosophy
University Center for Human Values
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1006

Phone: 609-258-4291
Fax: 609-258-1502
Email: eharman@princeton.edu

  • CV.

  • Papers

    • "Creation Ethics: The Moral Status of Early Fetuses and the Ethics of Abortion," Philosophy and Public Affairs, Fall 1999: Abstract, Paper.

    • "The Potentiality Problem," Philosophical Studies, May 2003: Abstract, Paper.

    • "Can We Harm and Benefit in Creating?" Philosophical Perspectives, 2004. Paper.

    • "Sacred Mountains and Beloved Fetuses: Can Loving or Worshipping Something Give It Moral Status?" Philosophical Studies, March 2007: Abstract, Paper.

    • "How is the Ethics of Stem Cell Research Different from the Ethics of Abortion?" Metaphilosophy, April 2007: Abstract, Paper.

    • "Discussion of Nomy Arpaly's Unprincipled Virtue," Philosophical Studies, June 2007. Paper.

    • "Harming as Causing Harm," in Harming Future Persons, Melinda Roberts and David Wasserman, eds., Springer, 2009. Paper.

    • "Critical Notice of Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence by David Benatar," Nous, December 2009. Paper.

    • "'I'll Be Glad I Did It' Reasoning and the Significance of Future Desires," Philosophical Perspectives, 2009. Paper.

  • Courses at Princeton:

    • "Morality in the Face of Moral Ignorance." Graduate Seminar. Spring 2009. Syllabus.

    • "Can We Rely on Intuitions in Ethics?" Junior Seminar. Fall 2008. Syllabus.

    • "Perfecting Life: Designing Persons, Designing Memories, Designing Death." Undergraduate Course. Fall 2008. Also co-taught with Adama Elga in Fall 2007. Syllabus.

    • "The Ethics of Desire." Graduate Seminar. Spring 2007. Syllabus.

  • Courses at NYU:

    • "Causation." Graduate Seminar. Spring 2006. Syllabus.

    • "Ethics." Undergraduate Course. Spring 2006, Fall 2004, and Fall 2003. Syllabus.

    • "Senior Honors Seminar." Undergraduate Course. Fall 2005. Syllabus.

    • "Ethics Across Time." Graduate Seminar, co-taught with Derek Parfit. Fall 2005-Spring 2006. Syllabus.

    • "Proseminar." Graduate Seminar, co-taught with Sharon Street. Fall 2005. Syllabus.

    • "Topics in Ethics." Undergraduate Course. Spring 2004. Syllabus.

    • "Ethics: Selected Topics." Graduate Seminar. Fall 2004. Syllabus.

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