1. Lawrence M. Hinman
curriculum vitae
Professor Emeritus
University of San Diego
Email: hinman@SanDiego.edu
WWW: http://ethics.sandiego.edu
200 E. 82nd Street, Apt. 26C
New York, NY 10028
Mobile: 858-527-2200
Email: HinmanLawrence@gmail.com
WWW: http://EthicsMatters.net
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lmhinman
Academia.edu: https://sandiego.academia.edu/LawrenceHinman
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larry.hinman.7
Teaching Experience
Professor University of San Diego 1983-2014
Associate Professor University of San Diego 1978-1983
Assistant Professor University of San Diego 1975-1978
Visiting Asst. Prof. Loyola Marymount University 1973-1975
Instructor Loyola University of Chicago 1969-1970
Administrative Experience
Co-Director & Co-Founder Center for Ethics in Science &
Technology
2004-2009
Director and Founder The Values Institute 1994-2008
Director and Founder Ethics across the Curriculum 1996-2005
Chair Philosophy Department 1984-1988
Director and Founder Honors Program 1978-1982
Awards
Richard P. Geyser Ethics Award San Diego Human Dignity Foundation May 2006
"Fifty People to Watch in San Diego" San Diego Magazine 2003
Distinguished University Professorship University of San Diego 1996-97
Lowell Davies Award for Faculty
Excellence
University of San Diego 1988
Faculty Research Grants & Sabbaticals University of San Diego 1980-2011
NEH Summer Institute Fellowship:
Kantian Moral Philosophy
Johns Hopkins University 1983
NEH Summer Seminar Fellowship:
Phenomenology and the Life-World
Yale University 1977
ASLMU Outstanding Service Award Loyola Marymount Univ. 1975
Best Teacher Award, Philosophy Loyola Marymount Univ. 1975
Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation
Fellowship
Loyola University/Chicago 1971-72
Research and Teaching Assistantships Loyola University/Chicago 1966-73

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Education
Ph.D. Loyola University of Chicago 1975
Dissertation Research Universität Bonn 1970-72
B. S. Loyola University of Chicago 1964
M.A. Marriage, Family University of San Diego 1989
Thesis and Dissertation
M.A.: The Atheism of Jean-Paul
Sartre
Director: James J. Dagenais 1966
Ph.D.: Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Play Director: Hans Seigfried 1975
Publications
a. Books, monographs, edited volumes
• Ethics: A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory. Fifth Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2013.
• Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Consensus. Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 2012.
• Principal editor of the Proceedings for CEPE2007: Computer Ethics, Philosophical Ethics, published
by the University of Twente, 2007.
• Michael W. Kalichman, Lawrence M. Hinman, Evan Y. Snyder, guest editors, Stem Cell Reviews, Vol.
1, No. 4 (2005). Special Issue: Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines.
In progress:
• Ethics @ the Frontiers of Science. Moral Challenges Posed by Stem Cell Research, Regenerative
Medicine, Neuroscience, Computing and IT, the World Wide Web, Search Engines, and Robotics.
b. Web Sites
• Editor and principal contributor to Ethics Updates, a World Wide Web site devoted to recent
developments in both applied ethics and ethical theory. This site now averages over 5,000 visits per
day during the academic year. Address: http://ethics.sandiego.edu/
• Founder and editor of Ethics Videos, a World Wide Web site devoted to streaming video of ethics-
related lectures, discussions, and interviews.
• Current course web sites:
o Phil. 120: Ethical Theory
o Phil. 321: Social Ethics
o Phil. 334: Ethics at the Frontiers of Science
o Phil. 334: Existential Ethics
c. Articles
• “Euthanasia: An Introduction to the Moral Issues,” Why We Kill: Understanding Violence across
Cultures and Disciplines,” edited by Nancy Loucks, Sally Smith Holt, and Joanna R. Adler (London:
Middlesex University Press, 2009), pp. 97-122.
• “Abortion: Understanding the Moral Issues,” Why We Kill: Understanding Violence across Cultures
and Disciplines,” edited by Nancy Loucks, Sally Smith Holt, and Joanna R. Adler (London: Middlesex
University Press, 2009), pp. 83-96.
• “The Role of Imagination in the Moral Life,” Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics (vol.
9, number 2, Sept., 2007).

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• “Searching Ethics: The Role of Search Engines in the Construction and Distribution of Knowledge,”
Web Search: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Michael Zimmer and Amanda Spink (Bern:
Peter Lang, 2007), pp. 67-76. Digital Formations series, edited by Steve Jones.
• “Kantian Robotics. Building a Robot to Understand Kant’s Transcendental Turn” Computing and
Philosophy in Asia, edited by Soraj Hongladarom (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007),
135-142.
• “Searching the Semantic Web,” a short version of this paper was published in Glocalisation: Bridging
the Global Nature of Information and Communication Technology and the Local Nature of Human
Beings Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference (Global e-SCM Research Center, Meiji
University, 2007).
• Michael W. Kalichman and Lawrence M. Hinman, “Consensus and the Search for Pluripotent Stem
Cells,” Stem Cell Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 4 (2005).
• Michael W. Kalichman, Lawrence M. Hinman, Evan Y. Snyder, “Introduction” to special Issue:
Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines. Stem Cell Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 4 (2005).
• Evan Y. Snyder, Lawrence M. Hinman, Michael W. Kalichman, "Can science resolve the ethical
impasse in stem cell research?" Nature Biotechnology, Volume 24, Number 4 (April 2006), pp. 397-
400.
• "Esse est indicato in Google: Ethical and Political Issues in Search Engines," IRIE, International
Review of Information Ethics, Vol. 3 (6/2005), 19-25
• "Teaching with a Screen," Teaching Philosophy: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Suggestions,
edited by Tziporah Kasachkoff (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming. Also in APA Newletters,
Vol. 02, No. 2 (Spring 2003), pp. 225-229.
• "Virtual Virtues," The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives, edited by Robert Cavalier (Albany:
SUNY Press, 2005).
o Reprinted in Chris Anderson and Lex Runciman, OPEN QUESTIONS: Readings for Critical
Thinking and Writing (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005)
• “Academic Integrity and the World Wide Web,” Computers and Society, Vol. 31, No. 1 (March 2002),
pp. 33-42.
• "The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives in Academia," Ethics and Information Technology,
Volume 4 no. 1 (February 2002), pp. 31-35.
• "Learning to Be Wise." The Science of Wisdom and the Laws of Life, edited by Warren S. Brown
(Philadelphia and London: Templeton University Press, 2000), pp 413-24.
• "Als Rentner Eltern werden?" Novo: Politik Gesellschaft Wissenschaft, Nr. 49 (11/12, 2000), pp. 20-
23.
• "Streaming Video: Adding Real Multimedia to the Web," Syllabus Magazine, Volume 12, No. 5
(January, 1999).
• "Escaping from Flatland: From Paper to Multimedia Authoring." Syllabus Magazine Vol. 13, No. 3
(October, 1999).
• "Stunning Morality: The Ethical Dimensions of Stun Belts." Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. `7, No. 1
(Winter/Spring, 1998).
• "Using Computing Technology for Professional Cooperation: An APA Report," The Digital Phoenix,
edited by Terrell Ward Bynum and James H. Moor (Blackwell, 1998), pp. 397-405. Italian translation:
La Fenice digitale, edited by Terrell Bynum and James H. Moor.
• "Ethics Resources on the World Wide Web," The Digital Phoenix, edited by Terrell Ward Bynum and
James H. Moor (Blackwell, 1998), pp. 359-78. Italian translation: La Fenice digitale, edited by Terrell
Bynum and James H. Moor.
• "Using Computers in the Classroom," USD Access, Spring, 1998.
• "The Virtual Seminar Room: Using the World Wide Web to Teach Ethics." Teaching Philosophy, Vol.
19, #4 (December, 1996), pp. 319-329.
• "Are Appeals to the Emotions Necessarily Fallacious?" Inquiry, Vol. XV, No. 1 (Autumn, 1995), p. 53-
62.
• "The State of Contemporary Moral Theory" Reader’s Guide to "Warsaw, 1939." Chariot Software
Group (San Diego, 1990).
• "Why Study the Holocaust?" Reader’s Guide to "Warsaw, 1939." Chariot Software Group (San Diego,
1990).

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• "The Role of Emotions in Moral Education," Moral Dilemmas: Philosophical and Psychological
Reconsiderations of the Development of Moral Reasoning, C. G. Harding, ed. (Chicago, 1985), 57-
70.
• "The Case for ad hominem Arguments." The Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 60, No. 4
(December, 1982), pp. 338-45.
• "Mittelman on Perspectivism, Becoming, and Truth in Nietzsche," International Studies in Philosophy,
Vol. XVI, No. 2 (1984), 23-26.
• "‘Is’ Presupposes ‘Ought.’ A Note on Searle’s Derivation of ‘Ought’ from ‘Is’." Philosophical Studies
[Dublin], Vol. 30 (1984), 121-26.
• "On the Purity of Our Moral Motives: A Critique of Kant’s Account of the Emotions and Acting for the
Sake of Duty." The Monist, Vol. 66, No. 2 (April, 1983), 251-67.
• "Teaching Epistemology: Reflections on the Relevance of Theories of Knowledge." Teaching
Philosophy, Vol. V, No. 4 (October, 1982), pp. 287-99.
• "The Ambiguity and Limits of a Sociobiological Ethic." International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. XXIII,
No. 1 (March, 1983), 77-89.
• "Can a Form of Life Be Wrong?" Philosophy, Vol. 58, No. 225 (July, 1983), 339-52.
• "Nietzsche, Metaphor, and Truth." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. XLIII, No. 2
(December, 1982), 179-99.
• "Descartes’ Children: The Skeptical Legacy of Cartesianism." The New Scholasticism, Vol. LVI, No. 3
(Summer, 1982), 355-70.
• "Temporality and Self-Affirmation: A Kierkegaardian Critique of Nietzsche’s Doctrine of the Eternal
Recurrence of the Same." Kierkegaardiana, Vol. XI (1980), 93-119.
• "Philosophy and Style," The Monist, Vol. 63, No. 4 (October, 1980), pp. 512-29.
• "Quid facti or quid juris? The Fundamental Ambiguity of Gadamer’s Understanding of Hermeneutics,"
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. XL, No. 4 (June, 1980), 512-35.
• "How Not to Naturalize Ethics: A Critique of Max Hocutt’s Proposed Naturalistic Semantics for
Ethics," Ethics, Vol. 89, No. 3 (April, 1979), 292-97.
• "Can Skinner Tell a Lie? Notes on the Epistemological Nihilism of B. F. Skinner." The Southern
Journal of Philosophy, Vol. XVII, No. 1 (Spring, 1979), 47-60.
• "Heidegger, Edwards, and Being-toward-Death." The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. XVI, No. 3
(Fall, 1978), 193-212.
• "Marx’s Theory of Play, Leisure, and Unalienated Praxis." Philosophy and Social Criticism [formerly
Cultural Hermeneutics], Vol. V, No. 2 (July, 1978), 192-228.
• "On the Limits of the Quest for Relevance." Philosophical Research and Analysis, Vol. VII, No. 3
(Summer, 1978), 10-12.
• "The Starting Point of Philosophical Reflection: Nihilism or Alienation?" Philosophy Today, Vol. 21,
No. 1/4 (Spring, 1977), 90-100.
• "On Work and Play: Overcoming a Dichotomy." Man and World, Vol. VIII, No. 3 (August, 1975), 327-
46.
• "On the Possibility of Doing Philosophy in the Classroom." Metaphilosophy, Vol. 6, Nos. 3-4
(July/October, 1975), 347-56.
• "Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Play." Philosophy Today, Vol. 18, No. 2/4 (Summer, 1974), 106-24.
e. Encyclopedia articles
• "John Rawls," Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, CD-ROM (Microsoft Press, 1998).
• "Richard Rorty," Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, CD-ROM (Microsoft Press, 1998).
Courses Taught
• Introductory Level Courses:
Introduction to Logic; Introduction to Philosophy; Critical Thinking; Philosophy of Human Nature

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• Upper Division Courses:
Epistemology; History of Modern Philosophy; Advanced Studies in Modern Philosophy; Philosophy of
Social Sciences; Kant and Heidegger (team-taught); Philosophy of God (team-taught);
Phenomenology and Existentialism; History of Contemporary Philosophy; Contemporary Theories of
Human Nature; Ethics; Virtues and Vices; Ethical Theory; Social Ethics; Ethics at the Frontiers of
Science; Engineering Ethics; NeuroEthics
• Special Topics Courses:
Marx; Theories of Alienation; Theories of Work and Play; Marx and Nietzsche; Objectivity; Theories of
Emotions; Love and Friendship; Forgiveness; Gender and Ethics; Moral Pluralism
• Interdisciplinary Team-Taught Courses:
Philosophical Problems in Psychology (Psychology); Values and the Behavioral Sciences
(Psychology); Ethics and Education (School of Education); Philosophy and Literary Theory (English);
The Possibility of Religious Knowledge (Religious Studies); Sexism and Feminism (Sociology); Ethics
and Literature (Literature); Contemporary Moral Problems (Sociology); Theories of Emotions
(Psychology); The Limits of Expression: The Holocaust (History, Literature, Religious Studies, and
Communications); Narrative and Virtue (Literature); Gender Differences (Literature, Sociology,
Communications); Comparative Ethics: Native American and Western Traditions (Religious Studies);
The Moral of the Story: Ethics and Literature (English); A World at Risk (Sociology); Computer Ethics
(Computer Science).
• Courses taught abroad:
Ethics and Theater (London, 2010); Science and Ethics and in UK in the 21st Century (London,
2012); Ethics in Barcelona (Barcelona, 2011); Existentialist Ethics (Paris, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Conference Organizing
• Primary organizer of a major Conference on Virtues and Vices, held at the University of San Diego in
February 1986. Participants included Robert M. Adams, Marcia Baron, Fred Berger, Larry Blum, Cora
Diamond, Philippa Foot, Philip Hallie, Jean Hampton, Thomas Hill, Ronald Milo, Frederick Olafson, D.
Z. Phillips, Michael Slote, Robert Solomon, Richard Taylor, Bernard Williams, and Thomas Wren.
• Primary organizer of a major Conference on the Theory and Practice of Teaching Ethics held at the
University of San Diego in February 1987. Conference participants included Harry Brod, Michelle
Dumont, John Fielder, Jonathan Jacobs, Burton Leiser, Kai Nielsen, Richard Purtill, Tom Regan,
Gerry Santos, Nancy Sherman, Stephen Toulmin, John Waide, Virginia Warren, Elizabeth Wohlgast,
and Thomas Wren.
• Co-organizer of a Symposium on Ethics and Public Leadership. Lyceum Theatre on June 6, 1988.
Participants included former Councilwoman Celia Ballesteros, former Congressman Clair Burgener,
Professor Bob Fellmeth, PBS correspondent Gloria Penner, San Diego Tribune Editor Barbara
Herrera, and campaign consultant Jim Johnston. Funded by the University of San Diego and AT&T.
• Principal Organizer, Campion-Weber Ethics Lectures
o 1993: Rita Manning, "Gender and Moral Agency"
o 1994: John Kekes, "Pluralism and the Value of Life"
o 1995: Kenneth L. Vaux, "From Debbie to Dr. Kevorkian"
• Principal Organizer, Ethics Across the Curriculum Workshops and Lectures
o January, 1997: Professor Carol Gilligan, Harvard University
o January, 1998: Professor Tu Weiming, Harvard University
o January, 1999: Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center
o January, 2000: Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

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o January, 2001: Michael Josephson, Josephson Institute for Ethics
o January 2004: Michael Kalichman, Research Ethics Program, UCSD
• Co-organizer, Admiral James Bond Stockdale Ethics and Leadership Symposium
o February 1998. Principal speaker: Professor Nancy Sherman, Georgetown University and the
United States Naval Academy
o February 1999. Principal speaker: Professor James Toner, U. S. Air War College
o April 2000. Principal speaker: Professor Louis Pojman, United States Military Academy
o April 2001. Principal Speaker: Dr. Albert C. Pierce, United States Naval Academy
o April 2002: Principal Speaker: ADM Leon Edney, USN, Ret.
o April 2003: Principal Speaker: H. R. McMaster
o April 2004: Principal Speaker: Joe Galloway
o September 2004: Principal Speaker: Admiral Stan Arthur
o September 2005: Principal Speaker: Sen. James Webb
• Co-organizer with Michelle Grier of a Conference on Kantian Ethics: Interpretations and Critiques.
Keynote speakers and panelists include Henry Allison, Stephen Darwall, Barbara Herman, Thomas
E. Hill, Jr., Robert B. Pippin, Andrews Reath, and Allen Wood.
• Principal organizer of CEPE2007: Computer Ethics, Philosophical Ethics 2007. July 2007.
University of San Diego.
APA / APPE Activities
• Member, Board, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) (2014-20070
• Member, Program Committee, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (1987-88)
• Member, Executive Committee, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (1992-95)
• Member, National Committee on Philosophy and Computers, American Philosophical Association
(1994-2000)
• Member, National Committee on Teaching and Philosophy, American Philosophical Association,
2002-2005 (chair: 2003-2006)
• Member, Nominating Committee, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (2002-2003)
• Chair, National Committee on Teaching and Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, 2003-
2006.
• Member, APA Executive Committee, 2003-2006
• Member, APA Fund Drive Steering Committee, 2003-2004
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