Robert Earle
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Wilson Ethics Fellow
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Robert Earle
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Wilson Ethics Fellow
BA, Philosophy and English with a minor in Classics, University of Missouri at Saint Louis (2006)
PhD, Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo (2015)
I teach a general ethics course as well as several applied ethics surveys on topics related to the environment, technology, business / professional life, and human sexuality. I also teach a course on Ancient Western philosophy and another on world philosophies. Occasionally I also have the opportunity to teach academic writing and critical thinking courses and have experience teaching within world civilizations curriculums.
My area of specialization is environmental value theory (ethics and aesthetics), as well as in the history of normative ethics. I have published in the journal Environmental Ethics as well as book reviews for Teaching Philosophy. Most recently I have written a paper entitled “Against Ignorance: The Normative Ethics Consensus Requiring Our Seeking to Know the Interests of Strangers,” and I am currently researching the rule vs act utilitarianism distinction as it has been applied to early advocates of that tradition.
"Excellence in Teaching Award" UNI 2022-2023