John Rudisill
Professor of Philosophy, Chair of Pre Law Advising
Phone: 330-263-2353
Office: Scovel 002
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Degrees
- B.A., Coe 1991
- Ph.D., Iowa 2001
Areas of Interest
Rudisill specializes in social and political philosophy and theoretical ethics. Additional teaching interests include the philosophy of race and gender, philosophy and literature, and the history of modern philosophy. His current research focuses on the problem of political legitimacy and justification in an increasingly multicultural and globalized world and a critical analysis of various alternatives to liberalism.
Courses Taught
- Political Philosophy
- Ethical Theory
- Junior Independent Study Seminar
- Existentialism
- Art, Love and Beauty
- Ethics, Justice and Society
Publications
- “”ÌýJournal of Philosophical Research, Volume 37, 2012, pp. 243-248.
- “”ÌýJournal of Philosophical Research, Volume 37, 2012, pp. 221-232.
- “Ìý.”ÌýTeaching Philosophy, Volume 34, No. 3, September 2011. Winner of the 2012Ìý.ÌýReprinted together with commentaries (by Wendy Turgeon, Christopher Mayer, and M.J. Mulnix and Jennifer Wilson Mulnix) and my “Reply to Turgeon, Mayer, and Mulnix and Mulnix” inÌýPhilosophy Through Teaching, ed. Emily Esch, Kevin Hermberg, and Rory E. Kraft, Jr. (Charlotsville, VA. Philosophy Documentation Center, 2014).
- “.”ÌýDiscusiones Filosóficas, Volume 11, No. 17, July-December 2010.
- “Review of John Christman’sÌýSocial and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction.” Teaching Philosophy,Ìývolume 27, number 2, June 2004.
- ÌýEssays in Philosophy,ÌýVolume 5, number 1, January 2004.
- “”ÌýJanus Head,Ìý5.1 Spring 2002.
- ÌýAuslegung, Volume 23, No. 2. Spring/Summer 2000. Ìý
- “Culture as Cure…Sometimes Worse than the Disease: A Review of Geoffrey Hartman’sÌýThe Fateful Question of Culture.” Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies,ÌýVolume 18, April 1999.