Lionel K. Mcpherson
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Tufts University
United States of America
Biography
Lionel K. McPherson received his PhD in philosophy from Harvard University and graduated summa cum laude with an AB in philosophy from Princeton University. His research interests include normativity, the basis and extent of obligations, war and terrorism, and race. Between philosophy schoolings, he worked at Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) and wrote arts criticism. His interests outside of philosophy include film, music, and sports.
Research Interest
Ethics, Political and Social philosophy
Publications
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"Blackness and Philosophy: A Reply to Our Critics" (with Tommie Shelby), Symposia on Gender, Race and Philosophy 1 (2005).
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"Is Terrorism Distinctively Wrong?" Ethics 117 (2007): 524-546.
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"Normativity and the Rejection of Rationalism," Journal of Philosophy 104 (2007): 55-70.
