Marcus Arvan
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Tampa
United States of America
Biography
Arvan has published peer-reviewed articles in The Philosophical Forum, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Journal of Global Ethics, Neuroethics, Klesis, Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics, and Southwest Philosophical Review. His research on personality traits and moral judgments received national media coverage on foxnews.com and The Michael Medved Show. Arvan also coaches two debate teams at UT, which compete annually in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl. His 2012-2013 Ethics Bowl team qualified for and competed in the National Finals in San Antonio, TX. Arvan has also co-organized two annual Human Rights Day student-faculty conferences at UT, and is the creator and moderator of The Philosophers’ Cocoon, a safe-and-supportive online forum for early career philosophers which currently has more than 40 national and international contributors.
Research Interest
Marcus Arvan specializes in Ethics, Political Philosophy, Human Rights, and Free Will. His doctorate dissertation, A Nonideal Theory of Justice , constructed a comprehensive theory of how to respond to political and economic injustices.
Publications
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Arvan M. First steps toward a nonideal theory of justice. Ethics & Global Politics. 2014 Jan 1;7(3):95-117.
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Arvan M. A lot more bad news for conservatives, and a little bit of bad news for liberals? Moral judgments and the dark triad personality traits: A follow-up study. Neuroethics. 2013 Apr 1;6(1):51-64.
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Arvan M. Bad news for conservatives? Moral judgments and the Dark Triad personality traits: A correlational study. Neuroethics. 2013 Aug 1;6(2):307-18.
