Michael W. Austin
Curriculum Vitae
October 2009
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Case Annex 268
Eastern Kentucky University
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, 2004,
Dissertation: Parental Rights and Obligations (David Boonin, director)
M.A., Philosophy, 2000 (Highest
Honors), Biola University
B.A., Political Science, 1991,
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Kentucky University, 2007-present
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Kentucky University 2004-2007
AREAS OF SPECIALTY
Ethics, Social/Political Philosophy
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Philosophy of Religion, History of Ethics, Existentialism, Environmental Ethics, Epistemology
PUBLICATIONS
Books
(Authored)
Wise Stewards:
Philosophical Foundations of Christian Parenting (Kregel Academic,
2009).
Conceptions of Parenthood: Ethics and the Family. Ashgate Studies in Applied
Ethics (Ashgate, 2007).
Books (Edited)
The Philosophy of the Olympics, with Heather Reid (University Press of Kentucky,
forthcoming).
Fatherhood and Philosophy, with Lon Nease (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming).
Cycling and Philosophy: A Philosophical Tour de Force, with Jesús Ilundain (Wiley-
Blackwell, forthcoming).
Football and Philosophy: Going Deep (University Press of Kentucky, 2008).
Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).
Journal
Articles
“Sports as
Exercises in Spiritual Formation,” Journal
of Spiritual Formation and Soul
Care (forthcoming).
“Magnanimity,
Athletic Excellence, and Performance-Enhancing Drugs,” Journal of
Applied
Philosophy 26 (2009): 46-53.
“Popular Culture in the Philosophy Classroom:
A Modest Defense,” with Greg
Bassham,
American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy 8 (2008): 6-9.
“Do Children Have a Right to Play?” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 34 (2007): 135-146.
“Fundamental Interests and Parental Rights,” International Philosophical Quarterly 47
(2007): 221-235.
“Moral Difficulties in Plantinga’s Model of Warranted Christian Belief,” Philosophy
and
Theology 17 (2005): 121-132.
“The Failure of Biological Accounts of Parenthood,” The Journal of Value Inquiry 38
(2004): 499-510.
“It Is Ethical
Intuitionism, and Not Another Thing: A Reply to
Eggleston,” Southwest
Philosophy Review 20 (2004): 155-157.
“On the Alleged Irrationality of Ethical Intuitionism: Are Ethical Intuitions
Epistemically Suspect?” Southwest Philosophy Review 19 (2003): 205-213.
Book Chapters
“Dads and Daughters: Wisdom for a Winding Road,” in Fatherhood and Philosophy.
“From Shoes to Saddle,” in Cycling and Philosophy.
“Crowning a True Champion: The Case for a College
Football Playoff,” in Football and
Philosophy.
“Chasing Happiness Together: Running and Aristotle’s Philosophy of Friendship,” in
Running and Philosophy, pp. 11-19.
“What Do Jack and Locke Owe
Their Fathers?” in Lost
and Philosophy, edited by
Kaye (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).
Encyclopedia Entries
“Divine Command Theory,” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2006):
http://www.iep.utm.edu/divine-c
“Parental Rights
and Obligations,” Encyclopedia of Public Administration and
Public Policy, edited by Jack Rabin (
“Parenting,” Ethics,
revised edition, ed. by John K. Roth (
Press, 2005), pp. 1089-1090.
“Whistleblowing: Corporate and Public Policy” (with Mike Harper)
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, ed. by Jack
Rabin (
Book Reviews
Personal
Virtues: Introductory Essays,
edited by Clifford Williams, in Teaching
Philosophy 30:3 (2007): 327-329.
Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe, by Erik J. Wielenberg,
in Philosophia Christi 8
(Series
2, 2006), pp. 183-185.
The Story of Ethics: Fulfilling Our Human Nature, ed. by Kelly James Clark and Anne
Poortenga, in Teaching Philosophy 28:3 (2005): 279-281.
Christian
Theism and Moral Philosophy, ed. by Michael Beaty,
Nelson, in Philosophia Christi 3 (Series 2, 2001), pp. 608-610.
New Ethics for the Public’s Health, ed. by Daniel Beauchamp and Bonnie Steinbock, in
Ethics and Medicine 16 (2000), pp. 93-94.
Magazine Article
Now
64 (November/December 2007): 14-17.