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Michael Huemer (/ˈhjuːmər/; born 27 December 1969) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder.[1] He has defended ethical intuitionism, direct realism, libertarianism, veganism, the repugnant conclusion,[2] and philosophical anarchism.

Education and career

Huemer graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and earned his Ph.D. at Rutgers University in 1998 under the supervision of Peter D. Klein.[3]

Philosophical work

Huemer's book Ethical Intuitionism (2005) was reviewed in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews,[4] Philosophy and Phenomenological Research[5] and Mind.[6]

Huemer is the author of The Problem of Political Authority (2013), which argues that the modern arguments for political authority fail and that society can function properly without state coercion.[7]

Vegetarianism

Huemer is an advocate of ethical vegetarianism. In 2016, Huemer debated Bryan Caplan on the ethical treatment of animals, including insects.[8] In 2018, Huemer commented: "In the overwhelming majority of actual cases, meat eaters do not have any reasons that could plausibly be claimed to justify the pain and suffering caused by their practice."[9]

His Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism (2019) is a series of dialogues on the ethics of eating meat. Peter Singer, who wrote the foreword to book, commented that "In the future, when people ask me why I don't eat meat, I will tell them to read this book."[10][11]

Books

Authored

  • Skepticism and the Veil of Perception (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001)
  • Ethical Intuitionism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
  • The Problem of Political Authority (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
  • Approaching Infinity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
  • Paradox Lost (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
  • Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism (Routledge, 2019)
  • Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy (Independently published, 2021)
  • Justice Before the Law (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)

Co-Authored

  • Is Political Authority an Illusion?: A Debate (with Daniel Layman, Routledge, 2022)
  • Can We Know Anything?: A Debate (with Bryan Frances, Routledge, Forthcoming)

Edited

  • Epistemology: Contemporary Readings (Routledge, 2002)

References

  1. ^ "Michael Huemer". 24 March 2015.
  2. ^ Huemer, Michael (2008). "In Defence of Repugnance". Mind. 117 (468): 899–933. doi:10.1093/mind/fzn079. ISSN 0026-4423. JSTOR 20532700.
  3. ^ "Curriculum Vitae".
  4. ^ McNaughton, David (10 September 2006). "Michael Huemer: Ethical Intuitionism". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
  5. ^ Schroeder, Mark (2009). "Review: Huemer's Clarkeanism: Ethical Intuitionism by Michael Huemer". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 78 (1): 197–204. doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2008.00239.x. JSTOR 40380419.
  6. ^ Lemos, Noah (2008). "Review: Michael Huemer: Ethical Intuitionism". Mind. 117 (466): 483–486. doi:10.1093/mind/fzn063. ISSN 0026-4423.
  7. ^ Skoble, Aeon J. (2014). "Reviewed Work: The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey by Michael Huemer". The Independent Review. 19 (1): 144–147. JSTOR 24563269.
  8. ^ "Do animals have rights? Professors Bryan Caplan and Michael Huemer discuss". Learnliberty.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Debate: Libertarians Should Be Vegetarians". Reason.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Interview with Michael Huemer, the author of ”Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism". Animainternational.org. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism". Routledge.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

Further reading

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Huemer