Stephen Kershnar
Stephen Kershnar is a distinguished teaching professor in the philosophy department at the State University of New York at Fredonia and an attorney. He focuses on applied ethics and political philosophy. Kershnar has written over eighty articles and book chapters on such diverse topics. He is the author of nine books, including Shooting Abortion-Doctors: Does the Pro-Life Worldview Make Sense? (2017).
Subjects: Philosophy
Biography
Stephen Kershnar is a distinguished teaching professor in the philosophy department at the State University of New York at Fredonia and an attorney. He focuses on applied ethics and political philosophy. Kershnar has written over eighty articles and book chapters on such diverse topics as adult-child sex, affirmative action, capitalism, discrimination, equal opportunity, Hell, most valuable player, pornography, sexual fantasy, slavery, and torture. He is the author of nine books, including Abortion, Hell, and Shooting Abortion-Doctors: Does the Pro-Life Worldview Make Sense? (2017).Education
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University of Nebraska, PhD, 1995
University of Pennsylvania, JD, 1991
Cornell University, BA, 1988
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy
Personal Interests
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Running, Literature, Politics
Websites
Books
Articles
Shareholder Theory in Academia
Published: Apr 09, 2018 by Business and Professional Ethics
Authors: Stephen Kershnar
Subjects:
Philosophy
In this article, I argue that university officers' duties are to follow the promises they made to the shareholders.
Avoiding Excessive Gratitude Toward Veterans and Why It Matters: A Response to Michael Robillard and Pauline Shanks Kaurin
Published: Dec 20, 2017 by Reason Papers
Authors: Stephen Kershnar
In this article, I discuss with Michael Robillard and Paul Shanks Kaurin whether Americans should be very grateful to veterans.
Does the Emolument Rule Exist for the President?
Published: Jul 12, 2017 by International Journal of Applied Philosophy
Authors: Stephen Kershnar
Subjects:
Philosophy
I argue that the Constitution's Emoluments Clause does not bind the President.
Forfeiture Theory and Symmetrical Attackers
Published: Jul 06, 2017 by Criminal Justice Ethics
Authors: Stephen Kershnar
Subjects:
Philosophy
In this paper, I defend the following thesis: The Problem of Symmetrical Attackers does not falsify forfeiture theory. theory is not falsified by this problem.
A New Argument for the Irrelevance of Equality for Intrinsic Value
Published: Oct 06, 2016 by Philosophia
Authors: Stephen Kershnar, Duncan Purves
Subjects:
Philosophy
In this article, we argue that the way of calculating the good shows that equality is not an intrinsic good.
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Case for Reparations and Spiritual Awakening: The Failure of Liberal Imagination
Published: Jul 14, 2016 by The Critique
Authors: Stephen Kershnar
In this article, I discuss Ta-Nehisi Coates' argument on reparations.
Quantifying Health Across Populations
Published: Jul 01, 2016 by Bioethics
Authors: Stephen Kershnar
In this article, I discuss how to rank populations in terms of how healthy they are.
Videos
Published: Nov 28, 2017
Professor John Keller and Distinguished Teaching Professor debate the morality of abortion at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Published: May 10, 2016
Professors Dale Tuggy and Stephen Kershnar debate whether God exists.
Published: Oct 29, 2015
Professors John Keller and Stephen Kershnar debate whether people are morally resposible.
Published: Oct 29, 2016
In the second part of the debate, professors John Keller and Stephen Kershnar have a question and answer with regard to moral responsibility.