Dr. Michael Robinson
- Education:
- Biola University, Bachelor of Arts
Texas Tech University, Master of Arts
Florida State University, Ph.D.
Biography
Michael Robinson (Ph.D., Florida State University; M.A., Texas Tech University) is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy. His primary research interests are in Ethics, Philosophy of Action, and Metaphysics--particularly, free will and moral responsibility, human agency, moral obligation, blame, and punishment. His recent publications include "Truthmakers, Moral Responsibility, and an Alleged Counterexample to Rule A" (Erkenntnis 2016); "Revisionism, Libertarianism, and Naturalistic Plausibility" (Philosophical Studies 2015); and "The Limits of Limited-Blockage Frankfurt-Style Cases" (Philosophical Studies 2014). Dr. Robinson teaches courses on free will and moral responsibility, ethics, medical ethics, business and professional ethics, and logic.
Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
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"Keeping Promises to Supererogate," Philosophia 51 (2023): 1811-1828.
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"Flickering the W-Defense," Philosophical Issues 33 (2023): 198-210.
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"Self-Inflicted Frankfurt-Style Cases and Flickers of Freedom," The Journal of Ethics. Advance online publication.
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"Investigating Free Will: Why Neuroscience and Philosophy Need Each Other" [Video] YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt-ALFndYwA
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“Some Desiderata for a Taxonomy of Conscientious Objection in Health Care: A Reply to Gamble and Saad” (with Jeffrey Byrnes) Clinical Ethics, 18 (2023): 165-171.
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"Voluntarily Chosen Roles and Conscientious Objection in Health Care," Journal of Medical Ethics 48 (2022): 718-722.
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"Robust Flickers of Freedom," Social Philosophy & Policy 36 (2019): 211-233.
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“Truthmakers, Moral Responsibility, and an Alleged Counterexample to Rule A,” Erkenntnis 81 (2016): 1333-1339.
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“Revisionism, Libertarianism, and Naturalistic Plausibility,” Philosophical Studies 172 (2015): 2651-2658.