David Meeler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
803-323-2128
My
Educational Background
Ph.D. Philosophy. The University of
California at Santa Barbara
Thesis: Shared Access and Private Space: A Legal and
Philosophical Analysis of Privacy
Advisor: Burleigh T. Wilkins
C. Phil., M.A. Philosophy. The
University of California at Santa Barbara
Thesis: Contextualism and Epistemic Scrutiny
Advisor: Anthony Brueckner
M.A. Philosophy. The University of
Arkansas
Thesis: Imagine the Possibilities: Epistemic Access and
Modality
Advisor: Christopher S. Hill
B.A. Philosophy. Elon College
My Areas
of Academic Interest
My primary interests are in Social
and Political Philosophy, and Philosophy of Law.
My dissertation explored the nature
of privacy both in law and ethics.
I have presented or published
refereed papers
on
- Habermas' & Rawls' views of public
political discourse
- Appropriate
Models for Selecting Political Leaders
- Privacy in
Ethics
- Privacy in
Law
- Feminist
Critique of the Public/Private Dichotomy
- Corporate Social
Responsibility
- Human Rights and
Intervention in
International
Affairs
- John Rawls'
conception of 'Reasonable' Persons
- John Rawls' conception
of 'Reasonable' Comprehensive
Doctrines
- Epistemological
Skepticism
Courses I
Regularly Teach
-
PHIL 220 -
Logic & Language
- PHIL 230 - Introduction to Ethics
- PHIL 315 - Historical Developments
in Moral Reasoning
- PHIL 340 - Environmental Ethics
- PHIL 370 - Philosophy of Law
- PHIL 575 -
Business Ethics
Courses I
Occasionally Teach
-
PHIL 495 - Methods & Research
Seminar in Philosophy
- PHIL 550
- Graduate
Special Topics courses: May be
taken along with any upper-division course, or as an
independent study.
| 
