Jean Kazez

I am interested in problems at the theoretical end of applied ethics. For example, the nature of the good life, the moral status of animals, and various problems that come up in the lives of parents and parents-to-be.

Representative Publications

Animalkind (tentative title), forthcoming from Blackwell, end of 2009.
The Weight of Things: Philosophy and the Good Life (Blackwell 2007).
"Imagine That" arts column in The Philosopher's Magazine.
"How Good Do We Have to Be?" Philosophy Now.
Article in Twilight and Philosophy, forthcoming.
"Can Counterfactuals Save Mental Causation?" Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 73:71-90, 1995.
"Computationalism and the Causal Role of Content," Philosophical Studies, 75:231-260, 1994.

Work in Progress

I am finishing a book about animals and ethics.
My next project deals with problems in the lives of parents.

Teaching

Animal Rights
The Meaning of Life
Environmental Ethics
Philosophy and Literature

Other than that

A famous philosopher once said "I blog, therefore I am." My personal blog is http://kazez.blogspot.com/. I also contribute to http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com