michael cholbi
Welcome to my home page. I'm Associate Professor of Philosophy at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (more colloquially known as Cal Poly Pomona). My research is principally in ethics, with particular emphases on punishment, suicide, Kant's ethics, and moral psychology. I'm currently completing a book manuscript on philosophical issues in suicide for Broadview Press. I'm also a contributor to two blogs: PEA Soup, a forum for philosophical ethics, and In Socrates' Wake, a blog on teaching philosophy. I founded (and serve as editor of) Studies in the History of Ethics, a peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to the history of philosophical ethics. Finally, I'm a member of the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy.
- Recent Publications
- Recent Course Syllabi
- Media (radio appearances and blogs)
- Tour Schedule (upcoming conferences)
- Full Vita
Selected Recent Publications
“The murderer at the door: What Kant should have said.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, forthcoming (abstract)
“Moral expertise and the credentials problem.” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, forthcoming (abstract)
“‘Self-manslaughter’ and the forensic classification of self-inflicted deaths.” Journal of Medical Ethics, 33 (2007): 155-157. (abstract)
“Intentional learning as a model for philosophical pedagogy.” Teaching Philosophy 30 (2007): 35-58. (abstract)
“Reply to Kelly and Stich, ‘Two theories about the cognitive architecture underlying morality’.” (with Peter Ross) First On-line Philosophy Conference (abstract)
“Moral belief attribution: A reply to Roskies.” Philosophical Psychology 19 (2006): 629-638. (abstract)
“Race, capital punishment, and the cost of murder.” Philosophical Studies 127 (2006): 255-282. (abstract)
“Cruelty, competency, and contemporary abolitionism.” Studies in Law, Politics, and Society 37 (2005): 123-140. (abstract)
“Suicide.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2004
Selected Recent Course Syllabi
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- Moral Philosophy
- Great Philosophers (Spinoza and Leibniz, in this case)
- Seminar in Metaethics
- Race and Racism in Western Thought
- Emotions Seminar
- Philosophy Proseminar
Media Appearances
- Forum with Michael Krasny (radio show broadcast by San Francisco station KQED), “Understanding Suicide,” aired 4/19/06
- Philosophy Talk (radio show broadcast by Stanford University), “Suicide,” aired 3/31/06
- Contributor to the blog PEA Soup
- Founder of the blog In Socrates' Wake
Tour Schedule: Upcoming Conferences
- National Ethics Bowl, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 2008
- Netherlands, March 2008
- Central Division APA Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2008