Since 1985,
I have, with great pleasure, been in the Chapel Hill Philosophy Department. Within
philosophy, my interests include metaethics, moral theory, epistemology and metaphysics.
Outside of philosophy, I spend a decent amount of time appreciating good coffee,
indulging a taste for old cars and motorcycles, and for nine years, but sadly
no longer, I spent time providing early morning child care at our kids' school,
the Montessori Children's House
of Durham,
where my wife is now (but was not then) the Head of School.
A video
of my talk, "The Evolution of Morality," is available on the Ethics
Updates webpage HERE.
Also
on the web are two discussions with Will Wilkerson on Bloggingheads.tv,
one on Metaethics, HERE,
and one on Evolution and Morality, HERE.
And there is a radio interview about moral dilemmas, hosted by Alan Saunders,
on the Philosophers Zone, which airs on the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, HERE.
My Mom, Dr.
Joan McCord, passed away, after a brief but devastating bout with cancer, on
February 24th 2004. To learn about her and her work, you might go to her webpage
HERE , to her obituary
in the New York Times HERE
and to a nice tribute to her on the web on the American Society of Criminology
site HERE.
