About Me
I am a philosophy professor at Rockford College. I have a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Arizona State University where I am currently working finishing my Ph.d. I have taught philosophy at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University in Arizona, and at Marist College and Mount Saint Mary’s College in New York.
I am also co-editor of Harry Potter and Philosophy from Open Court Publishing.
Two sneak peak essays from the book:
- Space, Time, and Magic in the Harry Potter Universe by Michael Silberstein
- Voldemort’s Agents, Malfoy’s Cronies, and Hagrid’s Chums: Friendship in Harry Potter by Harald Thorsrud
My essay from the book: The Mirror of Erised: Why We Should Heed Dumbledore’s Warning (large pdf).
Tufts University Profile: Taking Harry Higher
Thoughts and Writings
Review of Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist by Tara Smith. (The New Individualist, October 2007)
Review of Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-perfectionist Politics (The Independent Review, Winter 2007)
Libertarianism and Objections to Inequality (PDF, 317 KB)
The last four items from my Philosophy Blog are reposted here:
