Lionel K. McPherson. Tufts University Department of Philosophy Medford, MA (617)

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1 Lionel K. McPherson Tufts University Department of Philosophy Medford, MA (617) Education Harvard University PhD, Philosophy, 1999 Princeton University AB, Philosophy, summa cum laude Academic Employment Tufts University Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, 2006-present Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Areas of Specialization Moral, Political, and Social Philosophy Publications The Costs of Violence: Militarism, Geopolitics, and Accountability, in To Shape a New World: The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., eds. Tommie Shelby and Brandon Terry (Harvard University Press, 2018). The Moral Problem of Individual Self-Defense in War, in Cambridge Handbook of Just War Theory, ed. Larry May (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Legalism, Justice, and the War on Terrorism, in Who Should Die? The Ethics of Killing in War, eds. BJ Strawser, Ryan Jenkins, and Mike Robillard (Oxford University Press, 2017). The Blackness of African American Identity, in Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race, ed. Naomi Zack (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016). Deflating Race, Journal of the American Philosophical Association 1 (2015):

2 Righting Historical Injustice in Higher Education, in The Aims of Higher Education: Problems of Morality and Justice, eds. Harry Brighouse and Michael McPherson, (University of Chicago Press, 2015). The Instability of Executive Discretion, in Nomos L: Getting to the Rule of Law, ed. James E. Fleming (New York University Press, 2011). Non-Egalitarian Global Fairness (with Erin Kelly), in Thomas Pogge and His Critics, ed. Alison M. Jaggar (Polity Press, 2010). The Normative Gap in Ethics (with Erin Kelly), in Naturalism and Normativity, ed. David Macarthur and Mario De Caro (Columbia University Press, 2010). Is Terrorism Distinctively Wrong? Ethics 117 (2007): Reprinted in Exploring Ethics: An Introductory Anthology, ed. Steven M. Cahn (Oxford University Press, 2008). Normativity and the Rejection of Rationalism, Journal of Philosophy 104 (2007): Prisoner s Mistrust (with Erin Kelly), Ratio 20 (2007): Excessive Force in War: A Golden Rule Test, Theoretical Inquiries in Law 7 (2005): The Limits of the War Convention, Philosophy & Social Criticism 31 (2005): Halfway Revolution: From That Gangsta Hobbes to Radical Liberals, in Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason, eds. Derrick Darby and Tommie Shelby (Open Court, 2005). Blackness and Philosophy: A Reply to Our Critics (with Tommie Shelby), Symposia on Gender, Race and Philosophy 1 (2005): 1-5. Blackness and Blood: Interpreting African American Identity (with Tommie Shelby), Philosophy & Public Affairs 32 (2004): Innocence and Responsibility in War, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 34 (2004): The Moral Insignificance of Bare Personal Reasons, Philosophical Studies 110 (2002): On Tolerating the Unreasonable (with Erin Kelly), Journal of Political Philosophy 9 (2001): Reprinted in John Rawls: Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers, ed. Chandran Kukathas (Routledge, 2002). Book Reviews and Commentaries Killing in War, by Jeff McMahan, Mind 119 (2010):

3 The Racial Refusenik s Issues, and Ours: Commentary on Eamonn Callan s The Ethics of Assimilation, Symposia on Gender, Race and Philosophy 2 (2006): 1-4. Presented Papers University of Delaware, Workshop on the Ethics of War II, March University of Pennsylvania, The *B*lack in Black Social Identity, October Tufts University, seminar with Mara Marin, Commitment and Oppression, March Tufts University, Freedom Dreams Conference, Redefining Jim Crow panel, March University of Delaware, Workshop on the Ethics of War, October Tufts University, National Dialogue on Race Day panel, September Yale University, guest seminar, Obligations of Solidarity, April University of New Orleans, guest seminar, Apology and the False Dream of Integration, March Vanderbilt University, Obligations of Solidarity, October SUNY Oneonta, keynote address, Putting Race in Its Place, April APA Eastern Division, author meets critics: Elizabeth Anderson s The Imperative of Integration, Why Argue about Integration Now? December Spencer Foundation conference: Achieving the Aims of Higher Education, invited paper, Righting Injustice in Higher Education, October University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Wits Centre for Ethics conference: Living with the Past, keynote paper, Half-Hearted Reconciliation, June University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Mixed-Race Essentialism, May University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Deflating Race, May University of Pennsylvania, Workshop on Utopianism in Moral and Political Philosophy, invited commentary, Kafka s The Administration of Things, April American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy conference: Getting to the Rule of Law, invited commentary, Kleinerman on Executive Discretion, January 2010.

4 APA Eastern Division, author meets critics: Virginia Held s How Terrorism Is Wrong, Framing Terrorism, December United States Military Academy at West Point, Justice and the War on Terrorism, April Columbia University, Values Integrity, April APA Central Division, symposium: Is Terrorism Ever Justifiable?, invited commentary, Philosophers on Terrorism, April University of Rochester, Fairness as a Dummy Concept, January University of Connecticut, Fairness as a Dummy Concept, December University of Pennsylvania, Penn Law symposium: Executive Compensation, invited paper, Some Ethical Dimensions of Executive Compensation, February University of Colorado, Boulder, Fairness as a Dummy Concept, January Brown University, Political Philosophy Workshop, invited paper, Fairness as a Dummy Concept, December Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS) University, Orvieto, War and Terrorism, June University of Minnesota, Rethinking Why Terrorism Is Wrong, April University of Montreal, conference: War and Moral Responsibility, invited paper, Rejecting Battlefield Equality, Practically Speaking, September APA Pacific Division, symposium: War in a Time of Terrorism, invited paper, What Is Distinctively Wrong about Terrorism? March University of Washington, Excessive Force in War, October Hebrew and Tel Aviv Universities, conference: The Use of Excessive Force, invited paper, Excessive Force in War, May Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS) University, Rome, The Moral Agency of Combatants, May APA Pacific Division, symposium: Rethinking Just War Theory, invited paper, The Moral Agency of Combatants, March 2004.

5 Colby College, Responsibility in War, March Tufts University, symposium: Reexamining Terrorism, invited paper, Terrorism and Moral Consistency, April APA Central Division, colloquium paper, The Moral Insignificance of Bare Personal Reasons, April Honors and Awards Mellon Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, May-June Senior Research Semester Fellowship, Tufts University, Fall Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Faculty Fellow, Tufts University, Faculty Research Award, Tufts University, Summer Harvard University Center for Ethics and the Professions, Faculty Fellow, Summer Stipend Award, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2002.