Eoin O'Connell, PHD

Education

PHD, Fordham University
MA, Fordham University
MA, University College, Dublin
MPHIL, Trinity College - Dublin
BA, University College, Dublin

Research

• Kant, especially Kant’s practical philosophy; contemporary moral philosophy; epistemology; aesthetics, the history of philosophy.

Publications & Professional Activities

• “Happiness Proportioned to Virtue: Kant and the Highest Good,” Kantian Review, Vol 17 (2), July 2012.
• “Motivation, Futility & the Highest Good in Kant’s Practical Philosophy,” Rethinking Kant: Current Trends in North American Kantian Scholarship, (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009).
• “Secularization and the Experience of Futility,” Rethinking Secularization: Philosophy and the Prophecy of a Secular Age. (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008).

Conference Presentations:

• "Suffering, Retribution, and the Highest Good in Kant's Moral Philosophy." Long Island Philosophical Society, 2012.
• “Futility Judgements.” Long Island Philosophical Society, 2011.
• “Kant and the End of Faith.” The Philosophical Red Star Line, Fordham University, 2007.
• “Motivation, Futility & the Highest Good in Kant’s Practical Philosophy.”North American Kant Society Eastern Study Group, 2007.
• “Added Incentives.”The Northern New England Philosophical Association, 2005.

Professional Memberships

• American Philosophical Association
• North American Kant Society

Other

Co-Coach, Manhattan College Debate Team, 2008 - 2011

Courses Taught/Teaching

• PHIL 321      Kant
• PHIL 216      Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 214      Critical Thinking
• PHIL 399      Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 399      Philosophy of Art
• PHIL 150      Roots: Philosophy
• PHIL 201      Ethics
• PHIL 213      Introduction to Logic