DOUGLAS W. PORTMORE

Associate Professor

(Effective August 2008)

Department of Philosophy

Arizona State University

P.O. Box 874102

Tempe, AZ 85287-4102

Faculty Fellow (2008-09)

Center for Ethics and Public Affairs
Murphy Institute
108 Tilton Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

 

 douglas.portmore@asu.edu  

 

·    Curriculum Vitae

·    Online Papers

·    Blog: PEA Soup

 

·    Upcoming Conferences that I’ll Be Attending

o   Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference – August 3-7, 2008

o   Rocky Mountain Ethics (RoME) Congress – August 8-10, 2008

o   International Society for Utilitarian Studies Conference – September 11-14, 2008

 

·    Instructional Resources

o   Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper

o   Interactive Quiz on Hedonistic Act-Utilitarianism

o   Grading Rubric for Philosophy Papers

o   Cover Sheet for Term Papers

o   A Little Bit of Logic

 

·    Syllabi and Some Sample Lecture Notes

o   PHI 420/591: Seminar on Consequentialism – Spring 2008

§    Utilitarianism and Consequentialism: The Basics

§    Act Consequentialism’s Compelling Idea and Deontology’s Paradoxical Idea

§    Traditional Act Consequentialism and the Too Demanding Objection

§    Rule Consequentialism

§    Consequentializing Moral Theories

§    Consequentialism and the Self-Other Asymmetry

§    Satisficing and Scalar Consequentialism

§    World Utilitarianism and Actualism vs. Possibilism

§    Objective vs. Subjective Consequentialism and Actual vs. Expected Utility

§    Utilitarianism and Population Ethics

o   PHI 101: Introduction to Philosophy – Spring 2008

o   PHI 305: Ethical Theory – Fall 2007

o   PHI 420F/591H: Seminar on Reasons and Value – Spring 2007

o   PHI 420E/591E: Seminar on the Limits of Morality – Spring 2006

 

·    Recipes

o   Creamy Asian Salad Dressing

o   Fettuccine in Chipotle Cream Sauce

o   Pasta Pesto

 

·    Favorite Links

o   abebooks.coma network of used and out-of-print booksellers

o   AddALLbook search and price comparison

o   Amazon.com

o   Analysis a philosophy journal with online preprints

o   apaONLINE – American Philosophical Association

o   ASU

§    Academic Calendar

§    Final Exam Schedule

o   ASU ISP only

§    AFS Manager

§    ASU Interactive

§    ASU’s MS Outlook Web Access

§    Blackboard at myASUcourses.edu

§    Course Enrollment Manager

§    Encyclopaedia Britannica

§    Faculty Center

§    JSTOR: Journal Storage Project

§    MyASU

§    Oxford English Dictionary

§    The Philosopher's Index

§    Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

o   ASU’s Libraries

§    Find Book & More

§    ILLiad – Interlibrary Loan

§    Journal Title Lookup

o   ASU’s Policies on Academic Integrity and Student Conduct

§    Procedures for Pursuing Charges of Academic Dishonesty

§    Procedures for Withdrawing Students for Disruptive Behavior

§    Student Academic Integrity Policy

§    Student Conduct Code

§    Student Judicial Affairs

§    What will my teacher think is plagiarism?

o   Barnes&Noble.com

o   Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, The Murphy Institute, Tulane University

o   Chicago Manual of Style

o   Derek Parfit

o   Dictionary.com

o   The Elements of Style

o   Ethics

o   Googlean excellent search engine

o   Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paperby Jim Pryor

o   Grading Rubric for Philosophy Papers

o   How to Read a Philosophy Paperby Jim Pryor

o   The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

o   Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy

o   NPR

o   The New York Times on the web

o   Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

o   The Official U.S. Time

o   Online Papers in PhilosophyReports on changes to web pages hosting philosophical papers.

o   PEA SoupA blog dedicated to philosophy, ethics, and academia

o   People with online papers in philosophy

o   Philosophers’ Imprint

o   The Philosophical Gourmet Reporta ranking of graduate programs

o   The Philosophical Weblogs

o   Philosophy Compass

o   Philosophy Journal Informationa wiki for sharing information about philosophy journals

o   Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

o   Subscribe to Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day

o   Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paperby Doug Portmore

o   Utilitarianism.net

o   Utilitas

 

Last Updated: May 2, 2008