Spencer Case www.spencercasephilosophy.com casesj@colorado.edu, spencer.jay.case@gmail.com March 13, 2019 Areas of specialization Meta-ethics, normative ethics Areas of competence Applied ethics, Arab-Islamic philosophy, philosophy of religion, epistemology, social and political philosophy Education University of Colorado Boulder PhD, Philosophy, 2018 Dissertation: From Epistemic to Moral Realism: A Defense of Ethical Truth Committee: Graham Oddie (director), Chris Heathwood, Alastair Norcross, Michael Huemer, Terence Cuneo University of Colorado Boulder MA, Philosophy, 2012 Idaho State University BA, Philosophy, 2009 publications Peer-Reviewed in Academic Journals Forthcoming. “The Normative Error Theorist Cannot Avoid Self-Defeat,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 2018. “From Epistemic to Moral Realism,” Journal of Moral Philosophy 1-22 (online). This article will be highlighted in the PEA (Philosophy, Ethics Academia) Soup Blog with critical comments from David Enoch, a short response from me, and online discussion from a number of other philosophers on February 15-16, 2019. 2017. “A Limited Defense of the Kalam Cosmological Argument,” Res Philosophica 93: 165–75. 2016. “Normative Pluralism Worthy of the Name Is False,” Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 11: 1–19. 2016.“Rethinking Demandingness: Why Scalar Consequentialism and Satisficing Consequentialism are Not Less Demanding than Maximizing Consequentialism,” Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 10: 1-7. In Anthologies Forthcoming. “White privilege: A Conservative Perspective” and “A Reply to Dan Lowe” in Ethics, Left and Right: The Moral Issues that Divide Us, ed. Robert Fischer (Oxford University Press, 2019). Selected Book Reviews 2015. Review of Gratitude toward Veterans: Why Americans Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans by Stephen Kershnar Journal of Military Ethics 14: 197-199. 2015. Review of Terence Cuneo’s Speech and Morality: On the Metaethical Implications of Speaking, Tradition and Discovery 42: 59-62. In progreSs “The Political Method of Doubt” “The Shared Grounds of Epistemic and Moral Normativity” “Epistemology as Honesty: A Defense of Epistemic Moralism” “Good Life Holism as an Alternative to Welfare” “An Argument Against Motivational Internalism” “Occasionalist or Interactionist Moral Realism?” (with Graham Oddie) “Political Conviction and Epistemic Injustice” (with Hrishikesh Joshi) Selected Conference presentations “Are Political Minorities in Academia Victims of Epistemic Injustice?” (with Hrishikesh Joshi), American Philosophical Association (APA) Pacific Division Meeting, April 3, 2018. “White Privilege: A Conservative Perspective,” Workshop on Heterodox Moral and Political Philosophy, March 23, 2018. “The Meta-ethical Implications of Epistemic Value,” APA Central Division Meeting, February 23, 2018. “Is Nihilism Self-Defeating?”, APA Eastern Division Meeting, January 3, 2018. Comments on Joshua Blanchard’s “Angsty Moral Realism,” Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, August 13, 2017. Comments on Jean-Paul Vessel’s “Desert-Adjusted Utilitarianism and the Moral Standing of Animals,” APA Eastern Division Meeting, January 7, 2017. “Polanyi’s Argument for Moral Causation,” Michael Polanyi Society conference, Polanyi Studies: Past, Present and Future, June 11, 2016. “Rethinking Demandingness: Why Scalar Consequentialism and Satisficing Consequentialism Are Not Less Demanding than Maximizing Consequentialism,” APA Pacific Division Meeting, April 1, 2016. “Bias Within Disciplines: Politics and Epistemic Injustice” Institute for Humane Studies Graduate Research Colloquium, October 22, 2015. “Normative Pluralism and Convergence Cases,” Varieties of Goodness Conference, Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway, May 11, 2015. Classes taught Full responsibility Writing 1500: Reading, Writing and Reasoning Spring 2016 Philosophy 1200: Philosophy and Society Fall 2016 Philosophy 1020: Intro to Western Civilization: Early Modern Philosophy Spring 2017 Summer 2018 Philosophy 1010: Intro to Western Civilization: Ancient Philosophy Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Bioethics (For Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Haverford College Summer 2018 Partial responsibility Philosophy 3190: War and Morality (with David Youkey) Fall 2015 Philosophy 3010: History of Modern Philosophy (with Dan Kaufman) Spring 2015 Philosophy 1600: Philosophy and Religion (with Ryan Jenkins) Fall 2014 Philosophy 3100: Ethical Theory (with Alastair Norcross) Fall 2011 Fellowships and Awards 2018. University of Colorado, Boulder Philosophy Department Dissertation Completion Fellowship. 2018. Hayek Fund for Scholars (to present “Are Political Minorities in Academia Victims of Epistemic Injustice?” (with Hrishikesh Joshi) at the Pacific APA meeting). 2017. Jentzsch Prize (for the best paper by a graduate student in the CU Boulder Philosophy Department). 2016. Hayek Fund for Scholars (to present “Polanyi’s Argument for Moral Causation” at the Polanyi Society meeting). 2015. Stahl Prize (given by CU Boulder Philosophy Department for social/political engagement). 2012. Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace. 2012–2013. Fulbright Student Grant Recipient, Egypt. Project title: “Islam’s Lost Humanist: An Explication of Miskawayh’s Ethical System.” 2007. Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (to study abroad in at Al Akhawayn University, Morocco). References Graham Oddie, Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder oddie@colorado.edu Michael Huemer, Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder owl@owl232.net Terence Cuneo, Professor of Philosophy, University of Vermont tcuneo@uvm.edu Alastair Norcross, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder alastair.norcross@colorado.edu Chris Heathwood, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder chris.heathwood@colorado.edu 4