Brief Biographical Sketch:

Education: Bronx H.S. of Science, City College, Princeton University

For many years I've been following and commenting on new neuroscience related to happiness and motivation -- and trying to use it in answering old questions about what in life makes it worth living. I've written the entry on pleasure for the web-published Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: "Pleasure" <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pleasure>
I've also edited Evolutionary Origins of Morality: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives; its web page is accessible through <http://imprint.co.uk>. Click there on Books, then on Philosophy, Ethics..., and finally on that book's title, for its description, Contents, and my Editor's Introduction, the text of which is linked from its place in the Contents.

I've taught Philosophy at Michigan State University, the University of Connecticut, and MIT, among other places. I especially enjoy teaching Philosophy at an introductory level -- and using Plato when doing so. I also enjoy hiking, biking, sculling, picking wild berries, mindfulness meditation -- and trying to figure out how these experiences and science fit together.

Past Classes