CURRICULUM VITAE
Frances Mary Howard-Snyder
Department of
Philosophy
Frances.Howard-Snyder@wwu.edu
Education
Ph.D. in
Philosophy,
Dissertation: An Analysis and Defense of an Ethics of Love
Advisor:
Jonathan Bennett
M.A. in
Philosophy,
Thesis: Private Property
B.A. Honors,
Areas
of Specialization
Ethics,
Metaphysics
Areas
of Teaching Competence
Upper Level
Aesthetics,
Philosophy of Religion, Applied Ethics (including Medical Ethics), 20th Century
Analytic Philosophy, Aesthetics
Introductory Level
Logic, Critical
Thinking, Human Nature, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Publications
Edited Volumes
Proceedings of the 2003 Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, a special issue of Philosophical Studies (co-editor with Ned Markosian and Hud Hudson) Philosophical Studies, forthcoming.
Proceedings of
the 2002 Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, a special issue of Philosophical
Studies (co-editor with Ned Markosian and Hud Hudson) Philosophical Studies, 114 (2003).
1. “Cannot’ implies ‘Not Ought,” Philosophical Studies, forthcoming.
2. “It is the
Thought that Counts,” Utilitas, forthcoming.
3. “On these Hang all the Law and the Prophets,” Faith and Philosophy, forthcoming.
4. “Truth in
Fiction: the Whole Story,” in Realism, William Alston (ed.) (Cornell UP,
2002).
5. “Doing and
Allowing Harm,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2002.
6. “Infallibilism and Gettier’s
Legacy,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2001, with Daniel Howard-Snyder
and Neil Feit.
7.
"Christianity and Ethics," in Michael Murray (ed)
Reason for the Hope Within, (Eerdmans, 1999).
8.
“Is Theism Compatible with Gratuitous Evil?” American
Philosophical Quarterly, 1999, with Daniel Howard-Snyder.
9.
"Response to Qizilbash and Carlson on the
Rejection of Objective Consequentialism," Utilitas, 1999.
10.
"How an Unsurpassable Being Can Create a Surpassable
World,” with Daniel Howard-Snyder, in Eleonore Stump
and Michael Murray (eds) The Big Questions: Philosophy of Religion (Blackwell,
1998). Originally published in Faith and Philosophy, April 1994.
11.
"The Rejection of Objective Consequentialism," Utilitas, July 1997.
12.
"De Re Modality Entails De Re Vagueness,” in Michael Rea (ed), Material Constitution, (Rowman and Littlefield, 1997). Originally
published in Pacific Philosophical
Quarterly, June 1991.
13.
"The Real Problem of No Best
World," Faith and Philosophy,
July 1996, with Daniel Howard-Snyder.
14.
"A New Argument for Consequentialism? A Reply to Sinnott-Armstrong"
Analysi
s, April 1996.
15.
"The Heart of Consequentialism," Philosophical
Studies, October 1994.
16.
"Rule Consequentialism is a Rubber Duck," American Philosophical Quarterly, 1993.
17.
"A Consequentialist Case for Rejecting the
Right," Journal of Philosophical
Research, 1993, with Alastair Norcross.
18.
"The Christian Theodicist's Appeal to
Love," Religious Studies, 1993,
with Daniel Howard-Snyder.
19.
"Is it Less Wrong to Harm the Vulnerable than the Secure?" Journal of Philosophy, December 1992.
20.
"Elbow-Room for Consequentialists," Analysis, October 1992.
Book Reviews
God, Knowledge and Mystery, (Cornell UP,
1995) Peter van Inwagen (with Dan Howard-Snyder) Faith and Philosophy , 1998.
The Problem of Hell, Jonathan Kvanvig, (Oxford UP, 1992) Faith and Philosophy, July 1995.
Killing and Letting Die, Bonnie Steinbock and Alastair Norcross (eds), (Fordham UP, 1994) Ethics, 1996.
The Love Commandments: Essays in
Christian Ethics and Moral Philosophy, ed. Edmund N. Santurri
and William Werpehowski (Georgetown University Press,
1992) Faith and Philosophy, 1995.
The Elimination of Morality:
Reflections on Utilitarianism and Bioethics, Anne McClean, (Routledge, 1993) Ethics, Vol. 105 No. 4 July 1995.
“Minding our
Neighbor’s Morals: What We Ought to do about What They Ought to do”
“A
Promising Argument against ‘Ought’ implies ‘Can’”
“What’s
Wrong with Skeptical Theism?”
“Sinnott-Armstrong’s Objections to “Ought” implies “Can”
“What’s Wrong with Skeptical
Theism?” invited paper to be presented in
“Cannot” implies “Not Ought,”
"It’s the Thought that Counts,"
“Minding our Neighbor’s Morals,”
“Comments on Alastair
Norcross on harming,” Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, August 2003
Comments on Robert Audi’s “Ethics
of Love and Love of Others,” at the Pacific Division Meeting of the American
Philosophical Association,
“Truth in Fiction: the Whole Story,” invited paper
presented at
“Truth in Fiction: the Whole Story,” invited paper
presented at University of
“Vegetarianism and Animal Rights,” invited paper
presented at
“Is Gratuitous Evil Compatible with God?”
presented, with Daniel Howard-Snyder, at the Northwest Conference for
Philosophy,
“Christianity
and Ethics,"
"Jonathan
Bennett on Doing and Allowing," symposium paper at the Pacific Division
Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, March 1997.
"What
Gettier Did Not Teach Us," with Daniel
Howard-Snyder, Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association, April 1996.
"Scalar Consequentialism and the Demands of
Morality," Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association, March 1996 and Northwest Conference on Philosophy,
"Killing and Letting Die"
"Can
Love, as an Affection, Be Commanded?" Society of
Christian Philosophers, LaVerne, January 1995.
"Varieties
of Utilitarianism and Their Pitfalls," Northwest Conference on Philosophy,
"Why
Consequentialism is not a Theory of the Right," Eastern Division Meeting
of the American Philosophical Association, December 1993, with Alastair Norcross.
"The
Heart of Consequentialism," Northwest Conference on Philosophy,
"Rule
Consequentialism is a Rubber Duck," Central Division Meetings of the
American Philosophical Association, April 1993.
"How an Unsurpassable Being Can Create a Surpassable World," Pacific Division meeting of the
American Philosophical Association, March 1993, with Daniel Howard-Snyder.
"Theoretical Grounds for Resolving Ethical
Dilemmas," Conference for Academic Advisors,
"On
the Line Between Deontology and
Consequentialism,"
"Mill
on Utilitarianism and an Ethics of Love,"
"Love and Sanctions," Central Division meeting of
the Society of Christian Philosophers, October 1990.
"The Christian Theodicist's
Appeal to Love," Eastern Division meeting of the Society of Christian
Philosophers, February 1990, with Daniel Howard-Snyder.
"De Re Modality Entails De Re Vagueness,"
Teaching
Appointments
1998- Associate
Professor,
1993- Assistant
Professor,
1992-1993 Assistant Professor,
1991-1992 Lecturer,
Summer 1991 Visiting
Assistant Professor,
Graduate seminar on consequentialism and deontology
Undergraduate seminar on consequentialism
Undergraduate seminar on the philosophy of literature
Ethical Theory I and II
Metaphysics I and II
20th century Moral Philosophy
Contemporary Analytic Philosophy
Aesthetics
Society, Law and Morality
Ethics from Hume to Ross
Introduction to Philosophy: Moral Issues
Introduction to Philosophy: Religion
Logical Thinking
Medical Ethics
Service
since arriving at
To
the University
2003 --
Honors board
2002- Faculty Senate
2002
Bellingham Summer
Philosophy Conference Program committee
1998-9 Faculty Senate
1998-9 Chair of Philosophy Department
Search Committee
1997-9 Academic Coordinating Council
1997-8 Faculty Senate Executive Council
1997-98 Ad Hoc Committee for the Grievance
and Dismissal for Cause
1996-8
Faculty Senate
1996 (spring) University Planning Council
1995-6
Philosophy dept Librarian
1995-2004 Referee for Oxford University Press,
Cornell University Press, Ethics, Faith and Philosophy, Philosophical
Studies, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, and Pacific
Philosophical Quarterly
1996-8
Program Coordinator, Society of Christian Philosophers,
Pacific Meeting
1996-9
Executive Committee, Society of Christian Philosophers
Spring 2004 Professional Leave,
Summer 2003
WWU Bureau For Faculty Research Summer Research Grant
1999-2000 Professional Leave,
1999-2000
Notre Dame, Senior Fellowship
Summer
1999 Seminar on Realism and Anti-Realism
at
Summer 1997
WWU Bureau For Faculty Research Summer Research Grant
Summer 1995 WWU Bureau For
Faculty Research Summer Research Grant