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overview

Chris Heathwood (PhD, UMass, 2005) joined the Department in 2005 and works mainly in theoretical ethics. He also has interests in the philosophy of mind (in particular, the nature of pleasure and pain) and metaphysics. Most of his research has been on the topic of well-being, or of what things are of ultimate benefit and harm to us, and on various topics in metaethics.

Current Research: Prof. Heathwood’s longstanding research project is a book manuscript defending a desire-satisfaction theory of well-being. Alongside that he is working on papers on posthumous harm, the nature of desire, and whether adaptive preferences are a problem for subjective theories of well-being.

When he's not thinking about these topics or teaching about others, he likes play golf, do Bikram yoga, go to shows, watch horror movies, follow pro golf, listen to podcasts, ride his bike around town on summer nights, and play music with his friends.

For more information, see Chris Heathwood's  and .

selected papers

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• "," Oxford Studies in Metaethics 10 (2015): 216-244.
• “," in B. Eggleston and D. Miller (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism (Cambridge University Press, 2014), pp. 199–219.
• "," Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 6 (2012): 1-19.
• "," Oxford Studies in Metaethics 6 (2011): 79-106.
• "," Religious Studies 47 (2011): 345-57.
• "," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 92 (2011): 18-38.
• "," Philosophical Books 50 (2009): 83-98
• “,” Oxford Studies in Metaethics 3 (2008): 47-73.
• “,” Philosophical Studies 133 (2007): 23-44.
• “,” Philosophical Studies 128 (2006): 539-563.
• “,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83 (2005): 487-504.