Brief Curriculum Vitae

ROBERT K. FULLINWIDER

Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-4760

 


EDUCATION

B.A. University of Kentucky, 1964 (philosophy and history)
Ph.D. Purdue University, 1970 (philosophy)


POSITIONS: CURRENT AND RECENT

Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, 1979-present

Resident Fellow, United States Naval Academy, 2004-2005

Research Director, National Commission on Civic Renewal, 1996-1998

Lecturer, Graduate School of Political Management, New York and Washington, 1988-1996

Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, July-November 1991, June-August 2001

Visiting Fellow, Program in Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University, 1990-1991


CURRENT DUTIES

Researching and writing on civic and moral education; developing projects on civic development and sports.


PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

THE REVERSE DISCRIMINATION CONTROVERSY: A Moral and Legal Analysis (Rowman and Littlefield, 1980)

THE AT&T CASE AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Case Study and Teaching Note (Case Publishing, 1984)

(editor) CONSCRIPTS AND VOLUNTEERS: Military Requirements, Social Values, and the All-Volunteer Force (Rowman & Allanheld, 1983)

(co-editor) THE MORAL FOUNDATIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS (Rowman & Littlefield, 1986)

(editor) PUBLIC EDUCATION IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY: Policy, Theory, Critique (Cambridge University Press, 1996)

(editor) CIVIL SOCIETY, DEMOCRACY, AND CIVIC RENEWAL (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999)

(with Judith Lichtenberg) LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD: JUSTICE, POLITICS, AND COLLEGE ADMISSIONS (Rowman & Littlefield, in press)


PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES, CHAPTERS, ETC. (selected)

"Reverse Discrimination and Equal Opportunity," in Joseph P. DeMarco and Richard M. Fox, eds., New Directions in Ethics (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986)

"Understanding Terrorism," in Steven Luper-Foy, ed., Problems of International Justice: Philosophical Essays (Westview Press, 1988)

"Choice, Justice, and Representation," in Edwin Dorn, ed., Who Defends America? Race, Sex, and Class in the Armed Forces (Joint Center for Political Studies, 1989)

"Against Theory, or: Applied Philosophy - A Cautionary Tale," Metaphilosophy, 1989

"Moral Conventions and Moral Lessons," Social Theory and Practice, Fall 1989

"Multicultural Education," University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1991

"With Malice Toward None; With Charity for All: Some Reflections on the Ethics of Argument," Journal of Education, 1993

"Citizenship, Individualism, and Democratic Politics," Ethics, April 1995

"The Cosmopolitan Community," Journal of Social Philosophy, Fall 1996

"Patriotic History," in R. Fullinwider, ed., Public Education in a Multicultural Society (Cambridge University Press, 1996)

"Professional Codes and Moral Understanding," in Margaret Coady and Sidney Bloch, eds., Codes of Ethics and the Professions (University of Melbourne Press, 1996)

"Philosophers and Advocates," in T. Magnall, ed., Explorations of Value (Rodopi, 1997)

"The Life and Death of Racial Preferences," Philosophical Studies, 1997

"Affirmative Action: A Dialogue on Race, Gender, Equality and the Law in America" (with Glenn Loury, Paul Finkelman, Camille DeJorna, Jennifer Hochschild, Douglas Kmiec, Richard Kahlenberg, and Terry Swenson), Focus on Law (American Bar Association), Spring 1998

"The Case for Reparations," Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy (Summer 2000).

"Multicultural Education and Cosmopolitan Citizenship," International Journal of Educational Research (2001)

"Affirmative Action," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2001)

"Terrorism, Innocence, and War," Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly (Fall 2001)

"Multicultural Education," in Randall Curren, ed., Companion to the Philosophy of Education (Blackwell, 2003)

"Conscription - No," Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly, Summer 2003


PAPERS AND PUBLIC ADDRESSES (selected)

"Applied Philosophy: A Cautionary Tale," Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, October, 1987

"Global Education and Controversy: Some Observations," Symposium on Education for America's Role in World Affairs, U.S. Department of Education, May 1989

"Realism versus Morality?" U.S. Military Academy, August 1989

"The University and Moral Education," The Poynter Center Seminar on Ethics and the Educated Person, DePauw University, November 1990

Theodore Fink Memorial Lecture: "Multicultural Education as Moral Education," University of Melbourne, September 1991

"The Cosmopolitan Community," Monash University, September 1991; LaTrobe University, October 1991

"The Objectivity Question," Macquarie University, October 1991

"Philosophers as Advocates," American Philosophical Association, December 1991

"Theories, Stories, and Moral Judgments," University of Illinois, May 1994

"Strange Bedfellows: Convergent Themes in Multicultural Education," Harvard University, August 1995

"Personal Responsibility, the Deserving Poor, and the Welfare Mess," George Washington University, March 1996

"The Life and Death of Racial Preferences," American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division), Seattle, April 1996

"The Civil Society Debate," National Commission on Civic Renewal, January 1997

"The Indictment Against Affirmative Action: Principle Violated or Prudence Confounded?" American Political Science Association, Washington, August 1997

"The Value of Diversity," National Association of Scholars, New Orleans, December 1997

Edwards Memorial Lecture: "Religion and Politics: Don't Mix? Don't Separate?" Saginaw Valley State University, April 1998

"Why the Affirmative Action Debate Never Changes," Institute on Race and Social Division, Boston University, December 1998

"Civic Education for Civil Society," American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April 1999

"The Case for Reparations," Institute on Race and Social Division, Boston University, September 2000

"The Reparations Argument," Panel on Reparations, Howard University, April 2001

"Two Paths to Political Liberalism," La Trobe University, August 2001; Carleton University, October 2003

"Moralism," University of Melbourne, August 2001

"The Estranged Warrior: Duty in Dark Times," U. S. Naval Academy, November 2002

"Slavery, Reparations, and Moral Clarity," University of California-Riverside, February 2003


PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Founding Member, Executive Committee, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, 1991-2000

Advisory Council, Centre on Values and Ethics (Carleton University) 2001-

International Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (University of Melbourne, Charles Sturt University, and Australian National University), 2001-

Editorial Board, Theory and Research in Education, 2002-