John Doris

Wilson Hall, Rm. 210 / 935-6665

on leave SP09-FL09

Doris’ research is located at the intersection of psychology, cognitive science, and philosophical ethics; he has authored or coauthored papers in these areas for such venues as Bioethics, Cognition, Noûs, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, and the Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy. His book Lack of Character (Cambridge 2002) argues that reflection on experimental social psychology problematizes familiar conceptions of moral character. Doris’ current research involves both theoretical and empirical research on moral responsibility, evaluative diversity, psychopathology, and the self. Much of this research is in collaboration with colleagues in the Moral Psychology Research Group; we are currently at work on a volume for Oxford University Press. Doris has held fellowships from Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities, Princeton’s University Center for Human Values, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Before coming to Washington University, he taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the University of California, Santa Cruz.