Mike Valdman is assistant professor of philosophy at VCU. He got his Ph.D. in philosophy from Rutgers University in 2003, and he is interested in value theory, especially normative ethics and political philosophy.

Publications

“The Deep Problem with Voluntaristic Theories of Political Obligation”, forthcoming in American Philosophical Quarterly.

“Autonomy, History, and the Origins of our Desires”, forthcoming in the Journal of Moral Philosophy.

“A Theory of Wrongful Exploitation”, Philosophers' Imprint, vol. 9, no. 6, July 2009: 1-14.

“On the Morality of Guinea-Pig Recruitment”, Bioethics, published online Feb 16, 2009.

“Exploitation and Injustice”, Social Theory and Practice 34, 4 (Oct 2008): 551-72.

“Respecting Persons, Respecting Preferences”, Utilitas 19-1, (Mar 2007): 21-46.

“Will Zombies Talk about Consciousness? – The paradox of phenomenal judgment: its implications for naturalistic dualism and other theories of mind,” Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, (Oct-Dec 1997): 471-490.