Morton Emanuel Winston
Professor of Philosophy
The College of New Jersey
Contact Information:
Dr. Morton E. Winston,
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classical Studies
110 Bliss Hall
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
Phone: (609) 771-2398
Fax: (609) 637-5167
College Email: mwinston@tcnj.edu
Alternate Email: mewinston@gmail.com
Spring 2013 Courses
HON 265 Honors Environmental Ethics M/R 2:00-3:20 BH 148
PHL 430 Advanced Ethics T 12:30-3:20 BH 114
HGS 370 Freedom and Tyranny W 9:00-11:50 W BH 114
Office Hours: T/R 10:00 - 11:30 or by appointment
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Faculty Advisor:
Other Activities:
Director, Alan Dawley Center for the Study of Social Justice
Member, Board of Directors, Social Accountability Assessment Services
Member, Business and Human Rights Group, Amnesty International USA
Brief Biography
Morton Winston is Professor of Philosophy and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at The College of New Jersey. His areas of specialization include human rights theory, applied ethics, cognitive science, and philosophy of technology. Dr. Winston's books include: Explanation in Linguistics (1982), The Philosophy of Human Rights (1989), Society, Ethics, and Technology (2000, 2003, 2006, 2008), and, On Chomsky (2001). He has contributed numerous articles on topics related to human rights, biomedical ethics, cognitive science, and the philosophy of technology to a variety of publications.
Professor Winston has held visiting fellowships at the University of Delaware's Center for the Study of Values, and at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He has received three Fulbright Scholarships, to South Africa in 1992, to Thailand during 1999-2000, and he was the Danish Distinguished Chair of Human Rights and International Relations at the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen in 2007.
In addition to his academic career, Dr. Winston has pursued a parallel career as a human rights activist. From 1985-1991 he served as Director of the South Africa Coordination Group of Amnesty International USA. Dr. Winston was elected to AIUSA's national Board of Directors in 1991, and served as Treasurer (1994-1995) and as Chair of the Board (1995-1997). He was named Honorary Chair of AIUSA in 2003. Dr. Winston is also a member of the Advisory Board of Social Accountability International (1999-present).
Dr. Winston attended
Swarthmore College graduating with High Honors and Phi Beta Kappa (1970). His
graduate studies were done at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
where he completed an M.A. in cognitive psychology (1972) and a Ph.D. in
philosophy (1978). He is married to Dr. Sally Winston and they have three grown
daughters.
Current Research Interests:
My recent research in has focused mainly upon three topics in contemporary human rights theory: (1) the role of national and international institutions in preventing and suppressing massive human rights violations such as genocide, (2) the responsibilities of global economic actors such as multinational corporations in promoting and protecting human rights, and (3) the impact of recent and foreseeable technological innovations on fundamental ethical issues concerning the nature and scope of our moral responsibilities to protect nonhuman animals and nature. These strands are connected by means of the idea of a global moral community in which persons recognize mutual rights and responsibilities towards other living persons, towards future generations, and towards nonhuman animals and nature, which is the subject of the book I am currently writing (see An Ethics of Global Responsibility).
My Blogs:
Outrages and Musings -- an informal blog on which I occasionally post comments on recent events.
An Ethics of Global Responsibility -- a book-blog in which I am e-publishing my current book.
Favorite Poem:
Thought for the Day:
The road to Auschwitz is paved with indifference.
Cartoon on Office Door:
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