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Jeff Dunn

Jeff is the Phyllis W. Nicholas executive director of the Prindle Institute for Ethics and an associate professor of philosophy at DePauw. He's interested in exploring connections between epistemology and ethics, and his recent work draws on analogies with consequentialist ethical theories to think about cases of group inquiry.

Business

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15 Nov 2022

FTX, Effective Altruism, and Ends Justifying Means

Doesn't the focus on expected utility and the greater good encourage behavior like this?

Sports

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10 Sep 2014

What the Ray Rice Video Suggests About Our Moral Thinking

At 1:00 AM on September 8 TMZ posted a disturbing security video showing Ray Rice, formerly of the Baltimore Ravens, punching his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, rendering her unconscious. At 11:18 AM the Ravens tweeted that Rice’s contract had been terminated. At 11:41 AM, the NFL tweeted that Rice had been suspended from the league indefinitely. … Continue reading "What the Ray Rice Video Suggests About Our Moral Thinking"