Stephen Scales

Professor

Towson Tiger

Contact Info

Phone:
Office:
LA 4129

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 1995

M.A., Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, 1990

B.A., Liberal Arts, The New School for Social Research, Lang College, 1986


Areas of Expertise

Ethics

Metaethics

Applied Ethics

Philosophy of Science

Ethics of Belief

Selected Publications

  • The Ethics of the Family, co-edited with Dr. Linda Oravecz and Dr. Adam Potthast, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010
  • 鈥淢oral and Artistic Apprentices,鈥 Teaching Ethics, 14. 2, 2014
  • 鈥淭eaching Civility in the Age of Jerry Springer,鈥 Teaching Ethics, 10.2, 2010
  • 鈥溾橦ooking Up鈥: Moral Obligations and the Meaning of Sex鈥 in Scales, Oravecz, and Potthast (eds.), The Ethics of the Family, pages 175-190, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010
  • 鈥淢etaethics Across the Curriculum鈥 in Teaching Ethics, 5.2, 2005
    "Intergenerational Justice and Care in Parenting" in Social Theory and Practice, 28.4, October 2002 [Reprinted in Scales, Oravecz, and Potthast (eds.), The Ethics of the Family (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010), pp. 226-238.]
    "Value-Ladenness, Theoretical Virtues, and Moral Wisdom" in Teaching Ethics, 2.2, Spring 2002
  • 鈥淓xploring Civility in the Professions: A Review,鈥 Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 29.3, July 2014