Bryan Christopher Pilkington Curriculum Vitae

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1 Center for Ethics Education Fordham University 441 East Fordham Road Bronx, NY EMPLOYMENT Director of Academic Programs, Center for Ethics Education, Fordham University Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Aquinas College (Department Chair, 2016-) Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame EDUCATION University of Notre Dame, Ph.D., Philosophy (2012) Dissertation: The Problem of Human Dignity Committee: David Solomon (Director), James Sterba, Paul Weithman, Gilbert Meilaender, and O. Carter Snead University of Notre Dame, M.A., Philosophy 2008 University of Notre Dame, M.A., Philosophy University of Oxford, Visiting Student Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude and with Honors AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Ethics Bioethics Political Philosophy AREAS OF COMPETENCE Environmental Ethics Business Ethics HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS Paul Ramsey Institute, Bioethics Fellow Lilly Foundation Faculty Research Partner Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Notre Dame Phi Beta Kappa John B. Noss Prize in Philosophy John Marshall Scholarship Winner PUBLICATIONS ARTICLES Putting Image into Practice: imago Dei, Dignity, and their Bioethical Import Christian Bioethics, under review Treating or Killing? The Divergent Moral Implications of Cardiac Device Deactivation, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, forthcoming

2 Dignity, Health, and Membership: Who Counts as One of Us? Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 2016 Do No Evil: Unnoticed Assumptions in Accounts of Conscience Protection, HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum, 2015 On Omissions and Artificial Hydration and Nutrition, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 2014 BOOK CHAPTERS REVIEWS Dignity and the Challenge of Agreement, University of Notre Dame Press, forthcoming Dignity s Transformation: Merit, Equality, and Priority of Coherence over Agreement in Human Dignity and G.E.M. Anscombe, Neumann University Press, 2016 Billy Buck Had No Moral Luck, in The Red Sox and Philosophy, Michael Macomber ed., Open Court Publishing Company, 2010 A review of Charles Camosy s Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization, in Faith and Philosophy, A review of George Kateb s Human Dignity, in The Review of Metaphysics, December, PRESENTATIONS Dignity: Keyword Colloquium, Manresa Scholars, Fordham University, 2017 Treating or Killing? The divergent moral implications of cardiac device deactivation, Fordham University, 2017 Divergent Moral Implications of CIED Deactivation, Dominican Colloquium, 2016 AQ Lighting Talk: Bioethics, with Nina Diklich, Aquinas College, 2016 Treating or Killing? The divergent moral implications of cardiac device deactivation, Loyola University Chicago, 2016 Treating or Killing? The Ethics of Pacemaker & ICD Deactivation, Aquinas College, 2016 Humiliation, Opportunity, and Death: Rowling s Theory of Political Indignity, Insignis Honors Seminar, Aquinas College, 2015

3 Bad Friends and Perspectival Goods a commentary on Richard Kim s Friendship and Well-Being, Philosophy Lecture Series, Aquinas College, 2015 Curses! Reflections on the Politically Unforgivable, The Panel of Perfectly Polite Professors on the Practical Politics of Potter, Michigan Political Science Association Conference, 2015 A Philosophical Background for Reading Piketty s Capital, Aquinas College, 2015 Ethical Implications Surrounding the Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, Mainline Health: Paoli, Lankenau, and Bryn Mawr Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, 2015 Dignity and Agreement, the Anscombe Forum on Human Dignity, Neumann University, 2015 Philosophical Reflections on Charlie Hebdo: When Moral Theories Agree, Aquinas College Art Event, 2015 (Invited Speaker) Poverty, Dignity, and Recognition Center for Ethics and Culture Fall Conference, University of Notre Dame, 2014 Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle: Why Studying Ancient Philosophy is Relevant Today, World History Course, Aquinas College, 2014 (Invited Lecturer) St. Thomas Aquinas and the Liberal Arts: Argumentation, Conversation, and Contributions to Evil First Year Student Lecture, Aquinas College, 2014 Dignity and the Challenge of Agreement, Aquinas College Lecture Series, Aquinas College 2014 Air, food, and water: Biology and Ethics in the Medical Setting, Grand Dialogue, Grand Valley State University, 2014 Response to Do we have a moral or ethical obligation to feed those in a permanent vegetative state? Aquinas College, 2014 (Invited Discussant) Causation, Responsibility, & Medical Practice, AQ Philosophy Club Bioethics Lecture, Aquinas College, 2014 (Invited Lecturer) Arguments about Human and Personal Dignity, The 2014 Golden Saints Lecture, Aquinas College, 2014 (Invited Lecturer) Comment on Public Reason s Failure to Provide Reasons to Overcome Oppression, American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, 2014 (Invited Commenter) Impoverished Dignity, Faculty Roundtable on Poverty and Economic Inequality, Aquinas College, 2014 (Invited Speaker)

4 On Oppression, Empowerment and Representation Course, Aquinas College, 2014 (Invited Discussant) Intervention in Syria: Moral Implications and Questions, Understanding Syria Panel, Aquinas College, 2013 (Invited Speaker) Philosophical Theories, Applications, and Questions, Healthcare: Poverty and Policy Seminar, University of Notre Dame, 2013 (Invited Speaker) Concerns about Nobility for the Common Man: Problems for Waldron s Conception of Dignity, Graduate Research Seminar, University of Notre Dame, 2011 The Dilemma of Conscription, National Naval Leadership Weekend, University of Notre Dame 2011 (Invited Speaker) A Successful Failure: Making the Case for Human Dignity in European and American Bioethics, University of Notre Dame Medical Ethics Conference, Rome, Italy, 2010 (Invited Speaker) On Rawls and Reasonableness, University of Notre Dame, 2006 Omissions and Moral Responsibility, Franklin and Marshall College, 2005 TEACHING Fordham University Ethics in Research, co-instructor with Matthew Weinshenker (Spring 2017) Issues of Life and Death (Spring 2017 Living with Moral Disagreement: Activism, Advocacy, and Interaction, Graduate Level (Spring 2017 Aquinas College Ethics: Aristotle or Nietzsche? (Spring 2016) What is Justice? (Spring 2016) Medical Ethics (Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014) The Role of Love in the Polity (Independent Study) (Spring 2016) First Year Experience (Fall 2015, Fall 2014) Philosophical Research (Major Capstone) (Fall, 2015) Introduction to Philosophy (Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013) Health Care Ethics, taught at St. Mary s Hospital, in association with University of Detroit Mercy (Fall, 2015) Ethics and Social Responsibility in Management, Graduate Level (Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014; also taught Fall 2013, co-instructor with Robert Marko) Introduction to Philosophical Thinking, Insignis Honors Program Course (Spring 2015) Environmental Philosophy (Fall 2014) History of Political Thought (Spring 2014) Dignity and Its Discontents: Ethical Theories, Concepts, and Applications (Spring 2014)

5 Contemporary Virtue Theory (Independent Study) (Spring 2014) Ancient Greek and Chinese Philosophy (Fall 2013) University of Notre Dame The Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care Reform (Spring, 2013) Ethics: Theories, Concepts, and Applications (Fall 2012) Morality and Modernity (Spring 2012; co-instructor with David Solomon) Medical Ethics (Fall 2011; co-instructor with David Solomon) Basic Concepts of Political Philosophy (Fall 2010) Death and Dying (Fall 2010; taught second half of course) Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2009) GRADUATE COURSEWORK Moral Philosophy Twentieth Century Ethics (Michael DePaul) Virtue and Practical Reasoning (David Solomon) Moral Skepticism and Intuitionism (Michael DePaul) Advanced Topics in Moral and Political Philosophy (James Sterba) Twentieth Century Ethics (David Solomon, audit) Virtue and Practical Reasoning (II) (David Solomon, audit) MacIntyre's Radical Aristotelianism (David Solomon, audit) Political Philosophy The Political Philosophy of John Rawls (Paul Weithman) Contemporary Political Philosophy (James Sterba) The Political Philosophy of John Rawls (II) (Paul Weithman, audit) History of Philosophy Aristotle s Metaphysics (Michael Loux) Philosophy of Duns Scotus (Stephen Dumont) Hume (Lynn Joy) Core Philosophical Areas Intermediate Logic (Michael Detlefsen) Metaphysics (Peter van Inwagen) Philosophy of Science (Don Howard) Epistemology (Alvin Plantinga) Philosophy of Religion Divine Providence (Thomas Flint) SERVICE Fordham University 2017 Moderator, Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017 Mentor, Undergraduate Research Symposium Aquinas College Chair, Department of Philosophy

6 2016- Member, Academic Master Planning Committee Jane Hibbard Idema Women s Studies Center Programming Board Chair, Committee on Constitution and Bylaws Member, Search Committee for Professor of Biology 2015 Advisor, AQ Quidditch Club 2015 Participant, Sustainability Leadership Retreat and Summit 2015 Participant, Environmental Studies Program Visioning Session 2015 Event Moderator, Disputatio III: Can War Ever Be Just? 2015 Event Moderator, Disputatio II: Is Philosophy Necessary for Education? A Debate in Honor of the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas 2014 Creator, Organizer, and Event Moderator, Disputatio: Should President Truman have Dropped the Bomb? 2014 Co-Chair, Special Committee on Academic Master Planning Member, Committee on Constitution and Bylaws 2014 Member, Provost s Committee on Learning and Development 2014 Member, College Wait List Policy Committee 2014 Judge, Spectrum Scholarship Competition 2014 Member, William and Jean Wendover Fellowship Competition Committee 2014 Judge, Monsignor Bukowski Outstanding Graduate Award Committee 2014 Member, Faculty Work Group on the Relevancy and Currency of Academic Programs Advisor, AQ Philosophy Club Faculty Sustainability Fellow Participant, Faculty Learning Group: Understanding CourseConnect Member, St. Thomas Aquinas Week Planning Committee Member, St. Thomas Aquinas Patronal Mass Planning Committee Aquinas College Representative, DeVos Medical Ethics Colloquy University of Notre Dame Conference Organizer, 28th Annual Notre Dame Medical Ethics Conference Conference Facilitator, Second Installment of The Common Good for the Twenty-first Century: Beyond Individualism and Collectivism: A Sino- American Dialogue Conference Organizer, 27th Annual Notre Dame Medical Ethics Conference Conference Organizer, 26th Annual Notre Dame Medical Ethics Conference Member of the Graduate Committee to Restructure the Graduate Program Graduate Student Representative to the Philosophy Faculty Organizer and Chair, Ethics Paper Group, University of Notre Dame Organizer and Chair, Ethics Reading Group, University of Notre Dame Service to the Profession Anonymous reviewer for manuscripts and articles for: Annals of Bioethics Christian Bioethics HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum Journal of Medicine and Philosophy Service to the Community

7 2016- Ethics Committee Member, Mercy Health St. Mary s Hospital Committee Member, Grand Valley State University Medical Ethics Colloquy INTERVIEWS 2014 On whether President Truman should have dropped the bomb, Michigan s Big Show, starring Michael Patrick Shiels [Live, October 1, 2014] 2014 On the State of Philosophy at Aquinas College, Aquinas College Welcomes New Philosophy Professor, Aquinas Magazine, Winter 2014 GRANTS Lilly Foundation Faculty Research Partnership Grant for Teaching Living with Moral Disagreement with Molly Patterson (Political Science) Lilly Foundation Faculty Research Partnership Grant for Teaching Bioethics with Jennifer Hess (Biology) 2015 Summer Scholars, Faculty-Student Research Grant Winner for Conceptions of the Person and Their Bioethical Implications, with Seth Kreeger 2015 Advisor for Earhart Emerging Scholars Award Recipient: Cheyenne Adams, Philosophical Theories of Current Educational Methods 2015 Advisor for Earhart Emerging Scholars Award Recipient: Joe Wenderski, Russell Kirk and Howard Zinn: A Conversation Moderated by Alasdair MacIntyre 2014 Aquinas College Research (RRP) Grant Recipient 2014 Advisor for Earhart Emerging Scholars Award Recipient Project and Summer Research Grant: Ben Stitt, Changing Definitions of Basic Human Rights: Does Society Have An Obligation To Provide? 2014 Advisor for Earhart Emerging Scholars Award Recipient Project and Summer Research Grant: Ryan Connette, The Relationship Between the Active and Contemplative Life 2013, 2014 Aquinas College Provost s Grant Recipient 2013, 2014 Aquinas College Faculty Development Grant Recipient PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Association of University Professors American Catholic Philosophical Association American Philosophical Association