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Curriculum Vitae
David WongClick here for a printer-ready version, or
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211 W Duke Building
Durham, NC 27708
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- Education
| PhD | Princeton University | 1977 |
| B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Special Honors in Philosophy | Macalester College | 1971 |
- Areas of Interest
- Ethical Theory
Moral Psychology
Comparative Ethics
Chinese Philosophy
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Duke University
- Susan Fox Beischer and George D. Beischer Professor of Philosophy, July 01, 2007 - present
- Professor, September, 2000 - present
- Brandeis University
- Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Philosophy, 1993 - 2000
- Full Professor, 1991 - 2000
- Associate Professor, 1983 - 1991
- Chair, Department of Philosophy, 1983 - 1990, 1993-1996
- Assistant Professor, 1977 - 1983
- Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, 1976 - 1977
- Visiting Positions
- John M. Findlay Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Boston University, Fall, 1999
- Professor, Wellesley College, 1992, Spring 1999
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
Fellow, National Humanities Center, 2007-8
Susan Fox Beischer and George D. Beischer Professor of Philosophy, July, 2007
Harry Austryn Wolfson Professorship in Philosophy, Brandeis University, 1993 - 2000
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for College Teachers, 1992 - 1993
Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer, University of California at Irvine
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 1986 - 1987
NDEA (National Defense Education Act) Fellowship, 1971-1974
Phi Beta Kappa
- Selected Recent Invited Talks
- Xunzi as Moral Craftsman, Rutgers University - International Conference on Nature and Value in Chinese and Western Philosophies, April 04, 2013
- Response to "Rethinking Equality" by Wang Hui, Tsinghua University, National Humanities Center, March 22, 2013
- "Xunzi as Moral Craftsman", University of Hawaii at Manoa, Feb 9, 2013
- "What We Can Learn from Early Confucian Philosophy about Moral Development," given as Leys Lecture/Keynote Address to Society for Comparative and Asian Philosophy, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, October 12, 2012
- Philomathia Lectures on Human Values: Chinese Philosophy and the Development of Compassion, Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 15-18, 2012
- Metaphors for self-cultivation in the Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi: adornment, craft, flowing water, and sprouts, Columbia University, February 24, 2012
- Integrity Philosophy with Anthropology in an Approach to Morality, Colorado College, December 15, 2011
- How Does Xunzi Really Disagree with Mencius? How Their Differences Might Help Us Think about Human Nature and Morality, National University of Singapore, August 12, 2011
- "The Place of Love in a Good Life", University of Connecticut at Storrs, May 21, 2011
- "Reconsidering Mencius' and Xunzi's Conceptions of Human Nature in the Light of their Continued Relevance", Boston, American Philosophical Association Meetings, Eastern Divison, December 28, 2010
- "What We Can Learn from Mencius on Human Nature and the Development of Ethical Virtue", 35th Annual Midwest Philosophy Colloquium, University of Minnesota at Morris, October 08, 2010
- "Are Moral Conversions Possible?", Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, October 07, 2010 [php]
- "Mencius on Human Nature and Ethical Virtue", University of Glasgow, June 06, 2010
- Commentary on "Perceived Objectivity of Ethical Beliefs" by Goodwin and Darley, New York University, May 01, 2010
- Integrating Philosophy with Anthropology in an Approach to Morality, American Anthropological Association Meetings in Philadelphia, December 05, 2009
- Complexity and Simplicity in Aristotle and Early Daoist Thought, Bryn Mawr College, October, 2009
- Relativism and the Explanation of Commonality and Difference, Pacific APA, Vancouver, B.C., April 09, 2009
- Veroni Lecture: How Are Moral Conversions Possible?, Kent State University, March 11, 2009
- "Can Love Be Reasoned?", Eastern APA in Philadelphia, December 28, 2008
- "Pluralism and Ambivalence", Eastern APA in Philadelphia, December 28, 2008
- "Cultural Pluralism and Moral Identity", Notre Dame, November 13, 2008
- "Teaching Comparative Ethics", National University of Singapore, April 22, 2008
- Respondent to an "Author meets Critics" panel on my book Natural Moralities at Pacific APA, Pasadena, CA, March 20, 2008
- "Agon and He: Contest and Harmony", Beijing Forum, Beijing University, November 3, 2007
- "Complexity and Simplicity in Ancient Greek and Chinese Thought", Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, October 02, 2007
- "identifying with the Nonhuman in Early Daoism, San Francisco Pacific APA, April 07, 2007
- The Ruth Evelyn Parcells Memorial Lecture: "Constructing Normative Objectivity in Ethics", University of Connecticut at Storrs, March 30, 2007
- "Agon and He: Contest and Harmony", Beijing University, November 3, 2007
- "Constructing Normative Objectivity in Ethics", Bowling Green University, November 18, 2006
- “Identifying with the Nonhuman in Early Daoism", Institute for Chinese Studies, Oxford University, June 23, 2006
- "Crossing Cultures in Moral Psychology", Duke University, December 05, 2005
- “Attachment and Detachment in Daoism, Buddhism, and Stoicism, SUNY @ Buffalo, April 21, 2005
- Participation on panel concerning terrorism and ethics, Duke University, April, 2005
- "Taking Moral Relativism Seriously", University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 17, 2004
- "Chinese Philosophy and Moral Relativism", Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, June 11, 2004
- "Where Charity Begins", Conference entitled Philosophical Engagement: Davidson’s Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Scienceds, Beijing, China, June 09, 2004
- “Relational and Autonomous Selves", Eastern Division of American Philosophical Association Meetings, Washington D.C., 30 December 2003
- Commentary on ““The Role of French Colonialism in Current Vietnamese Attitudes towards Pharmaceuticals” by Laurence Monnais, Science Across Cultures: Workshop in the History of Science, Princeton University, 24 October 2003
- “Culture, Class, and the Difficult Virtue of Respectful Dialogue", Panel concerning civic virtues in the 2003 Moral Education in a Diverse Society, Durham, N.C., September 19, 2003
- “Zhuangzi and the Obsession with Being Right", Philosophy as a Way of Life: Moral Psychology in Early Chinese Philosophy, Fairbank Center, Harvard University, 3 May 2003
- “Dwelling in Virtue or Free and Easy Wandering?”, University of Alabama at Huntsville, 15 October 2002
- “The Kinds of Community We Need”, Franklin J. Matchette Lecture at Kent State University, 19 September 2002
- “Pluralism, the Family, and Affective Networks”, A conference entitled, Social Networks and Civil Society: A Comparative Approach City University of Hong Kong, 2 April 2002
- “Cultivating Moral Judgment”, At Moral Self-Cultivation conference, Santa Clara University, 10 April 2001
- “Internal and External Reasons”, at Triangle Moral Philosophy Discussion Group, Chapel Hill, N.C., 6 November 2000
- “Confucianism and Pluralism”, At a Workshop Confucianism and Pluralism, Wesleyan University, 14 May 2000
- “Dwelling in Humanity or Free and Easy Wandering?”, Eight Annual Philosopher’s Conference, East-West Institute, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, 12 January 2000
- Roundtable discussion, Conference on “Normativity,” Brown University, November, 1999
- “Liberalism and the Dilemmas of Value Pluralism”, Institute on Race and Social Division, Boston University, 6 October 1999
- "Harmony, Fragmentation, and Democratic Ritual", Duke University, 16 April 1999
- "Fragmentation in Civil Society and the Good", The John M. Findlay Lecture, Boston University as the John M. Findlay Lecture, 14 February 1999
- "Harmony, Fragmentation, and Democratic Ritual", Vassar College, 6 February 1999
- Is There a Distinction Between Reason and Desire in Mencius?, University of California at Irvine, 1990
- Reasons from the Inside and the Outside, University of California at Irvine, 1990
- Doctoral Theses Directed
- Sanem Soyarslan, (September, 2009 - August 25, 2011)
- Andres Luco, (2008 - December 10, 2009)
- Kevin DeLapp, (January 6, 2003 - May 01, 2006)
- Marion Hourdequin, An Evolutionary Naturalistic Account of Ethical Norms, (January 6, 2003 - September 01, 2005)
- Anthony Williams, Incommensurability, Rational Choice, and Progress in Ethics and Science: Problems, Solutions, and an Application, (2003)
- Hagop Sarkissian, (September 01, 2005 -2008)
- Publications (listed separately)
Last modified: 2013/04/08
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