Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Chauncey Stillman Distinguished Professor of Practical Ethics

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Web Page:	https://sinnott-armstrong.com

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• Phil 515.01, Topics in moral ai Synopsis

  Crowell 108, MW 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Yale University	1982
A.B.	Amherst College	1977

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Aaron J Ancell
• Gordon Steenbergen
• Whitney Kane
• Susanne Meyer
• David L. Barack

Postdocs Mentored

• Nina Strohminger (2013/11-present)
• Jesse Summers (2013/11-present)
• Jana Schaich Borg (2013/11-present)
• Tommaso Bruni (2013/11-present)
• Devin Singh (2013/11-present)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Rottman, J; Favilla, Z; Ramaswamy, N; Geller, C; Rilla, R; Kegelman, N; Coble, S; Lane, JD; Metz, SE; Harris, PL; Sinnott-Armstrong, W (2025). Children and adults think truth-seeking should prevail over partisanship.. Journal of experimental psychology. General. [doi]  [abs]
2. Earp, BD; Porsdam Mann, S; van Veenendaal, T; Allen, JW; Salloch, S; Jongsma, K; Braun, M; Sinnott-Armstrong, W; Rid, A; Wendler, D; Savulescu, J (2025). "Let's Build It and Find Out!" Next Steps for Personalized Patient Preference Prediction.. The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, 1-6. [doi]
3. Zoh, Y; Yu, H; Contreras-Huerta, LS; Prosser, AMB; Apps, MAJ; Sinnott-Armstrong, W; Chang, SWC; Crockett, MJ (2025). Instrumental harm and impartial beneficence distinctively frame cognitive representations of moral decision problems.. Journal of experimental psychology. General, 154(11), 3217-3232. [doi]  [abs]
4. Stanley, ML; Neck, CP; Neck, CB; Sinnott-Armstrong, W (2025). Loyalty as a Legitimizer of Wage Theft. Journal of Business Ethics, 201(1), 15-33. [doi]  [abs]
5. Simmons, C; Krasich, K; Chitre, A; Sinnott-Armstrong, W (2025). Does conscious perception render agents more responsible? A study of lay judgments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 119. [doi]  [abs]