Christopher Freiman | CV

Associate Professor of Philosophy

College of William & Mary

 


Academic Employment

Associate Professor of Philosophy

College of William & Mary                                2016 - Present


Assistant Professor of Philosophy

College of William & Mary                                2010 - 2016


Education

University of Arizona, Ph.D. Philosophy            2010


Duke University, B.A. Philosophy                      2004

        Highest Distinction in Philosophy | Magna Cum Laude | Phi Beta Kappa

 

Publications


Book


  1. •    Unequivocal Justice (Routledge, 2017 forthcoming)


Refereed Articles


  1. •“Poverty, Partiality, and the Purchase of Expensive Education,” Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (forthcoming)


  1. •“Liberalism or Immigration Restrictions, But Not Both,” (with Javier Hidalgo) Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 10 (2016): 1-22.


  1. •“The Marginal Cases Argument for Open Immigration,” Public Affairs Quarterly 29 (2015): 257-276.


  1. •“Self-Ownership and Disgust: Why Compulsory Body Part Redistribution Gets Under Our Skin,” (with Adam Lerner) Philosophical Studies 172 (2015): 3167-3190.


  1. •“How Neuroscience Can Vindicate Moral Intuition,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 18 (2015): 1011-1025.


  1. •“Vote Markets,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 92 (2014): 759-774.


  1. •“Analogical Arguments for Egalitarianism,” Ratio 27 (2014): 222-237.


  1. •“Goodness and Moral Twin Earth,” Erkenntnis 79 (2014): 445-460.


  1. •“Priority and Position,” Philosophical Studies 167 (2014): 341-360.


  1. •“Utilitarianism and Public Justification,” Journal of Social Philosophy 44 (2013): 250-269.


  1. •“Cosmopolitanism Within Borders: On Behalf of Charter Cities,” Journal of Applied Philosophy 30 (2013): 40-52.


  1. •“Equal Political Liberties,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 93 (2012): 158-174.


  1. •“Why Poverty Matters Most: Toward a Humanitarian Theory of Social Justice,” Utilitas 24 (2012): 26-40.


  1. •“Is Desert in the Details?” (with Shaun Nichols) Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 82 (2011): 121-133.


  1. •“Why Be Immoral?,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 13 (2010): 191-205.


  1. • “Goodwill Toward Nature,” Environmental Values 18 (2009): 343-359.


Invited Articles and Chapters


  1. •“The Case for Open Borders,” in The Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy, Gregg Caruso, ed. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming).


  1. •“Ideal Theory,” in The Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism, Jason Brennan, David Schmidtz, and Bas van der Vossen, eds. (New York: Routledge, forthcoming).


  1. •“Why Parents Should Enhance Their Children,” in The Ethics of Ability and Enhancement, Jessica Flanigan and Terry Price, eds. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming)


  1. •“Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Value of Environmental Goods,” Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy 13 (2015): 337-348.


  1. •“Nozick,” (with David Schmidtz) in The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy, David Estlund, ed., (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012).


  1. •Review of Environmental Virtue Ethics, Ronald Sandler and Philip Cafaro, eds.  Ethics and the Environment 11 (2006): 133-139.


Presentations


  1. •“Educational Justice: Equality or Priority?”

  2. • University of Richmond, April 22, 2016 (Invited)

  3. • Virginia Commonwealth University, April 18, 2016 (Invited)


  1. •    “Should States Allow Markets in Citizenship?”

  2. • George Mason University, March 31, 2016 (Invited)

  3. • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 7, 2016 (Invited)

  4. • Virginia Tech, February 10, 2016 (Invited)

  5. • University of Virginia, December 11, 2015 (Invited)


  1. •    “Commodifying Nature”

  2. • Georgetown Institute for the Study of Market and Ethics, November 21, 2014 (Invited)


  1. •“An Argument for Open Borders”

  2. •Wake Forest University, January 23, 2014 (Invited)

  3. •American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division 2012 (Refereed)


  1. •“Some Arguments Against Parental Licensing”

  2. •American Philosophical Association, Central Division 2013 (Refereed)


  1. •“Contribution, Choice, and Desert”

  2. •Northwest Philosophy Conference, Portland, Oregon. November 2011 (Refereed)


  1. •Invited Commentator, Uriah Kriegel’s “The Moral Problem: A Phenomenological Interpretation”

  2. •Northwest Philosophy Conference, Portland, Oregon. November 2011.


  1. •Invited Commentator, Neera Badhwar’s Happiness as the Highest Good, Chapter 6.

  2. •Manuscript Workshop, Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, Georgia State University, August 2011.


  1. •“Allocation and Distribution”

  2. •Symposium, American Philosophical Association, Central Division 2011 (Refereed)


  1. •“Prioritarian Justice and Positional Goods”

  2. •University of Arizona, Arizona Current Research Workshop. Harry Brighouse and David Estlund, commentators, 2011 (Invited)

  3. •American Philosophical Association, Central Division 2009 (Refereed)


  1. •“Does Political Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?”

  2. •Symposium on Nonideal Theory (with Robert Hanna and Holly Smith) American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division 2010 (Invited)  


  1. •“The Paradox of Sufficiency”

  2. •American Philosophical Association, Central Division 2010 (Refereed)


  1. •    “Equal Political Liberties”

  2. •Southwest Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy, Arizona State University, 2009 (Refereed)


  1. •“Deontological Emotions and Consequentialism”

  2. •American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division 2008 (Refereed)

  3. •Plenary Session, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Philosophical Issues, University of South Alabama, 2008 (Refereed)


  1. •“Justice and Social Science”

  2. • Plenary Session, Economic Science Association North American Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 2007 (Invited)


Selected Awards and Honors


  1. •Alumni Fellowship Award for Excellence in Teaching, William & Mary, 2016.


  1. •Faculty Summer Research Grant, William & Mary, 2012.


  1. •Faculty Summer Research Grant, William & Mary, 2011.


  1. •Most Outstanding Philosophy Graduate Student (Fink Award), University of Arizona, 2008.


  1. •Best Graduate Student Philosophy Paper (Riesen Award), University of Arizona 2008.


  1. •Kendrick Fellowship, University of Arizona, 2006-7.


Courses Taught at William & Mary

  1. •COLL 100: Freedom

  2. •COLL 200: Right and Wrong in the Contemporary World

  3. •PHIL 201: Introduction to Philosophy: Freedom

  4. •PHIL 215: Contemporary Moral Issues (x6)

  5. •PHIL 303: Ethics

  6. •PHIL 305: Social and Political Philosophy (x2)

  7. •PHIL 308: Issues in Environmental Ethics (x2)

  8. •PHIL 309: Philosophy and Public Policy

  9. •PHIL 310: Philosophy of Law (x2)

  10. •PHIL 403: Advanced Seminar in Philosophy: Justice

  11. •PUBP 609: Ethics and Public Policy (Master of Public Policy Program)


Teaching-Related Service

  1. •Honors Thesis Director for Kristen Ekstrom (2016-2017)

  2. •Honors Thesis Director for Samantha Kim (2016-2017)

  3. •Honors Thesis Director for Delaney Berman (2015-2016)

  4. •Honors Thesis Director for George Rudebusch (2015-2016)

  5. •Honors Committee Member for Jackson Eskay (Philosophy, Spring 2016)

  6. •Honors Thesis Director for Jose Lopez (2014-15)

  7. •Monroe Honors Summer Research Project Supervisor for Hayley Hahn (2014)

  8. •Honors Committee Member for Daniel Carlen (Economics, Spring 2014)

  9. •Instructor for Daniel Carlen, Independent Study on Rationality in Politics and Economics (Fall 2014)

  10. •Honors Thesis Director for Grace Mendenhall (2012-2013)

  11. •Honors Committee Member for Alice Proia (Psychology, Spring 2012)

  12. •Honors Committee Member, Elizabeth Wallace (English, Spring 2012)

  13. •Instructor for Grace Mendenhall, Independent Study on Chinese Philosophy (Fall 2011)

  14. •Honors Committee Member for Michael Sardo (Government, Spring 2011)


Service to the Department

  1. •Member, Curriculum Committee (Fall 2014-Spring 2016)

  2. •Faculty Advisor, William & Mary philosophy club (Fall 2013 – Spring 2014)

  3. •Faculty Director, William & Mary Undergraduate Philosophy Conference (Spring 2014); awarded $2,000 from Dean for Educational Policy

  4. •Faculty Director, William & Mary Undergraduate Philosophy Conference (Spring 2012); awarded $1,500 from William & Mary Community of Scholars Fund

  5. •Committee Member, Miller Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper at William & Mary (Spring 2012)

  6. •Department Search Committee Member (Senior Search), 2011-2012

  7. •Faculty Advisor, William & Mary philosophy club (Fall 2010 – Spring 2012)

  8. •Committee Member, Miller Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper (Spring 2011)

  9. •Founding Faculty Director, William & Mary Undergraduate Philosophy Conference (Spring 2011); awarded $1,300 from William & Mary Community of Scholars Fund

  10. •Major Advisor for Daniel Smith, Elizabeth Wallace, Brian Parady, George Rudebusch, Adam Enochs, Evan Cunningham

  11. •Department Search Committee Member, 2010-2011


Service to the College

  1. •Mellon Foundation Citizen Scholars Initiative Grant (Fall 2016 - Spring 2019)

  2. •Athletic Policy Committee (Fall 2016 - Spring 2019)

  3. •Committee on Honors and Interdisciplinary Studies (Fall 2013 – Spring 2016)

  4. •Pre-Major Academic Advisor (Fall 2013 – Present)

  5. •Committee Member, Charles Center Summer Scholarships  (Spring 2014)


Service to the Profession

  1. •Project Editor, Social Philosophy and Policy (2012 – present)

  2. •Referee: Australasian Journal of Philosophy; Philosophical Quarterly; American Political Science Review (x2); British Journal of Political Science; Journal of Social Philosophy; Canadian Journal of Philosophy; Synthese; Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (x2); Journal of Moral Philosophy; Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (x2); Political Studies; Ethics and International Affairs; Public Affairs Quarterly; Social Theory and Practice (x2); European Journal of Political Theory; Journal of Applied Philosophy; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Journal of Philosophical Research; Moral Philosophy and Politics; Philosophia; Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy; Journal of Medical Ethics; Environmental Politics


Community Service Related to Professional Skills

•“Freedom of Immigration,” Davidson College, Center for Political Engagement. (March 24, 2017, forthcoming).

•“The Case for Immigration Liberalization,” Niskanen Center (January 2017, forthcoming).

•“Don’t Build a Wall,” The Critique (January 2017, forthcoming).

•Invited Faculty Speaker, Regional & International Advancement Retreat, College of William & Mary (January 12, 2017).

•Invited Faculty Discussant, 1693 Scholarship Breakfast, College of William & Mary (November 2, 2016).

•“The Desire to Fit In is the Root of Almost All Wrongdoing,” Aeon (September 30, 2016). Available at: https://aeon.co/ideas/the-desire-to-fit-in-is-the-root-of-almost-all-wrongdoing

•“In Defense of the Right to Immigrate,” University of Florida (October 29, 2015).

•William & Mary Raft Debate, “Devil’s Advocate” (October 5, 2015).

•Guest Lecturer, Public Policy 101 (September 23, 2014).

•Guest Lecturer, Public Policy 101 (February 18, 2014).

•Delivered lecture on cost-benefit analysis and the environment to the William & Mary High School Model UN Conference (November 23, 2013).

•Judge, Deloitte Consulting “Battle of the Beltway” Case Competition, Cohen Career Center, College of William & Mary (November 8, 2013).

•Moderated forum “Civil Rights: Then and Now,” sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute and the William & Mary NAACP (September 23, 2013).

•Moderated faculty panel on gun control and gun violence, sponsored by Apolis at the College of William & Mary (February 27, 2013).