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  Robert Lovering
Assistant Professor
Political Science, Economics & Philosophy

Robert Lovering
Assistant Professor

Office : Building 2N Room 177
Phone : 718.982.2900
Fax : 718.982.2888
Robert.Lovering@csi.cuny.edu


Degrees :
BA, California Polytechnic State University
MA, University of Colorado – Boulder
PhD, University of Colorado – Boulder



Biography / Academic Interests :
Professor Lovering specializes in ethics and the philosophy of religion.  He has published articles and presented papers on a variety of topics, including abortion, theories of moral status, divine hiddenness, and the ethics of hunting.  Dr. Lovering is currently working on a book tentatively titled Sex, Drugs, and Death: The Ethics and Politics of Freedom.    

Scholarships / Publications :
“On What God Would Do,” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (forthcoming)

“Futures of Value and the Destruction of Human Embryos,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)

“Divine Hiddenness and Inculpable Ignorance,” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 56, Nos. 2-3 (2004): 89-107. Reprinted in Arguing about Religion, edited by Kevin Timpe (New York, NY: Routledge, 2009), pp. 295 – 308.

“The Virtues of Hunting: A Reply to Jensen,” Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol. 13, No. 1 (2006): 68-76.

“Does a Normal Fetus Really Have a Future of Value? A Reply to Marquis,” Bioethics, Vol. 19, No. 2 (2005): 131-145.

“Mary Anne Warren on ‘Full’ Moral Status,” Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 42, No. 4 (2004): 509-530.

“On the Morality of Having Faith in God,” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (under review)


 
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