Ramon Das

Senior Lecturer
BA Carleton
MA Wisc
PhD Maryland

Profile

Ramon holds a BA from Carleton College, an MA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a PhD from the University of Maryland. He has been teaching at Victoria since 1999.

Research Areas

Ramon works mainly in moral and political philosophy. He is especially interested in questions about ethics and international relations, as well as questions about what responsiblities ordinary citizens have to alleviate global suffering. Other research areas include philosophy of law, philosophy of economics, and moral psychology. He is currently writing a book on the ethics of globalization.

Current Teaching

PHIL 104 Argument and Analysis(co-ordinator)
PHIL 106 Contemporary Moral Problems
PHIL/POLS 264/364 Morality and International Relations (co-ordinator)
PHIL/POLS 361 Free Will and Moral Responsiblity (co-ordinator)
PHIL 461 Free Will and Moral Responsibility (coordinator)
PHIL 409 Topics in Contemporary Philosophy

Selected Publications

Prerogatives Without Restrictions? Philosophical Studies Vol. 99 No. 3 (June 2000), pp. 347-72.

Prudence, Identity, and Value. In H. Dyke, ed., Time and Ethics: Essays at the Intersection. Dordrect: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, pp. 27-39.

Virtue Ethics and Right Action. Australasian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 81, No. 3 (September 2003), 324-39.

Human Rights and Economic Sanctions in Iraq. Proceedings of Victoria University Cross-campus Symposium in Human Rights, December 2003.