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Department of Philosophy

Prof Valerie Tiberius

Valerie Tiberius

Valerie Tiberius

612-625-0038
Philosophy 721 HellerH

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • ethics
  • moral psychology
  • well-being
  • wisdom

Publications

  • Humean Heroism: Value Commitments and the Source of Normativity: Tiberius, Valerie, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 81(4) 426-446, 2000.
  • Virtue and Practical Deliberation: Tiberius, Valerie, Philosophical Studies, 2002.
  • Value Commitments and the Balanced Life. Tiberius, Valerie, Utilitas, forthcoming.
  • Practical Reason and the Stability Standard. Tiberius, Valerie, 2002.
  • Perspective: A Prudential Virtue: Tiberius, Valerie, American Philosophical Quarterly, 2002.
  • Cultural Differences and Philosophical Accounts of Well-Being: Tiberius, Valerie, The Journal of Happiness Studies, forthcoming.
  • The Reflective Life: Living Wisely With Our Limits. Tiberius, Valerie, Oxford University Press, Author, 2008.

Professional Activities

  • Organizer, Minnesota Workshop on Well-Being: The Minnesota Workshop on Well-Being brought together philosophers and pyschologists to discuss the relationship between our two fields - http://www.tc.umn.edu/~tiberius/workshop.html , October 2003

Awards

  • Consortium Fellow, Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, Summer 2001
  • McKnight Land-Grant, 2002
  • Young Scholar at Cornell, Spring 2002
  • Defining Wisdom grant, University of Chicago/Templeton Foundation, Oct. 2008 - Oct. 2010

Courses Taught

  • Phil 1008W - Environmental Ethics
  • Phil 1910W - Topics: Freshman Seminar: Happiness
  • Phil 4310 - History of Moral Theories
  • Phil 4330 - Contemporary Moral Theories
  • Phil 8310 - Seminar: Moral Philosophy
  • Phil 8310 - Seminar: Well-Being and its Moral Importance
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Departmental Office Hours

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

General Information

612-625-6563
831 Heller Hall
271 19th Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55455