pnickel@uci.edu

949-824-6533

PHILLIP NICKEL

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Phillip J. Nickel                            pnickel@uci.edu
Assistant Professor of Philosophy                        
University of California, Irvine             O: 949-824-6533
Room 217, HOB 2                             Fax: 949-824-6520
Irvine, CA  92697–4555

EMPLOYMENT
07/2002 – present     Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine
     Courtesy Appointment, School of Biological Sciences
06/1996 – 06/2002    Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ethics, Epistemology, Moral Psychology, Social Philosophy, Applied Ethics including Bioethics

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, UCLA, December 2002
Dissertation: “Moral Dependence: Reliance on Moral Testimony.”  Chair: Barbara Herman
C. Phil, Philosophy, UCLA, February 2000
M.A., Philosophy, UCLA, June 1998
B.A., Philosophy, University of Colorado, summa cum laude, May 1995

PUBLICATIONS
“Moral Testimony and its Authority.”  Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, vol. 4, no.3 (September 2001): 253–266

BOOK REVIEWS
Richard Foley, Intellectual Trust in Oneself and Others, Ethics 114, 1 (October 2003): 170-172

UNDER SUBMISSION:
"Trust and Obligation." Contribution to an edited volume.
"Ethical Isues in Stem Cell Reserch." Contribution to an edited volume.
"Vulnerable Populations in Research: The Case of the Seriously Ill."

IN PREPARATION
"The Paradox of Habituation Revisited."
"Voluntary Belief on a Reasonable Basis."

PRESENTATIONS
"The Problem of Practical Dependence." Presented at the Australasian Association of Philosophy, Sydney, July 2005.
"Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research." Presented at the Conference on the Ethics, Politics, and Science of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Beckman Center, Irvine, CA May 2004.
“Moral Particularism and Moral Oveersensitivity.” Presented at the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Society, Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 2003.
“Moral Testimony and its Authority.” Presented at the Meetings of the British Society for Ethical Theory, De Queeste Center, The Netherlands, June 1999.

AWARDS
Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education, 2002
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2002–2003 (declined)
Chancellor’s Fellowship, UCLA, 1995–1996 and 2001–2002
UCLA Research Mentorship, 1999
UCLA Summer Research Mentorship, 1998

TEACHING AT UCI
Biomedical Ethics (Biological Sciences 30/ Philosophy 40), Summer 2003
Biomedical Ethics (Biological Sciences 30/ Philosophy 40), Spring 2003
Foundations of Knowledge (Philosophy 121/221), Winter 2003

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS
Stem Cell Research Center Advisory Committee, July 2005-present
ESCRO (Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight) Committee, July 2005-present
Executive Board, Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality, February 2005-present
Ethics Committee, UC Irvine Medical Center, January 2003-present
Schneiderman Bioethics Committee, January 2003-present.
Committee on Research and Travel, September 2004-present
UC Humanities Research Institute working group on stem cell research

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2003.