Diane Jeske
Department of Philosophy
The University of Iowa
274 English-Philosophy Building
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1408
Phone: (319) 335-0026
Fax: (319) 353-2322
E-mail: diane-jeske@uiowa.edu
Education
1988-1992 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ph. D. in Philosophy, 1992.
1985-1988 Lawrence University. B. A., summa cum laude, 1988.
Professional and Academic Positions
2009- Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa
1998-2009 Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa
1992-1998 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa
Honors and Awards
Collegiate Teaching Award, University of Iowa, 2000
Lawrence University, Phi Beta Kappa; Governor’s Award for graduating senior with the highest GPA, John and Mamie Farley Prize in Philosophy, Ralph White Prize in Mathematics, Maurice Cunningham Prize in Greek, Phi Beta Kappa Freshman Scholarship Award
Publications
Rationality and Moral Theory: How Intimacy Generates Reasons (New York: Routledge, 2008).
Philosophy Through Film, editor (with Richard Fumerton) (Blackwell, 2009)
"The Friendship of Felines" (in What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Cat, Chicago: Open Court, 2008; pp.27-42).
"Friendship and the Grounds of Reasons," in L'Amitie et la partialitie en ethique, special volume of Les Ateliers de l'ethique, CREUM, 2:3 2007, http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/spip.php?article681
“Feminism, Friendship, and Philosophy,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy (Supplementary Volume 28: Feminist Moral Theory): 63-82.
“Special Obligations,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/special-obligations
“The Monsanto Decision,” with Richard Fumerton, Teaching Ethics 2 (2001): 107-110.
“Friendship and Reasons of Intimacy,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 63 (2001): 329-346.
“Special Relationships and the Problem of Political Obligations,” Social Theory and Practice 27 (2001): 19-40.
“Families, Friends, and Special Obligations,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 28 (1998): 527-555.
“A Defense of Acting From Duty,” The Journal of Value Inquiry 32 (1998): 61-74.
“Relatives and Relativism,” with Richard Fumerton, Philosophical Studies 87 (1997): 143-157; reprinted in Ethical Theory, ed. Louis Pojman (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1997).
“Moral Deliberation, Nonmoral Ends, and the Virtuous Agent,” with Tracy Isaacs, Ethics 107 (1997): 486-500.
“Friendship, Virtue, and Impartiality,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 57 (1997): 51-72.
“Associative Obligations, Voluntarism, and Equality,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 77 (1996): 289-309.
“Perfection, Happiness, and Duties to Self,” American Philosophical Quarterly 33 (1996): 263-276.
“Libertarianism, Self-Ownership, and Motherhood,” Social Theory and Practice 22 (1996): 137-160.
“Persons, Compensation, and Utilitarianism,” The Philosophical Review 102 (1993): 541-575.
Work in Progress
Introduction to Political Philosophy: Theory and Applications (textbook manuscript, co-author: Richard Fumerton; in production, Broadview)
Going Rotten: The Neglect of Philosophy in the Moral Life (book manuscript)
