Associate Professor of Philosophy
Fellow of the Rutland Institute for Ethics
email: cstarke@clemson.edu
web: http://people.clemson.edu/~cstarke/
Dr. Starkey joined the Department in 2003. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and previously taught at Washington University in St. Louis and Iowa State University. His primary research interests are in emotion theory and moral psychology, and his current research examines the nature of moral experience and its relation to perception and cognition. Such research includes the relevance of emotion to moral agency and moral character. In addressing these issues, he draws on traditional ethical theory, the philosophy of mind, and empirical psychological research. Some recent publications include "Classifying Emotions: Prospects for a Psychoevolutionary Approach" Philosophical Psychology 21 (December 2008), "Emotion and Full Understanding" Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 11 (August 2008), "Manipulating Emotion: The Best Evidence for Noncognitivism in the Light of Proper Function" Analysis 67 (July 2007), "The Land Ethic, Moral Development, and Ecological Rationality" Southern Journal of Philosophy 45 (April 2007), "On the Scope of Moral Perception" Social Theory and Practice 32 (January 2006). Since 2005 he has been the coach of the Clemson University Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl team.