Jon Mandle

Jonathan Mandle is a Professor of Philosophy and former Philosophy Department Chair at the University at Albany, The State University of New York. He is a member of the Crooked Timber group blog. He is the brother of NBA player Adonal Foyle.

Education

 * B.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philosophy
 * Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy, under the direction of Kurt Baier

Interests

 * Ethics and political theory and their history
 * John Rawls' theory of social justice

Publications

 * What's Left of Liberalism? An Interpretation and Defense of Justice as Fairness. Lexington Books, 2000. (ISBN 0-7391-0104-8)
 * Global Justice: An Introduction. Blackwell Publishers, 2006. (ISBN 0-7456-3065-0)

Notable blog posts

 * Lifeboat Ethics (critique of Garrett Hardin)
 * All posts (Crooked Timber post list for Jon Mandle)