VITA

Formal Education

University of Rochester, Philosophy, B.A., 1963
University of Michigan, Philosophy, M.A., 1966
University of Michigan, Philosophy, Ph.D. 1971

Professional Employment

Teaching Fellow, Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1964-65
Pre-Doctoral Instructor, Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1965-66
Instructor, Philosophy, Stanford University, 1966-68
Instructor, Philosophy, University of Utah, 1968-71; Assistant Professor, 1971-78; Associate Professor, 1978-present (tenure awarded, 1975)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, UCLA, 1971-72; Summer, 1973

Teaching and Research Specialities

Ethics, Political Philosophy, Marxism, Philosophy of Law, Professional (Medical, Business, Legal) Ethics

Publications

• "The Obligation to Obey the Law", Social Theory and Practice, 2 (1972): 67-84.
• "Confidentiality and the Lawyer-Client Relationship", Utah Law Review, Vol. 1980, No. 4:765-86; a heavily revised and expanded version of this appeared in David Luban ed., The Good Lawyer: Lawyer's Roles and Lawyer's Ethics, Rowman and Allenheld, Totowa, N.J., 1984: 191-213; reprinted in Elliston and Davis eds., Legal Ethics.
• "Egalitarianism", Canadian Journal of Philosophy XIII (1983): 27-56.
• "Justice: Cosmic or Communal", in Ken Kipnis and Diana Meyers eds., Economic Justice: Private Rights and Public Interests, Rowman and Allenheld, Totowa, J.J., 1985:121-25.
• "Physician Attitudes Towards Patients", in Iserson, Sanders, Buchanan, and Mathieu eds., Ethics in Emergency Medicine, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1986, 190-196.
• Timothy Smeeding, Margaret Battin, Leslie Francis and Bruce Landesman eds., Should Health Care be Rationed by Age?, Rowman and Allenheld, 1987 (co-authored Introduction with John Bunker, Stanford University).
• Commentary on "Women, Welfare and the Politics of Need Interpretation", Hypatia, A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Vol., 3, No. 2 (Summer, 1988), 151-61.
• P. Appleby, P. Battin, L. Francis, B. Landesman, P. Windt eds., Ethical Issues in the Professions, Prentice-Hall, 1989, includes "Access to Professional Services: An Essay on Justice", 353-73
• B. Landesman and K. Buchi, "Health Care in a National Health Program: A Fundamental Right", in R. Huefner and P. Battin eds., Changing to National Health Care, forthcoming, 1992.
• "Situation Ethics", in R. Edward Freeman and Patricia Warhane eds., Dictionary of Business Ethics, Blackwell, 1997, 581-83.
• S. Marchand, D. Wikler, and B. Landesman, "Class, Health and Justice", The Milbank Quarterly, 1998:76, #3: 449-467.

Reviews

• Norman Bowie ed., Ethical Issues in Government, National Forum, Winter, 1983, 47.
• Phillip Bean, Punishment: A Philosophical and Criminological Inquiry, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. III, October, 1983, 209-11.
• William Lowrance, Modern Science and Human Values, Behavioral and Social Science Librarian Journal, Vol. 5, #1, Autumn, 1985: 89-94.
• Kai Nielsen, Equality and Liberty: A Defense of Radical Egalitarianism, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, 1985, 13-18.
• Virginia Held, Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 17 (1990): 505-509
• Bernard Crick, Socialism, Teaching Philosophy, 12:1, March, 1989, 69-71.
• Richard Hudelson, Marxism and Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: A Defense of Vulgar Marxism, Ethics, 102(1991): 192
• R. G. Frey and Christopher Morris eds., Violence, Terrorism and Justice, Ethics, 1993
• Charles Taylor, Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition", Ethics, 104(1994): 384-86
• David Lyons, Rights, Welfare and Mill's Moral Theory, Ethics, 106(1996): 668
• Avishai Margalit, The Decent Society, Ethics, July, 1997

Papers, Commentaries Delivered

• "The Principle of Fair Play", University of Utah Philosophy Colloquium, Spring, 1971
• "Marx and Alienation: Response to Monson", Utah Great Issues Forum, Spring, 1971
• "The Obligation to Obey the Law: The Anarchy and Chaos Argument", UCLA Philosophy Colloquium, Spring, 1972
• "Can We Treat Nature Morally?: Response to Glidden", Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters, Spring, 1977
• Comment on Codell Carter, "How Marx Wanted to Change the World", Western German Studies Association Conference, Snowbird, Utah, October, 1978
• Commentary on "Accountability", American Section, Society for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (AMINTAPHIL) Conference, Austin, Texas, October, 1979.
• "Egalitarianism Revived", University of Utah Philosophy Colloquium, November, 1979
• "Roles and Moral Conflict", Conference on Business Ethics, Pitzer College, March, 1980
• Commentary on Joseph Ellin, "Truth and Fraud in Professional Relationships", Society for the Study of Professional Ethics, Pacific Division, APA, March, 1980
• "Exploitation, Consent and Fairness: Comments on Joel Feinberg's 'Consenting to Exploitation'", Conference on Paternalism, Lutsen, Minnesota, September, 1980
• "Confidentiality and the Lawyer-Client Relationship", presented to the Working Group on Legal Ethics, Center for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, Washington, D.C., January, 1981; also presented to a University of Utah Philosophy Workshop, Autumn, 1981
• Commentary on Anthony Woozley, "Good Samaritan Law", APA Pacific Division Convention, Portland, Oregon, March, 1981
• "Justice: Cosmic or Communal", Commentary at AMINTAPHIL Conference on Economic Justice, Gainesville, Florida, January, 1983
• Commentary on Wasserstrom, "Moral Issues of the Nuclear Arms Race", Seeds of World Conflict Seminar, Salt Lake City, November, 1983
• "Justice and Desert", University of Utah Philosophy Workshop, February, 1984
• Comments on F.M. Kamm, "Constraints and You", Pacific Division APA, March, 1984
• "The Weakness of Desert", presented at Philosophy Colloquia at the University of Kent, University of Sussex and University College, London, November, 1984, February, March, 1985
• "The Incompleat Skeptick: Bernard William's Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association Convention, Los Angeles, March, 1986
• "Rights and Democracy", AMINTAPHIL Conference, Philadelphia, October, 1986
• Commentary on Nancy Fraser, "Women, Welfare and the Politics of Need Interpretation", Pacific Division APA, San Francisco, March, 1987
• "Liberalism, Neutrality and the Good Life", presented at Philosophy Colloquium, Northwest Missouri State University, February, 1988; also at University of Utah Philosophy Colloquium, January, 1988
• "Blame, Desert and Utility", Commentary on Michael Philips, "Blame and Bad Wills", Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association Convention, Portland, Oregon, March, 1988
• "Partiality and Impartiality', Commentary at AMINTAPHIL Conference, New York City, October, 1988
• "Punishment and Moral Balance", Commentary on Mark Heller, "Balancing the Scales: A Non-Consequentialist Compatibilism, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, Berkeley, CA, March, 1989
• "Political Philosophy, Liberalism and Justice: Reflections on the Recent Work of John Rawls", invited paper, presented at a conference on "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg Virginia, April 21-2, 1989
• "Teaching Ethical Issues", Western Humanities Conference, University of Utah, October, 1989
• "Rawls on Justice, Liberty and Community", Humanities Colloquium, University of Utah, January, 1990
• "A Right to Health Care" (with K. Buchi), Utah Conference on Ethics and Health, January, 1991
• Commentary on Leslie Francis, "In Defense of Affirmative Action", Humanities Colloquium, University of Utah, Winter, 1991
• "Liberalism, Partiality and Difference", Commentary at AMINTAPHIL Conference, Allentown, PA, October, 1992
• "The Conflict Resolved?: Dworkin on Liberty and Equality", Commentary at AMINTAPHIL Conference, Charleston, S.C., November, 1994
• "No Tiers Below the Mainstream": How Equal Should Health Care Be?" with Daniel Wikler, Forum on Social and Economic Disparities in Health Care, University of Utah, July, 1996
• Commentary on Walter Schaller, "Rawls and Responsibility for Ends", Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association Convention, San Francisco, March, 1996
• Commentary on Anton Alterman, "The Argument for Equality in Hobbes's Leviathan". Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association Convention, Los Angeles, March, 1998
• "Is Liberal Democratic Stability Unique?", AMINTAPHIL Conference commentary, Montreal, Quebec, October, 1998
• Commentary on Christopher Griffin, "Democracy, Just Outcomes and Just Procedures,"
• Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association Convention, Berkely, CA, April, 1999.

Unpublished Manuscript

• Ph.D. Dissertation: The Obligation to Obey the Law: An Essay on Law, Social Institution and Morality, 1971

Work in Progress

• "The Weakness of Desert"
• "Liberalism and Neutrality"
• "Political Philosophy, Liberalism and Justice: Reflections on the Recent Work of John Rawls"

Other Evidence of Scholarship

• Younger Humanist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1973-74
• Council for Philosophical Studies, Conference on Law and Ethics: Selected as participant and received grant to defray expenses, July 11-August 12, 1977; follow up conference on Law and Ethics, May 12-14, 1979.
• Invited Lecturer on Professional Ethics, University of Utah Center for Public Affairs, Summer Conferences, 1979, 1980, 1984; led faculty seminar, "Ethics and the Public Administrator", Winter and Spring Quarters, 1981
• Invited Participant, Conference on Paternalism, sponsored by the Liberty Fund, Lutsen, Minnesota, September, 19890
• Invited Member, Working Group on Legal Ethics, Center for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland: three sessions, held during 1981-82, Washington, D.C.
• Honorary Research Fellow, University College, London, 1984-85
• Manuscript Reviewer, Prentice-Hall, Inc.
• Manuscript Reviewer, Ethics
• Philosophy Proposal Evaluation Panel, National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer, 1996

Areas of Teaching Competence

Ethics, Political and Social Philosophy, Professional (Medical, Business, Legal) Ethics, Marxism, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Intellectual Tradition of the West. Recent special courses: Seminar on Equality, Ethics and the Public Administration, Morality and Nuclear Weapons

Major Administrative Service

• Chairman, Department of Philosophy, 1975-79
• University Senate, 1977-80, 1981-84; Executive Committee, 1983-84
• University Promotions and Tenure Advisory Committee, 1980-83
• American Philosophical Association Committee for the Defense of the Professional Rights of Philosophers, 1981-84
• American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Executive Committee, 1982-85
• Director, Second Utah Conference on Ethics and Health, 1983; co-director, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Conferences on Ethics and Health, 1986, 1988, 1989.
• University Research Committee, 1986-89
• University Athletic Board, 1986-89
• University Retention, Promotion and Tenure Standards and Appeals Committee, 1987-90; Chair, 1987-90.
• Co-Director, Graduate Program in Political Thought (joint program in philosophy and Political Science), 1989-present.
• Local Organizer, AMINTAPHIL (American Section, International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy), University of Utah, October 1990
• Chair, Academic Senate, 1991-92
• Program Committee, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 1991-94; Chair, 1992-93
• Enrollment Managing Coordinating Committee, 1992-94
• Ethics Opinion Committee, Utah State Bar, 1992-1994
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, 1993-96, Chair, 1995-96
• Athletic Advisory Council,1993-96; Chair, 1994-96
• Organizer, Second Annual University of Utah Philosophy Colloquium, 1996-97
• Social Sciences Area Committee, 1997-
• College of Humanities RPT Committee, 1998-
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, 1998-
• Phi Beta Kappa, Vice President, 1998-99

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