Steven Scalet, PPL DIRECTOR

STEVEN SCALET is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Economics;
he is also Director of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Law
(http://ppl.binghamton.edu). In 2004 Professor Scalet received the
state-wide SUNY Chancellor Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 2007 the Binghamton University Council/Foundation Award for Excellence in Service.

His areas of research and teaching include Ethics, Social and Political
Philosophy, Applied Ethics, American philosophy, and Philosophy and
Literature.

Professor Scalet's publications include, “Prisoner’s Dilemmas, Cooperative
Norms, and Codes of Business Ethics,” (Journal of Business Ethics, 2006);
“Famine, Poverty, and Property Rights” with David Schmidtz in Contemporary Philosophy in Focus, ed. Christopher W. Morris (Cambridge UP, forthcoming, 2007), and “Fitting the People they are Meant to Serve: Reasonableness in the American Legal System,” (Law and Philosophy, 2003). Professor Scalet speaks frequently to groups around New York State on topics of corporate social responsibility and living in a democracy as a Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities. Professor Scalet received his Ph.D. in philosophy and M.A. in economics from the University of Arizona.

Professor Scalet is on sabbatical this coming year. He is working on a book
that aims to integrate ethics and justice into discussions of markets and
economics -- discussions that follow from seven years of teaching a popular
course at Binghamton University called "Markets, Ethics, and Law"

E-mail: sscalet@binghamton.edu
Home page: http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~sscalet