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Researcher
- Practical Philosophy
- Department of Philosophy
Contact information
E-mail matthew.talbertfil.luse
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Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
I arrived at Lund University in 2018 to take up a senior researcher position with the Lund-Gothenburg Responsibility Project; I am also an associate professor of philosophy at West Virginia University. My work on moral responsibility is largely focused on the following topics: the relevance of personal history for present responsibility, the problem(s) of moral luck, the responsibility status of psychopaths, the significance of psychological research on situational influences and attitude attribution, and the role that moral understanding and moral knowledge should play in our responsibility practices. In a more applied vein, I recently published a book on war crimes, War Crimes: Causes, Excuses, and Blame (OUP, co-authored with Jessica Wolfendale). I have published one other book, Moral Responsibility: An Introduction (Polity, 2016).
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Books (2)
- Talbert, M. & Wolfendale, J. (2019). War Crimes : Causes, Excuses, and Blame. Oxford University Press.
- Talbert, M. (2016). Moral Responsibility : An Introduction. Key concepts in philosophy. Polity Press.
Articles (12)
- Talbert, M. (2021). Psychopaths and Symmetry : A Reply to Nelkin. Philosophia, 49. Springer.
- Talbert, M. (2019). The Attributionist Approach to Moral Luck. Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 43, 24-41. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Talbert, M. (2016). Symmetry, Rational Abilities, and the Ought-Implies-Can Principle. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 10, 283-296. Springer.
- Talbert, M. (2015). Responsibility without Causation, Luck, and Dying of Thirst: A Reply to Sartorio. Methode - Analytic Perspectives, 4, 283-296.
- Talbert, M. (2012). Accountability, Aliens, and Psychopaths : A Reply to Shoemaker. Ethics, 122, 562-574. University of Chicago Press.
- Talbert, M. (2012). Moral Competence, Moral Blame, and Protest. Journal of Ethics, 16, 89-109. Springer.
- Talbert, M. (2012). Praise and Prevention. Philosophical Explorations, 15, 47-61. Taylor & Francis.
- Talbert, M. (2009). Compatibilism, Common Sense, and Prepunishment. Public Affairs Quarterly, 23, 325-335. North American Philosophical Publications.
- Talbert, M. (2009). Implanted Desires, Self-Formation and Blame. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 3, 1-18. University of Southern California.
- Talbert, M. (2009). Situationism, Normative Competence, and Responsibility for Wartime Behavior. Journal of Value Inquiry, 43, 415-432. Springer.
- Talbert, M. (2008). Blame and Responsiveness to Moral Reasons : Are Psychopaths Blameworthy?. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 89, 516-535.
- Talbert, M. (2006). Contractualism and Our Duties to Nonhuman Animals. Environmental Ethics, 28. Environmental Philosophy Inc.
Book chapters (6)
- Talbert, M. (accepted/in press). Attributionist Theories of Moral Responsibility. The Oxford Handbook of Moral Responsibility. Oxford University Press.
- Talbert, M. (2017). Akrasia, Awareness, and Blameworthiness. In Robichaud, P. & Wieland, J. W. (Eds.) Responsibility: The Epistemic Condition (pp. 47-63). Oxford University Press.
- Talbert, M. (2017). Omission and Attribution Error. In Nelkin, D. K. & Rickless, S. C. (Eds.) The Ethics and Law of Omissions (pp. 17-35). Oxford University Press.
- Talbert, M. & Wolfendale, J. (2015). War Crimes: Causes, Excuses, and Blame. In Miller, C. B. & Furr, R. M. (Eds.) Character: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology (pp. 671-692). Oxford University Press.
- Talbert, M. (2014). The Significance of Psychopathic Wrongdoing. In Schramme, T. (Ed.) Being Amoral: Psychopathy and Moral Incapacity (pp. 275-300). MIT Press.
- Talbert, M. (2013). Unwitting Wrongdoers and the Role of Moral Disagreement in Blame. Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility, Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility, 1, 225-245. Oxford University Press.
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Reviews (3)
- Talbert, M. (2019). Christian List: Why Free Will is Real. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 22, 1121-1124. Springer.
- Talbert, M. (2018). Judgmental Alternatives, Empathy, and Moral Responsibility. Philosophical Studies, 175, 973-980. Springer.
- Talbert, M. (2011). Unwitting Behavior and Responsibility. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 8. Brill Academic Publishers.
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Researcher
- Practical Philosophy
- Department of Philosophy
Contact information
E-mail matthew.talbertfil.luse
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30