NATHANIEL JEZZI

Curriculum Vitae

University of Aberdeen, Department of Philosophy,

Old Brewery, Aberdeen, AB24 3UB, United Kingdom
n.jezzi@abdn.ac.uk // +44(0)1224 272561; +44 07935 056717


ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
University of Aberdeen, Lecturer in Philosophy, August, 2012 - present; Teaching
Fellow in Philosophy, 2011- 2012; Teaching Assistant in Philosophy, 2010-
2011.

EDUCATION

Cornell University
Ph.D. in Philosophy, May 2011.
Dissertation: Moral Objectivity, Autonomy, and Reasons: The Constructivist
Challenge to Realism. Committee: Nicholas Sturgeon (Chair), Terence Irwin,
Michelle Kosch, Matti Eklund.
Humboldt Universitt zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Independent Student in Philosophy, Greek Philology, and Sociology,
October, 2000 July, 2003.
Georgetown University
A.B., magna cum laude, Government, 1998.

AREAS OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION

Ethics (incl. metaethics, environmental ethics, and the history of ethics)

AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE

Ancient Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy.

PUBLICATIONS

Constructivism in Metaethics in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, forthcoming.

WORK IN PROGRESS/UNDER REVIEW

Friendship, Self-sufficiency, and Rational Agency
Rawls on Kantian Constructivism
Autonomy and the Nature of Morality
Normative Alienation and the Morality of Common Sense
Climate and the Doctrine of Double Effect

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PRESENTATIONS
Reconciling the Value of Autonomy and Moral Community

Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW), Univ. of Rotterdam,
November 2013; Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law
(CISRUL), Univ. of Aberdeen, November 2013.
Is Constructivism a Free-standing Metaethical View?

Philosophy Department Staff Seminar, Univ. of Aberdeen, January 2013.
Climate and the Doctrine of Double Effect

Philosophy Department Staff Seminar, Univ. of Aberdeen, February 2012.
Rawlss Justice as Fairness

AUSA Philosophy Society, March 2012
Normative Alienation and the Morality of Common Sense

Miami University (Ohio), March 2011; AUSA Philosophy Society, U. of
Aberdeen, March 2011
Autonomy and the Nature of Morality

Fordham University, February 2010.
Two Approaches to Political Justification: Liberalism versus Perfectionism

Cornell Prison Project, Law and Society Lecture Series, June 2009.
Kantian Constructivism and Self-Legislation
Yale-UConn Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, April, 2009; CUNY
Graduate Philosophy Conference, April 2009; 20th Century Ethics Graduate
Student Conference, Virginia Tech, November 2008; (poster) Rocky
Mountain Ethics Conference, University of Colorado at Boulder, August
2008.
Comments on Dale Dorseys Equality-tempered Prioritarianism
Rocky Mountain Ethics Conference, University of Colorado at Boulder,
August 2008.
Comments on Andrea Westlunds Rethinking Relational Autonomy
Graduate Students Visiting Philosopher Series, Cornell University, October
2007.

TRANSLATIONS
German to English: Chaeremon the Stoic by Michael Frede. Contribution to a
memorial anthology for Michael Frede. Charles Brittain (ed.), Oxford University
Press (forthcoming).

AWARDS AND HONORS

AUSA Innovative Teaching Award Finalist, Spring 2011

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John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines Award for Innovative Course
Design Runner-Up (The Ethics of Sustainability), Spring 2009
Sage Fellowship, Cornell University, 2003-2004 and 2006-2007
Internationales Parlaments-Stipendium (IPS) Fellow, 1999-2000
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholar, 1998-1999
National Jesuit Honor Society (Alpha Sigma Nu), 1997

ACADEMIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Postgraduate Taught Programs Co-ordinator for the School of Divinity, History and
Philosophy, Univ. of Aberdeen, 2015-present.
Postgraduate Committee Member, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy,
Univ. of Aberdeen, 2015-present.
Gifford Lecture Series Committee Member, Univ. of Aberdeen, 2013-present.
Teaching and Learning Committee Member, School of Divinity, History and
Philosophy, Univ. of Aberdeen, 2013-present.
Honours Thesis Co-ordinator, Philosophy, Univ. of Aberdeen, 2011-2014.
Subhonours Academic Advisor, Philosophy, Univ. of Aberdeen, 2011-2014.
Graduate Student Representative, Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell, 2006-2008.