Faculty Fellow
Address
108 Tilton Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
Michael Moehler is a 2009-2010 Faculty Fellow. Before he joined the Murphy Institute, he held a visiting position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he taught in the joint Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with Duke University. Dr. Moehler received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a master’s degree in philosophy of the social sciences, a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and economics, and a bachelor’s degree in business studies. His main research interests lie in moral and political philosophy, with a special focus on the contractarian tradition and topics at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics.
Publications
“Neo-Classical Economics,” Encyclopedia of Political Theory, ed. Mark Bevir (SAGE Publications), co-authored with Geoffrey Brennan, forthcoming.
“Justice and Peaceful Cooperation,” Journal of Global Ethics, forthcoming.
“Why Hobbes’ State of Nature is Best Modeled by an Assurance Game,” Utilitas 21 (2009), pp. 297-326.