In 1972, Hubin graduated with a B.A. with honors majoring in philosophy from the University of California at Davis. He received both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from the University of Arizona, in 1976 and 1978 respectively.
Scholarly work
Justice and ethics
As a researcher in moral philosophy, Hubin has written on the scope and nature of justice when there are conflicts between two entities. He contrasts the fundamental differences when two person have legitimate claims to the same goods or service versus the conflict between white blood cells and an invading virus, providing other in between examples such as conflicts within a family or problems between non-overlapping generations.[2] He has also written on the topic of justice for future generations,[3] the relationship between moral and rational requirements, contractarian political philosophy, and the moral justification of cost/benefit analysis.[4]
Religion and ethics
As part of a book titled Is Goodness without God Good Enough?: A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics, Hubin was one of seven prominent philosophers asked to write an essay commenting on a debate between Paul Kurtz and William Lane Craig. In his essay, Hubin defends the worthiness of self-sacrifices in a world without a God.[5][6] In 2015, Hubin participated in a Veritas Forum debate on miracles with MIT nuclear physicist Ian Hutchinson, where Hubin took the atheist perspective versus the religious beliefs of Hutchinson.[7]
Fatherhood and paternity
Hubin wrote the Fatherhood entry in the International Encyclopedia of Ethics. He has also written on parental rights and due process; on untangling the puzzles of paternity; on elements of stereotypical fatherhood; on procreation and sexual asymmetries, and on reproductive interests.[8]
Shared parenting advocacy
In addition to his scholarly work, Hubin has actively worked to promote shared parenting after divorce as being in the best interest of children. In 2014, Hubin developed the first Shared Parenting Report Card for National Parents Organization.[9] This report employed 21 metrics to grade the legislation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on the support shown for shared parenting. At that time, no states received grades of 'A' and nearly half received grades of 'D' or 'F'. With collaborators, Hubin authored two additional NPO Shared Parenting Report Cards, one in 2019[10] and one in 2025.[11]These shows significant improvement in a handful of states with six states receiving 'A's and 10 receiving 'B's.
With two colleagues, he put together a 2018 report comparing the physical custody guidelines in different counties across Ohio, finding wide discrepancies with a few counties encouraging shared parenting, with most counties favoring sole custody and while one county explicitly specified the mother as the primary custodian.[12] He and his colleagues published updated Ohio parenting time reports in 2020 and 2023.[13]
Hubin DC, Procreators' Duties: Sexual Asymmetries, in Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Ethics, ed. by Leslie Francis, Oxford University Press (2017) 301-324.
Hubin DC, Empty and ultimately meaningless gestures?, In Garcia RK, King NL, editors. Is goodness without God good enough?: a debate on faith, secularism, and ethics. Rowman and Littlefield, 2009.
↑ Garcia RK, King NL, editors. Is goodness without God good enough?: a debate on faith, secularism, and ethics. Rowman and Littlefield, 2009.
↑ Morriston W. Review of Is goodness without god good enough? A debate on faith, secularism, and ethics. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 70:85-89, 2011.
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