James P. Sterba

James P. Sterba is an American philosopher who specializes in ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of religion. He was the first neo-libertarian. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Sterba is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. ^[3] He is a past president of the American Philosophical Association and the North American Society for Social Philosophy. ^[3] He has authored 35 books. ^[3]

Sterba is an atheist. ^[4] His 2019 book, Is a Good God Logically Possible?, is on the problem of evil. Sterba has argued that the God of traditional theism (omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient) is logically incompatible with significant moral evil, hence no such God exists. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Personal life

Sterba is married to Janet Kourany, who is also a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame. ^[8]

Selected publications

• The Demands of Justice (University of Notre Dame Press, 1980) ^[9]
• Justice for Here and Now (Cambridge University Press, 1998) ^{[10] [11]}
• Three Challenges to Ethics: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism (Oxford University Press, 2000) ^[12]
• Terrorism and International Justice (Oxford University Press, 2003)
• The Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2005)
• Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?: A Debate (with Warren Farrell and Steven Svoboda) (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• From Rationality to Equality (Oxford University Press, 2013) ^{[13] [14]}
• The Pursuit of Justice: A Personal Philosophical History (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014)
• Affirmative Action for the Future (Cornell University Press, 2009) ^[15]
• Is a Good God Logically Possible? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) ^[16]
• What is Ethics? (Wiley, 2019) ^[17]

References

1. Sterba, James (2013). The Pursuit of Justice. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 66.
2. Sterba, James (2013). The Pursuit of Justice. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 52.
3. "James Sterba". University of Notre Dame . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
4. Sterba, James. "Is a Good God Logically Possible?". Skeptic.com . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
5. Leon, Felipe (2020). "Review of James Sterba, Is a Good God Logically Possible?". Philosophia . 48 (4): 1671–1678. doi:10.1007/s11406-020-00177-7. S2CID   255161775.
6. Almeida, Michael (2020). "Review: Is a good god logically possible?". International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 87: 245–249. doi:10.1007/s11153-020-09760-0. S2CID   254984952.
7. "Is a Good God Logically Possible?". Point of Inquiry . January 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
8. "Janet Kourany". centerphilsci.pitt.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
9. Ashmore, Robert B. (1982). "Reviewed Work: The Demands of Justice by James P. Sterba". The Review of Politics . 44 (3): 476–478. doi:10.1017/S0034670500046829. S2CID   145170259.
10. Fricker, Miranda (2001). "Reviewed Work: Justice for Here and Now by James P. Sterba". Mind . 110 (439): 854–857. doi:10.1093/mind/110.439.854.
11. Seglow, Jonathan (2000). "Reviewed Works: Justice for Here and Now by James P. Sterba; Discourse and Knowledge: Defence of a Collectivist Ethics by Janna Thompson". The Philosophical Quarterly . 50 (199): 272–274.
12. Carrick, Paul (2002). "Three Challenges to Ethics: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism". The Journal of Mind and Behavior . 23 (4): 417–419.
13. Schedler, George (2014). "Reviewed Work: From Rationality to Equality by James P. Sterba". Social Theory and Practice . 40 (3): 534–540. doi:10.5840/soctheorpract201440332.
14. Whyte, Jamie (2013). "Reviewed Work: From Rationality to Equality by James P. Sterba". Philosophy . 88 (345): 478–483. doi:10.1017/S0031819113000387. S2CID   144566934.
15. Berrey, Ellen C (2010). "Reviewed Work: Affirmative Action for the Future by James P. Sterba". Law & Society Review . 44 (3/4): 888–891. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00425_5.x.
16. "Is a Good God Logically Possible?". Palgrave.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
17. "What is Ethics?". Wiley.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.