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Faculty: Gregory Mellema

Gregory Mellema, Professor, Philosophy

616-526-6414
mell@calvin.edu
Hiemenga Hall 355

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curriculum vitae (.pdf)

Educational Background

MBA, University of Michigan, 1976
PhD, University of Massachusetts,1974
BA, Calvin College,1970

Courses

  • Fundamental Questions in Philosophy (153)
  • Understanding Natural Science: Its Nature, Status, and Limit (203)
  • God and Philosophy (204)
  • Business Ethics (215)
  • Metaphysics (283)
  • Contemporary Anglo-American (341)
  • Moral Expectations in Film (Interim)

Research Interests

Ethics, both theoretical and applied

Books

Complicity in Wrongdoing, forthcoming.

The Expectations of MoralityThe Expectations of Morality, 2004.

Collective ResponsibilityCollective Responsibility, 1997.

Beyond the Call of DutyBeyond the Call of Duty, 1991.

Shared Moral ResponsbilityIndividuals, Groups, and Shared Moral Responsibility, 1988.

Recent Publications/Presentations

"Professional Ethics and Complicity in Wrongdoing," Journal of Markets and Morality XI (2008), 93-100.

"Facilitating Harm," Business Ethics in Focus, ed., Laura A. Parrish, (Nova Publications, 2007): 69-77.

"Collective Responsibility and Contributing to an Outcome," Criminal Justice Ethics XXV (2006), 17-22.

"Enabling Harm," Journal of Social Philosophy XXVII (2006), 214-220.

Hobbies and Interests

Classical music, sports