Date: January, 2004
CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
1. Personal Details
Haim Marantz
Date and Place of Birth: 16.9.1940, Australia
Date of Immigration: 1967
Current Employment:
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Department of Philosophy
Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Phone: 08/6472258
Fax: (972) (8) 6472912
Home Address: 77 Negba st. Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Phone: 08/6238834
2. Education
B.A. 1967 Monash University, Australia-Philosophy, Honors in
Philosophy.
D.Phil 1978 Oxford University (Balliol College), England.
Thesis: Democracy, Civil Disobedience and Citizenship.
3. Employment History
2000-Present Associate Professor.
1973-2000 Senior Lecturer (tenured), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
1992-1993 Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Centre of C.U.N.Y. and John Jay College, New York.
1998-þ1999 Visiting Lecture, Graduate Center of C.U.N.Y and John Jay
College, New-York.
1981-1982 Visiting Lecturer, Kings College, London.
1973-1974 Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University.
1970-1973 Tutor, Oxford University, England.
1967-1968 Lecturer, Ha’Kibbutzim Teachers’ College, Israel.
1968-1970 Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University.
1967 Tutor, Monash University, Australia.
1967 Teacher, Melbourne Boys’ High School, Australia.
1963-1964 Teacher, Caulfield Grammar School, Australia.
4. Professional Activities
(a) Positions in academic administration
1988-1992 Chairman, Department of Philosophy Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
And from 1999
Till present
Member, Faculty Education Committee (on three
different occasions)
Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
(b) Professional functions outside universities/institutions
Organised conferences for the Israeli Philosophy
Association on: Aesthetics and Democracy.
Organised international seminars at Ben-Gurion University on:
Wittgenstein, Culture and the Jews.
Politics, Culture and Higher Education.
Religion and Understanding.
(c) Professional consulting
1974 Wrote a critical report for the Ministry of Education for its
proposed curriculum on Education for Creativity.
(d) Thesis examiner: Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Stanford University, U.S.A.
London University, England.
Nottingham University, England.
Melbourne University, Australia.
(e) Courses taught
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(Department of Philosophy)
Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophical Problems of Democracy
Greek Philosophy
Liberalism
Political Authority
The Obligation to Obey the Law
Liberty and Equality
History of Philosophy from Descartes to Kant
Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
History of Political Philosophy
Twentieth Century Philosophy - The Analytic Tradition
Twentieth Century Philosophy - The Continental Tradition
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Philosophy of History
Aesthetics
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Action Theory
Rawls and His Critics
Philosophy of David Hume
Philosophy of Law
Human Rights
The Meaning of Life
Hegel’s Phenomenology of the Spirit
Hegel’s Philosophy of the Right
The Political Philosophy of Hegel and Marx
Philosophical and Theological Responses to the Holocaust
Philosophical problems of Democracy Political Ideologies
The Limit of the Obligation to Obey the Law A Democracy
(Department of Education)
Philosophy of Education
The Aims of Education
Tel-Aviv University
(Department of Philosophy)
Philosophy of Law
History of Political Philosophy
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Hobbes’ Leviathan
Hume’s Treatise
Political Philosophy
Analytic Philosophy
History of Philosophy from Descartes to Quine and Wittgenstein
Hobbes
Philosophy of David Hume
Political Obligation
Oxford University
Political Theory
Political Sociology
Empiricism
Ha’Kibbutzim Teachers’ College
Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Monash University
Political Theory
Melbourne Boy’s High School
History
Caulfield Grammar School
English
History
Sport .
(f) Memberships in professional/scientific societies
International Association for Social and Political Philosophy
Israeli Philosophical Association.
5. Awards, Honor, Research Fellowships
(a) Honors and Awards
1982 John Henry Newman Award for Best Essay on Religion and
Education:
“Should Religion be Taught in State Schools?”
1970 Full Scholarship: Oxford University
1968 Scholarship to Hebrew University: Jewish Agency
1967 Scholarship to Hebrew University: Jewish Agency
1966 Best Political Thought Essay by an Undergraduate:
Monash University.
1963 Best Political Thought Essay by an Undergraduate:
Monash University.
(b) Research Fellowships
1981 Corob Traveling Fellowship: Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev.
6. Scientific Publications
(a) Books (editor)
1998
“Judaism and Education: Essays in Honor of Walter I. Akerman
ed. Haim Marantz , Ben-Gurion University Press.
1990
The Labyrinth of Democracy: Philosophic Essays on Democratic Themes
(Hebrew) (edited with Yuval Luria). Beer-Sheva, Israel; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press.
(b) Chapters in collective volumes
2000
"Reflection on Plop Fiction" in philosophers Write On the Films of the 1990´s, edited by D.Cora and P. fink.
1998
"Value Free SocialScience" in Relativism and Beyond edited by Yoav Ariel, Shlomo Biderman and Ornan roleim.
“Academic Freedom”. Judaism and Education: Essays in Honor of Walter.I. Akerman. ed Haim Marantz. Ben-Gurion University Press,
pp. 211- 232.
1996
“Platonic Reflections on the Role of Intellectuals in Democracies”.
Todorov and Fukayama, eds. The Conservative, Democratic, Liberal
Intellectual: Essays in Memory of Alan Bloom
Scholars’Press, Chicago, pp. 63-73.
1995
“Wittgenstein’s Aesthetics”.
D., Pye, S.Rivers, eds. Essays on Wittgenstein’s Philosophy
Angus and Robertson, eds., Sydney, Australia, pp. 112-122.
(A Hebrew version appeared in Achshav, Vol.65.)
1994
“Religion in the Films of Luis Bunuel”.
G.S. Smith and B. Pine, eds. Essays for Bill Roache Southern Press,
Melbourne, Australia, pp. 63-72.
1993
“Wittgensein, God and Morality”. (Hebrew)
Daniel Statmen, A. Sagi, eds. Morality and Religion
Bar-Ilan University Press, pp. 95-103.
1992
“Ludwig Wittgenstein: Reflections on the Man and His Conception of
Philosophy. G. Schouels, ed., Sketches of Twentieth Century Thinkers
and Intellectuals, Cassels Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia.
This also appeared in Hebrew in Journal 77, No. 144-145, pp. 24-27.
“Is Talk About the Aims of Education Meaningful?”
Asa Kasher, ed. Papers in Moral and Social Philosophy
Dekel Publishers, Tel-Aviv (reprinted in Studies in Education, 41).
“A Hundred years of Marxist Social Science.
P.K.S. Davies, ed., A hundred Years of Marxism Cassels Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 63-86.
“Casualties of War”.
D. Cova and P. Fink eds., Philosophers Write on Film
Gateway Publishing Company, pp. 67-71.
“Homosexuality and Normality”.
Hurst, Zang and Shue, eds., Studies on Homosexuality
Waltham Publishing, pp. 56-60.
“The Truth in Fiction”.
P. Binns, ed., The Aesthetics of Fiction
The Cathedral Press, Warwick, England, pp. 70-82.
1990
“In Defense of the “Just War”. (Hebrew), Violence and Toleration,
ed.,Zvi Tauber and Zvi Rosen
Papyrus Publications, Tel-Aviv, pp. 190-196.
1983
“Can the Obligation People Have to Obey the Law be Justified?
Troupp, ed., Contemporary Conceptions of Law Switzerland, pp. 109-119.
1982
“Alienation”, “Democracy”, “Human Rights”, and “Civil Disobedience”.
A. Bierman, C. Ellis, P.B. Smith, eds., Students’ Handbook of Social and
Political Theory: Concepts Volume 1.
Paine Whiteman Publishing Company, Minneapolis.
“Aristotle’s Politics”, “De Tocqueville’s Democracy in America”.
A. Bierman, C. Ellis, P.B. Smith, eds., Students’Handbook of Social
and Political Theory: Classics Volume 2.
Paine Whiteman Publishing Company, Minneapolis.
“Hobbes” and “Popper”.
A. Bierman, C. Ellis, P.B. Smith, eds., Students’Handbook of Social and
Political Theory: Thinkers Volume 3.
Paine Whiteman Publishing Company, Minneapolis.
1980
“Thoughts on the Holocaust”.
D. Simonsen, ed., Thinking About the Holocaust Lizchor Press, Philadelphia, pp. 51-59.
1977
“Justice, The Common Good and Political Obligation”. (Hebrew)
Marcelo Dascal, ed., The Just and the Unjust Tel-Aviv University Publishing House, Tel-Aviv.
1975
“Rationality, Usefulness and the University”. (Hebrew).
Marcelo Dascal and Adi Parush, eds., The Rational and the Irrational
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
1974
“Education: Is More Necessarily Better?”
P. Hues, ed., A Radical Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
Shenkman Press, pp. 221-231. In Hebrew: Keshet pp. 114-120.
(c) Refereed articles in scientific journals
2003
"Blood and Guts".
Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics.
2002
"The Other side(s) of Globalization".
Hagar - International Social Science Review.
2001
"Reflections on Paul Feyarbends Philosophy of Science".
Metaphora (Hebrew).
1998
With A. Warren
“A Conservative View of Geographical Education”.
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Vol.22, No. 1, pp. 49-53.
1997
“Bearing Witness: The Thought of Yeshayahu Leibowitz”.
Judaism, Vol. 46, No. 181, pp. 35-45.
1993
Loyalty and Identity: Reflections on and about a theme in Fletcher’s Loyalty”.
Criminal Justice Ethics Vol. 12, pp. 63-68.
“On Teaching Sartre Seriously”.
American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy,
Vol. 92, pp. 127-129.
“The Enlightenment’s Promise and Fulfillment”.
Metaphora (Hebrew), Vol. 3, pp. 145-150.
1992
“First Lecture in “The History of Political Philosophy”.
American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy
Vol. 91, pp. 161-168.
“The Value of a University Education in the Arts”.
Studies in Education, Vol. 57, pp. 47-52.
“Dworkin’s Rights Thesis: A Critical Evaluation”.
Metaphora (Hebrew). Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 148-162.
“Alasdair MacIntyre’s, Whose Justice? Which Rationality?”.
Iyyun: the Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly (Hebrew), Vol. 40, pp. 220-225.
“Is a Science of Political Practice Possible?”
International Social Science Review, Vol.66, No, 2, pp. 51-58.
“Theories of Political Obligation as Recommendations for Action”.
Philosophical Inquiry, Vol. 9, No.1-2, pp. 44-51.
“A Critical Examination of Marcuse’s Essay on Liberation”.
Notebooks on Socialist Thought, No. 7, pp. 130-136.
1981
“On Education and the Educated Man”.
Studies in Education (Hebrew), No. 30, pp. 127-131.
“The Relationship Between Moral Beliefs and Action”.
Manuscrito: Revista de Filosofia, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 157-165.
1979
“The Immoral Message of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Achshav (Hebrew), Issue 39/40, pp. 362-365.
1978
With Ephraim Ben-Baruch
“What Social Organizations Do”.
Philosophica, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 53-58.
“Civil Disobedience and Social Order”.
Il Politico, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 410-420.
1976
With A. Warren
“Harvey on the Implications of Methodology”.
Area, Vol. 8, pp. 175-178.
“The Compatibility of Socialism and Zionism”.
Shdemot, pp. 61-65.
“Creativity in Education”.
Studies in Education, No. 13, pp. 31-38.
1975
“A Note on Educational Reductionism”.
Educational Theory, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 330-331.
“Leslie Smith on Indoctrination”.
Journal of Moral Education, Vol.4, No. 2, pp. 117-121.
“Thoughts on Moral Education”.
Studies in Education (Hebrew), Vol. 6, pp. 31-38.
1970
“Bureaucratic Responsibility and Bureaucratic Power”.
Netivei Irgun U’Minhal (Hebrew), pp. 43-45.
1965
“The Right of Freedom of Speech”.
The Philosopher, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 22-24.
1963
“In Defense of ‘Negative Freedom’”, Cogito, Vol. 2, No.1, pp. 30-34.
(d) Unrefereed professional articles, publications and book reviews.
I have written more than, 150 reviews only some of which are included here.
“In Memorium-Isaiah Berlin”.
Jerusalem Review No. 2, 1998, pp. 10-15.
Daniel Goldhagen, Hitler’s Willing Executioners.
The Washington Quarterly, Winter 1997.
Robert George, ed., Natural Law Theory. Seattle Review, 1996.
“The Opium of Marxism: Reflections on the Politics of Religion”.
Journal 77 (Hebrew), No. 193, 1995 pp. 28-29.
Ross Harman, Democracy. Seattle Review, Summer 1995.
Raymond Plant, Modern Political Thought, Seattle Review, Winter, 1995.
Donald C. Abel, ed., Theories of Human Nature.
Newsletter on Philosophy and Teaching, Vol. 95, No.1, 1995.
“An Interpretation of Thomas Mann’s Work”. Journal 77, (Hebrew) No. 180, pp. 26-28.
“Sexual Orientation and Literary Creation – Reflections on Patrick White”.
Journal 77, (Hebrew), No. 188, pp. 40-43, 51.
“Religion in the Films of Luis Bunuel”. Journal 77 (Hebrew), No.169,
pp. 20-21.
“Milan Kundera’s Immortality”. Journal 77 (Hebrew), No. 172, pp. 24-25.
“Wittgenstein on Aesthetics”.
“French Intellectuals”. Washington Review, Vol. 90, pp. 31-34.
“The Rise and Fall of Prince Auto”. Ha’Aretz (Hebrew), 27.4.94.
“Fukayama’s The End of History”. Washington Review, Vol. 9,
pp. 84-87.
“Reflection on Racism”. Journal 77 (Hebrew), No. 166-67, pp. 16-17.
John Horton, Political Obligation, Cogito, Vol. 30, 1993.
“Reflections on the Collapse of Communism”. Journal 77 (Hebrew),
No. 150, pp. 28-30.
E.H. Gombrich: “A Critical Evaluation”. Journal 77 (Hebrew),
No. 149, pp. 30-50.
“Thomas Szasz: Review and Evaluation”. Journal 77 (Hebrew),
No. 147, pp. 32, 33, 46.
Alasdair McIntyre, Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
Iyyun, Vol. 40, 1991.
Paul Harris, ed., On Political Obligation. Cogito, Vol. 27, 1990.
Alan Ryan, Property and Political Theory. International Studies in Philosophy, 1990.
Carole Patemen, The Problem of Political Obligation.
Cogito, Vol. 23, 1986.
Donald MacRae, Weber. Sociology, 1975.
Peter Singer, Democracy and Disobedience. Philosophia, October, 1975.
John Moran, Towards the World and Wisdom of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus.
Cogito, Vol. 11, 1974.
R.P. Wolff, In Defense of Anarchism, Philosophia, Vol. 4, 1974.
N.M.L. Nathan, The Concept of Justice. Times Higher Education Supplement, 1972.
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice. Times Higher Education Supplement,
1972.
Richard Schacht, Alienation. Times Literary Supplement, 1972.
George Lichtheim, Marxism. Iyyun, Vol. 21, 1970.
Louis Dupre, The Philosophical Foundations of Marxism.
Iyyun, Vol. 21, 1970.
Irving M. Zeitlin, Marxism. Iyyun, Vol. 21, 1970.
Nicholas Rescher, Distributive Justice. Iyyun, Vol. 21, 1970.
Richard Wollheim, Art and Its Objects. Iyyun, Vol. 20, 1970.
D.G. Brown, Action. Iyyun, Vol. 20, 1969.
A.R. Manser, Sartre. The Monash Review, Summer, 1967.
Robert Brown, Explanation in Social Science. The Monash Review, Autumn, 1966.
D.J. O’Conner, ed., A Critical History of Western Philosophy.
The Monash Review, Summer 1966.
Bernard Crick, In Defense of Politics. Dissent (Australia), Autumn, 1964.
John Anderson, Studies in Empiricism, Monash Review, Summer 1962.
(e) Unpublished articles
(Accepted for publication)
"Hannah Arendt´s Eichman in Jerusalem Revisited" in Achshav.
"Post Modernism and the Study of Literature" in Achshav.
Balakrishnan´s Carl Schmitt William James Principles of Psychology.
“Freud, Freedom and Democracy” in Essays on Psychology and Politics,
D. Miller, ed., Yale University Press.
“Hegel’s Conception of the Absolute, Freedom, Political Society and
History” in Memorial Volume for Eugene Kamenka.
7. Lectures and presentations at meetings and invited seminars.
(a) Invited plenary lectures at conferences/meetings.
2003
What is a Monument?. Conference on Monuments and Memories, Binghamton N.Y.
2002
What Socialists Have to Learn From Carl Schmitt. Conference on Carl Scheitt and Socialism.
2000
Science at the Down of a New Millenium. Conference on the European Association For Social and Political Theory, Prague.
1999
Hannah Arendt´s Eichman in Jerusalem Revisited. Conference on Hannah Arendt and the Holocaust, Washington.
1997
Rationality and Religious Belief. Conference on Rationality, Swansee, Wales.
1996
Freud, Freedom and Democracy: What the Freud Bashers Do Not Understand. Conference on Politics and Psychology, Dallas, Texas.
Socrates on Education and Politics. Conference on Greek Political Philosophy, The Hague, The Netherlands.
1994
Freud’s Conception of Human Emancipation.
Conference on Psychoanalysis and Emancipation, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1993
The Opium of Marxism: Reflections on the Politics of Religion.
Conference on The Relevance of Marxism after the Collapse of Communism, Ottawa, Canada.
1990
Sir Isaiah Berlin’s Liberalism. Conference of the European Association Liberal Organisations, Antwerp, Belgium.
1988
On Justifying the Study and Teaching of the Humanities. Conference on Humanistic Education, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Obedience to Political Authority. Symposium on Obedience to Political and to Religious Authority. Columbia University, New York.
1985
Conscience and the Law. Symposium on Limits of the Obligation to Obey the Law, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Liberal and Socialist Conceptions of Human Nature and Human Rights.
Human Rights Conference, Tel-Aviv.
1984
Marx Contra Hegel? Haim Finklestein Memorial Lecture, Monash University, Australia.
1983
Can the Obligation to Obey the Law Be Justified?
Conference on Contemporary Problems of Law, Basel, Switzerland.
Should Religion be Taught in State Schools?
Conference on Teaching Religion in State Schools, Manchester, England.
1981
Can Art Education Be Justified? Conference on Art Education,
Haifa University, Israel.
1980
Why Teach History? Israeli History Teachers Conference, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1978
Rousseau: Conservative or Revolutionary? 15th Annual Monash Lecture on a Seminal Thinker, ,Monash University, Australia.
(b) Presentation of papers at conferences/meetings
2004
How to Read a Philosophy Book. Jowett Society, Oxford.
.
2003
Moral Education. Conference on Moral Education , Melbourne.
James Theory of the Emotions. Israeli philosophy Association.
Steven Pinker´s The Blank Slate. Conference on Pinkers Book organized by Australian Association For the Advancement of Science.
2002
What Type of History of Philosophy and What is it a History of. Conference on the History of Philosophy, Toronto.
Moral Education and Moral Expertise. Conference on Moral Education, Dalhouise.
2001
Can the Obligation to Obey the Low Be Justified?. Conference on Philosophy of Low , Fordam University.
2000
Marxist social Science. Conference on Marxism, N.Y.
Literature and the Description of the Emotions. Staff Seminar of the Philosophy Department, Graduate School CUNY.
1999
Description and Evaluation in Aesthetic Judgment. Conference on Aesthetic Judgment. Dallas.
Wittgentein´s Aesthetics. Conference on the ´Minor´ works of Wittgentein. N.Y.
1998
Teaching as a Vocation. Conference on Teaching, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
The Spiritual Value of a University Education.
Conference on Values of a University Education. Monash University, Australia.
1997
The Construction of Social Reality. Conference on the Philosophy of Social Science. Birmingham University, England.
1996
Philip Roth’s “Operation Shylock”, Conference on Jewish Novelists on Jewish Themes, Haifa University, Israel.
1995
Religion, Politics, Morality and Judaism in the Thought of Yeshayahu Leibowitz. Conference on Twentieth Century Jewish Philosophy, Brandeis University, Massachusetts.
Thomist Conscience and Freedom. Conference on Conscience, Freedom and Politics, Fordham University, N.Y.
Reflections on Paul Feyerabend’s Philosophy of Science. Conference on Popper and Popperians, New Delhi, India.
1994
Durkheim – A Re-evaluation. Conference on Classical Sociological Thinkers, Toronto, Canada.
Reflections on The First World War and its Aftermath. Conference on The First World War, Haifa University, Israel.
1992
Liberalism Without Sceptical or Dogmatic Foundations. Conference on Liberalism, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Nietzsche, Modernity and Politics. Symposium on the two books: Niezsche and Modern German Thought, and Nietzsche Contra Rousseau by Keith Ansell-Pearson, Sussex University, England.
1991
God, Morality and Wittgenstein. Israeli Philosophical Association Conference. Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Marxism, Humanism and Left. Conference on Marxism and Its Contemporary Relevance, Haifa.
1989
Explaining the French Revolution. Conference on 200 Years of the French Revolution, London School of Economics, England.
1988
Liberalism versus Communitarianism in Contemporary Political Philosophy. Conference on Contemporary Political Philosophy, Haifa University, Israel.
Is a Science of Political Practice Possible?
Conference on The Political Education of Politicians, Jerusalem, Israel.
1987
In Defense of “The Just War”. Israeli Philosophy Association Conference, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Education and Human Rights in the Modern World.
Conference on Human Rights Education, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1986
On Aesthetic Judgment. Israeli Philosophical Association Conference, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
1985
Equality, Democracy and Excellence in Education. Conference on Excellence in Education, Haifa University, Israel.
1984
Dreske’s Ignorance. Australian Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia.
Academic Freedom. Conference on Philosophical Problems of University Education, Jerusalem, Israel.
Natural Law and Moral Limits of State Action.
Conference on Natural Law and Politics sponsored by the Australian Association of Catholic Teachers of Political Science.
Academic Freedom and the University. Conference on The Philosophy of the University, Sydney University, Australia.
1983
Marcuse’s Essay on Liberation. The Radical Philosophers Conference, Essex, England.
Is there any truth in fiction? Conference on Philosophy and Literature, Warwick University, England.
Homosexuality and Normality. Conference on Homosexuality, London School of Economics, England.
One Hundred Years of Marxist Social Science Conference on A Hundred Years of Marxism, Manchester, England.
1982
Wittgenstein on Rule Governed Behavior.
Conference on Wittgenstein and Social Science.
London School of Economics, England.
On Absolute and Universal Ignorance. Conference on Epistemology, Birmingham University, England.
1980
David Irving’s Fantasies and the Historians.
Conference on the Historical Study of the Holocaust, Wim Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.
Sartre’s Political Philosophy. Conference on Twentieth Century Political Philosophy, Jerusalem, Israel.
Political Theory and Educational Theory – The Intimate Relationship.
Conference on Educational Theory, London Institute of Education, England.
1979
Philosophy Education Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Conference of Philosophy of Education Today, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
The Impotence of Social Science for Social Practice.
Conference on The Usefulness of Social Science, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1978
Hayek on Law and Liberty. Conference on Law and Liberty, Birmingham, England.
The Holocaust: How not to think about it. Holocaust Conference,
Jerusalem, Israel.
1976
Plamenatz’s Ideology – A Re-evaluation. Conference devoted to the work of John Plamenatz, Oxford, England.
Justice, the Common Good and Political Obligation.
Israeli Philosophical Association Conference , Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
On Political Theory and Political Practice.
Conference on Political Theory, Canterbury University, England.
1975
Political Justification. Israeli Political Science Association Conference, Haifa, Israel.
1974
Myth as History and History as Myth. History Teachers Association
Annual Meeting, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Creativity, Can it be Taught? Conference on Art Education, Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, Israel.
The “Science” of Psychoanalysis. The Israeli Psychoanalytic Association
Conference on Psychoanalysis and Science, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
What Moral Education is Not. Conference on Moral Education,
Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
1973
Wolff’s Philosophical Anarchism. Political Philosophy Conference.
Oxford, England.
1972
The “Real” Problem of Political Obligation. Political Theory
Conference, Oxford, England.
1969
Bureaucratic Responsibility and Bureaucratic Power. Israeli Public
Administration Association Annual Meeting, Dead Sea, Israel.
(c) Seminars at universities and institutions
2003
How Not to Philosophisize About Death and Dying. Seminar on death and Dying at the Meetical School of the Tecunion.
2001
Willam James´ Theory of the Emotions – Staff Seminar, Psychology Department Tel Aviv University.
1999
Aesthetic Evolution and Aesthetic Description. Conference on Aesthetic, Hooston.
1998
Papers Open society Revisited on its 50 Birthday. Conference on the Open society, Fordom University.
1997
The Philosophy of Hobbes. Summer school for graduate students in the history of philosophy, Philadelphia, PA.
The Philosophy of Hume. Summer school for graduate students in the history of philosophy, Philadelphia, PA.
The Philosophy of Hegel. Summer school for graduate students in the history of philosophy, Philadelphia, PA.
Rationality and Economics. Seminar of the Economics Department, Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
Description of Feeling and Literature. Seminar of the Philosophy Department of Tel-Aviv University.
1994
A Task for Philosophy? Lecture to a seminar on The Practicability of Philosophy, Annual meeting of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science.
1993
Poland, Auschwitz and the Jews. Lecture to the Jewish Graduate Students Society of New York City.
Descartes on the Problem of Evil: An exposition and Evaluation of the Argument of the Fourth Meditation. Seminar on Seventeenth Century Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Does Philosophy Leave Everything As It Is?
Seminar of the Philosophy Department of C.U.N.Y.
Graduate School, New York.
Towards an Understanding of Thomas Mann.
Seminar of the Department of German Literature of C.U.N.Y. Graduate School, New York.
The Problem of Evil. Seminar in The Philosophy of Religion, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington.
Kant’s Political Philosophy. Annual Political Science Conference,
New York University, New York.
Academic Freedom and the University. Conference on Philosophy of Higher Education, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
The Central Message of Hannah Arendt’s Political Philosophy. Conference on Hannah Arendt, Brandeis University, Massachusetts.
1992
Is the Law Something We Have an Obligation to Obey? Philosophy of Law seminar at the C.U.N.Y. Graduate School, New York.
The Meaningfulness of Human Action. Seminar on Human Action,
St. Johns College, New York and at University of Washington, Seattle (1993).
The Enlightenment’s Promise and Fulfillment.
Seminar, Pace University, New York.
1988
On Why Religion and Politics Do Not Mix Well.
Seminar on Religion and Politics, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem, Israel.
1985
Thomas Szasz and the Myth of Mental Illness.
Seminar: Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
1984
On Being Subject To Authority.
Seminar: Department of Political Science, La Trobe University, Australia.
Political Authority and Rationality.
Seminar: Department of Philosophy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
How Not to Think and Talk about the Holocaust.
Seminar, Dawkin University, Australia.
1982
On Why There Can Be No Science of Management.
Seminar: Department of Industrial Management, Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
1979
E.H. Carr’s “What is History?” Seminar on Historiography, History Department, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
1978
On the notions of “education” and the “educated person”. Israeli Seminar Teachers Association Annual Conference.
1977
Anti-Art. Seminar: Department of Art History, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
1975
Why There Cannot Be A Science of Economics that Accurately Relates to the Real World. Lecture to the Departmental seminar of the Economics Department, Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
8. Research Students
Ms. Monica Brezner-Mazor, Ph.D.
On Responsibility For the Objects of Romantic Love
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Awarded 2003.
(Currently supervising their doctorates)
Ms. Rakefet Efrat-Levkovich,
Feminist Epistemology
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Mr Aviel Sarid
The Private and Public self
MA.
Ms. Rakefet Efrat-Levkovich, MA.
Objectivity in Sciences from a Feminist Perspective
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev M.A. Awarded 1998
Ms. Monica Brezner-Mazor
Romantic Love M.A. Awarded 1996.
Mr. Samuel Course, MA.
The Educational Implications of John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’
M.A. Awarded 1986
(With Professor Ben-Ami Scharfstein)
Mr. Joseph Frankel.
Human Rights – A Defense
M.A. Awarded 1970 by Tel-Aviv University.
Currently supervising M.A. Thesis
Ms Yael Krimmerman
On Moral Education
