Chair of the Department of Philosophy
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Office: Sutton Hall 441
E-mail: sjbegres@iup.edu
Education
Ph.D. Wayne State University, Oct. 1986, in Philosophy; Dissertation “Theories of Metaphor,” directed by Professor Robert Yanal
M.A. Wayne State University, 1982, in Philosophy
B.A. magna cum laude, University of Michigan–Flint, Aug. 1978; Philosophy major, English major
Courses
PHIL 222 Ethics
PHIL 223 Philosophy of Art
PHIL 323 Political Philosophy
PHIL 400 Ethics and Public Policy
PHIL 450 Philosophy of Law
Honors College Core:
HNRC 101 (Epistemology and Ethics)
HNRC 102 (Philosophy of Art and Philosophy of History)
HNRC 201 (Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion)
Professional Interests
Health Care Ethics
Philosophy of Art
Bioethics Consulting
Current Projects
Current projects includes the consideration of the relationships between health care costs and a possible duty to die.
Selected Scholarly Work
Consulting for:
Indiana Medical Center Ethics Committee, 1994–2002, 2008–present
Excelsior College, Bioethics, Albany, NY, 2006
Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceutical Company, Bioethics, 2005
Wadsworth Publishing review, Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2002
University of Pittsburgh Consortium Ethics Program, 1995–2000
Publications and Presentations
Chair, SSHE IAPRS Conference, Indiana, Pa., 2008
“Emotion, Moral Judgments, and Terrorism,” Cheney University, Pa., 2004
“Without Empathy, Terrorism,” Values Newsletter, Edinboro, Pa., 2002
Chair, APA, “Moral Conflict in Clinical Research,” Seattle, 2002
