Ryan Preston-Roedder joined the philosophy department in Fall 2008. He specializes in moral and political philosophy and philosophy of religion. He also has interests in medical ethics and philosophy and literature. His current work focuses on the moral significance of faith and trust, partiality in moral psychology and moral theory, and moral rights. Before joining the philosophy department, Ryan was a Faculty Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard.

Online Papers:

• "Faith in Humanity", forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. (Wiley Online Library, PDF)
• "A Better World", forthcoming in Philosophical Studies. (SpringerLink, PDF)
• "Civic Trust" (PDF)
• "Kant's Ethics and the Problem of Self-Deception" (PDF)