Daniel Moseley and UNC Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Gary Gala coordinate the Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry Research Group.
Daniel's current research focuses on (1) ethical issues in economics (economic rationality; property rights; basic income; exploitation), (2) philosophical issues in psychiatry (the nature of mental disorder; the relation of irrationality to mental disorder; decisional capacity; varieties of addiction), (3) virtue ethics (theories of character, virtue, integrity, agency, action, and moral commitment), and (4) political philosophy (ideal v. non-ideal theory; left-libertarianism; political legitimacy; punishment).
Selected publications include:
"Economics and Ethics," (with Geoffrey Brennan) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Ed., Hugh LaFollette, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. forthcoming 2013.
"Review of Robert Kane, Ethics and the Quest for Wisdom." The Journal of Moral Philosophy. forthcoming 2012.
"Self-Creation, Identity and Authenticity: A Study of A History of Violence and Eastern Promises." in The Philosophy of David Cronenberg, Ed., Simon Riches, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. forthcoming 2012
"What is Libertarianism?" (2011) Introductory Essay for Special Debate Issue, "Should Libertarians Endorse Basic Income?" Basic Income Studies, Vol. 6, No.2.
“A Lockean Argument for Basic Income." (2011) Special Debate Issue, “Should Libertarians Endorse Basic Income?” Basic Income Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2.
He is a core faculty member in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program, and a faculty fellow of the Parr Center for Ethics at UNC.
