James P. Sterba Explained

James P. Sterba is an American philosopher who specializes in ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of religion.

Biography

Sterba is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.^[1] He is a past president of the American Philosophical Association and the North American Society for Social Philosophy.^[1] He has authored 35 books.^[1]

Sterba is an atheist.^[2] His 2019 book, Is a Good God Logically Possible?, is on the problem of evil. Sterba has argued that the God of traditional theism (omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient) is logically incompatible with significant moral evil, hence no such God exists.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Personal life

Sterba is married to Janet Kourany, who is also a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame.^[6]

Selected publications

• The Demands of Justice (University of Notre Dame Press, 1980)^[7]
• Justice for Here and Now (Cambridge University Press, 1998)^{[8] [9]}
• Three Challenges to Ethics: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism (Oxford University Press, 2000)^[10]
• Terrorism and International Justice (Oxford University Press, 2003)
• The Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2005)
• Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?: A Debate (with Warren Farrell and Steven Svoboda) (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• From Rationality to Equality (Oxford University Press, 2013)^{[11] [12]}
• The Pursuit of Justice: A Personal Philosophical History (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014)
• Affirmative Action for the Future (Cornell University Press, 2009)^[13]
• Is a Good God Logically Possible? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)^[14]
• What is Ethics? (Wiley, 2019)^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: James Sterba . . 24 August 2021.
2. Web site: Sterba . James . Is a Good God Logically Possible? . . 24 August 2021.
3. Leon . Felipe . 2020 . Review of James Sterba, Is a Good God Logically Possible? . . 48 . 4 . 1671–1678 . 10.1007/s11406-020-00177-7 . 255161775.
4. Almeida . Michael . 2020 . Review: Is a good god logically possible? . International Journal for Philosophy of Religion . 87 . 245–249 . 10.1007/s11153-020-09760-0 . 254984952.
5. Web site: January 2020 . Is a Good God Logically Possible? . . 24 August 2021.
6. https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/fellows/kourany-janet/ "Janet Kourany"
7. Ashmore, Robert B.. 1982. Reviewed Work: The Demands of Justice by James P. Sterba. The Review of Politics. 44. 3. 476–478. 10.1017/S0034670500046829 . 145170259 .
8. Fricker, Miranda. 2001. Reviewed Work: Justice for Here and Now by James P. Sterba. Mind. 110. 439. 854–857. 10.1093/mind/110.439.854 .
9. Seglow, Jonathan. 2000. Reviewed Works: Justice for Here and Now by James P. Sterba; Discourse and Knowledge: Defence of a Collectivist Ethics by Janna Thompson. The Philosophical Quarterly. 50. 199. 272–274.
10. Carrick, Paul. 2002. Three Challenges to Ethics: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism. The Journal of Mind and Behavior. 23. 4. 417–419.
11. Schedler, George. 2014. Reviewed Work: From Rationality to Equality by James P. Sterba. Social Theory and Practice. 40. 3. 534–540. 10.5840/soctheorpract201440332 .
12. Whyte, Jamie. 2013. Reviewed Work: From Rationality to Equality by James P. Sterba. Philosophy. 88. 345. 478–483. 10.1017/S0031819113000387 . 144566934 .
13. Berrey, Ellen C. 2010. Reviewed Work: Affirmative Action for the Future by James P. Sterba. Law & Society Review. 44. 3/4. 888–891. 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00425_5.x .
14. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030054687 "Is a Good God Logically Possible?"
15. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/What+is+Ethics%3F-p-9781509531011 "What is Ethics?"