Roger Crisp Explained
| Roger Crisp |
| Birth Date: | 1961 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Brentwood, Essex, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | St Anne's College, Oxford
(B.A., B.Phil., D.Phil.) |
| Era: | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region: | Western philosophy |
| School Tradition: | Analytic philosophy |
| Main Interests: | Ethics |
| Institutions: | Magdalen College, Oxford
St Anne's College, Oxford
Hertford College, Oxford
Boston University |
Roger Stephen Crisp (born 23 March 1961)[1] is fellow and tutor in philosophy at St. Anne's College, Oxford.[2] He holds the university posts of Professor of Moral Philosophy and Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy. His work falls principally within the field of ethics, in particular metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. In addition, he is chairman of the Management Committee of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.[3]
Education
Originally from Brentwood, Essex, Crisp began his higher education at St. Anne's College, Oxford in 1979, where he read Literae Humaniores. He was amongst the first male cohort to study at this previously all-female college. He was taught by, amongst others, Margaret Howatson, Gabriele Taylor, Iris Murdoch, and Peter Derow. In 1983 he commenced the B.Phil., and from 1985 until 1988 he worked on his D.Phil., writing his thesis on utilitarianism.
Career
In 1986 Crisp began his first academic post, as a junior lecturer in philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford; he returned to St Anne's for two years beginning in 1987 as a lecturer in philosophy, before taking up a lecturing post at Hertford College in 1988–1989. In 1989–1991 he moved to University College, as a British Academy Research Fellow and Honorary Junior Research Fellow. In 1991 he returned to St Anne's to take up a permanent post as Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, succeeding Gabriele Taylor. For the first time in his career, Crisp temporarily left Oxford and spent the academic year 2010–2011 at Boston University to explore his interest in the moral philosophy of Henry Sidgwick.[4]
Arguably Crisp's most significant work to date is Reasons and the Good (2006), in which he advances some novel approaches to the oldest questions in ethics. The central thesis of this work is that a fundamental issue in normative ethics is what ultimate reasons might underlie our actions; Crisp argues that the best exposition of such reasons will not employ moral concepts.[5]
Other major works include a translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics,[6] and the Routledge Guidebook to Mill on Utilitarianism.[7] He was editor of the Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics (2013).[8]
Personal life
Crisp is married with two daughters.
Select publications
This is a selection of Crisp's recent publications. For an exhaustive list download the PDF file on his page on the Oxford University Philosophy Faculty website.
Books
- Book: Crisp, Roger . Routledge philosophy guidebook to Mill on utilitarianism . Routledge . London New York . 1997 . 9780415109789 .
- Book: Crisp, Roger . Reasons and the good . Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 2006 . 9780199290338 .
- Book: Crisp, Roger . The cosmos of duty: Henry Sidgwick's Methods of ethics . Oxford University Press . Oxford, Oxfordshire . 2018 . 9780198716358 .
- Book: Crisp, Roger . Sacrifice regained: morality and self-interest in British moral philosophy from Hobbes to Bentham . Oxford University Press . Oxford, Oxfordshire . 2019 . 9780198840473 .
Edited books
- Book: Crisp . Roger . Warner . Martin . Terrorism, protest, and power . Edward Elgar Gower Pub . Aldershot, Hants, England Brookfield, Vermont, USA . 1990 . 9781852782023 .
- Book: Crisp, Roger . How should one live?: essays on the virtues . Clarendon Press Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 1996 . 9780198752349 .
- Book: Crisp . Roger . Slote . Michael Slote . Michael Slote . Virtue ethics . Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 1997 . 9780198751885 .
- Book: Crisp . Roger . Cowton . Christopher . Business ethics: perspectives on the practice of theory . Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 1998 . 9780198290315 .
- Book: Crisp . Roger . Hooker . Brad . Brad Hooker . Well-being and morality: essays in honour of James Griffin . Clarendon Press Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 2000 . 9780198235842 .
- Book: Crisp . Roger . Aristotle: Nicomachean ethics . Cambridge University Press: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy . Cambridge, U.K. New York . 2000 . 9780521635462 .
- Book: Crisp, Roger . The Oxford handbook of the history of ethics . Oxford University Press . Oxford, Oxfordshire . 2013 . 9780199545971 .
Journal articles
- Crisp . Roger . Aristotle's ethics: how being good can make you happy . The Richmond Journal of Philosophy . 1 . 1 . 11–16 . Philosophy Department, Richmond upon Thames College . Twickenham, United Kingdom . Summer 2002 .
- Crisp . Roger . How to allocate health care resources: QALYs or the virtues? . Journal of Death and Life Studies . 6 . 147–156 . Clinical Ethics Project, Death & Life Studies and Practical Ethics, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology / Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo . October 2004 .
- Crisp . Roger . Value, reasons and the structure of justification: how to avoid passing the buck . Analysis . 65 . 285 . 80–85 . 10.1111/j.1467-8284.2005.00528.x . January 2005 .
Podcast
Conference papers
- Book: Crisp . Roger (editor) . Schultz . Bart (editor) . Bucolo . Placido (editor and translator) . Mangion . Francesca (translator) . Proceedings of the world congress on Henry Sidgwick - happiness and religion | Atti del congresso internazionale su Henry Sidgwick - felicità e religione - parallel translation . Universita degli Studi di Catania . Catania, Italy . 2007 . 9780199290338 . 229411995 .
References
- Web site: Crisp, Roger, 1961- . Library of Congress . 24 July 2014 . CIP t.p. (Roger Crisp, University College, Oxford) data sheet (b. 3-23-61) .
- https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/people/roger-crisp Profile page: Roger Crisp, St. Annes, Oxford University.
- http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/nstaff.htm Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
- http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=1283&id=56485 Boston University, news.
- Book: Crisp, Roger . Reasons and the Good . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 2006 . 9780199290338 .
- Book: Crisp, Roger . Aristotle: Nicomachean ethics . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy . Cambridge . 2000 . 9780521635462 .
- Book: Crisp, Roger . Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Mill on Utilitarianism . Routledge . London New York . 1997 . 9780415109789 .
- Book: Roger . Crisp . The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics . Oxford . Oxford University Press . 2013 . 978-0-19-175035-9 .
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