Nancy E. Snow, Ph.D.
Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing and Professor of Philosophy
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
Areas of Specialization:Virtue Ethics and Virtue Theory, Moral Psychology
Areas of Competence:Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Ethics, Business Ethics, Bioethics, Free Will and Determinism, Asian Philosophy
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Degrees:
Ph.D. 1988 University of Notre Dame
M.A. 1982 Marquette University
B.A. 1980 Marquette University
Academic Experience:
2016 – Professor of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma
2015- Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, University of Oklahoma
2010- 2015 Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University
2002-2005 Director of Core Curriculum, Marquette University
1996- 2010 Associate Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University
1989-1996 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University
1987-1989 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
Publications:
Book Series:
Forthcoming, “Becoming Virtuous,” 15 volume book series on individual virtues or clusters of virtues, co-edited with Darcia Narvaez, under contract with Oxford University Press.
Books:
Forthcoming (with Jennifer Cole Wright and Michael T. Warren) Understanding Virtue: Theory and Measurement. New York: Oxford University Press.
Forthcoming (2018), The Oxford Handbook of Virtue, ed. by Nancy E. Snow.
2016Developing the Virtues: Integrating Perspectives, ed. by Julia Annas, Darcia Narvaez, and Nancy E. Snow. New York: Oxford University Press.
2015Cultivating Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology and Psychology, edited by Nancy E. Snow. New York: Oxford University Press.
2014The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness, edited by Nancy E. Snow and Franco V. Trivigno. New York: Routledge.
2010Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Empirically Grounded Theory. New York, New York: Routledge Press.
2003 Editor, Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press.
1999 Coeditor, with Larry May and Angela Bolte, Legal Philosophy: Multiple Perspectives. Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company.
1996 Editor, In the Company of Others: Perspectives on Community, Family, and Culture. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
Articles:
Forthcoming, “Virtue Proliferation: A Clear and Present Danger?,” in The Big Risk
Behind the Explosion of Virtues, edited by Elisa Grimi (New York: Springer).
Forthcoming, “Positive Psychology, the Classification of Character Strengths and
Virtues, and Issues of Measurement,” The Journal of Positive Psychology.
Forthcoming, “The History of Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives on Hope: Toward Defining Hope for the Science of Positive Human Development,” co-authored with Kristina Schmid Callina (first author)and Elise D. Murray (third author), in Handbook of Hope, ed. by Shane Lopez and Matt Gallagher.
Forthcoming, “Metaphysics, Virtue, and Eudaimonia in Aristotle and Buddhism,” in Naturalism and Asian Philosophy: Owen Flanagan and Beyond, edited by Eric Nelson (SUNY Press).
Forthcoming (2018), “From Ordinary Virtue to Aristotelian Virtue” in The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education, edited by Tom Harrison and David Walker (London: Routledge).
2017 “Extending Compassion,” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 16 (4): 543-550.
Forthcoming (2017), “Adaptive Misbeliefs, Value Trade-Offs, and Epistemic Responsibility” in Epistemic Consequentialism, edited by Kristoff Ahlstrom-Vijs and Jeffrey Dunn.
2017 “The Nature of Humility: A Critical Perspective on Nadelhoffer and Wright,” in Moral Psychology, Volume 5, Virtue and Happiness, ed. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Christian B. Miller (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press), pp. 351-359.
2016 “Virtue Acquisition: The Paradox of Striving,” Journal of Moral Education45 (2): 179-191.
2016 “How Habits Make Us Virtuous,” in Developing the Virtues: Integrating Perspectives, co-edited by Julia Annas, Darcia Narvaez, and Nancy E. Snow (Oxford University Press), pp. 135-156.
2015 “Comments on Badhwar, Well-Being: Happiness in a Worthwhile Life,” The Journal of Value Inquiry (50) 1: 209-217.
2015 “Food Virtue: Can We Make Virtuous Food Choices?,” in Just Food, ed. J. M. Dieterle, pp. 181-193. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
2015 “Etyka Cnót Kontratakuje. Odpowiedź Na Zarzuty Sytuacjonistów,” in W Poszukiwaniu Moralnego Charakteru, ed. Natasza Szutta i Artur Szutta, Lublin, Poland: Wydawnictwo Academicon.
2015 “Generativity and Flourishing,” Journal of Moral Education 44 (3): 263-283.
2015 “Models of Virtue,” in Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics, ed. Lorraine Besser-Jones and Michael Slote, pp. 359-373. New York: Routledge.
2015 “Picturing Moral Sensitivity: Insights from Murdoch and Cervone,” in Developing Moral Sensitivity edited by Phyllis Vandenberg, Deborah Mower, and Wade Robison, pp. 58-76. New York: Routledge.
2015 “Virtue and Oppression: A Response to Roberts,” in Current Controversies in Virtue Theory, edited by Mark Alfano. New York: Routledge, pp. 49-59
2015 “Comments on Intelligent Virtue: Outsmarting Situationism,” Journal of Value Inquiry 49 (1): 297-306.
2014 “The Geography of Thought Revisited: Reflections on Situationism and the
Psychology of Asians,” in The Philosophy and Psychology ofCharacter and Happiness, edited by Nancy E. Snow and Franco V. Trivigno. New York: Routledge.
2014 “Toward a Moral Psychology of Nonviolence: The Gandhian Paradigm,” in Exploring the Power of Nonviolence: Peace, Politics, and Practice, eds. Randall Amster and Elavie Ndura. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, pp. 253-267.
2014 “Situationism and Character: New Directions,” The Handbook of Virtue Ethics, ed. Stan van Hooft. Durham, England: Acumen Publishing, pp. 430-439.
2013 “Hope as an Intellectual Virtue,” Invited essay for Virtues in Action: New Essays
in Applied Virtue Ethics, edited by Mike Austin. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 153-170.
2013 “Wisdom and Evil,” Invited submission for Wisdom Research blog, University of Chicago, Wisdom Project.
2013 Entry on “Sympathy,” International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette. Wiley-Blackwell.
2013 “Learning to Look: Lessons from Iris Murdoch,” Teaching Ethics 13 (2): 1-22.
2013 “‘May You Live in Interesting Times’: Moral Philosophy and Empirical Psychology,” Invited review essay on The Moral Psychology Handbook, ed. John M. Doris and The Moral Psychology Research Group, Journal of Moral Philosophy 10:3: 339-353.
2013 “Notes Toward an Empirical Psychology of Virtue: Exploring the Personality
Scaffolding of Virtue,” Invited essay for Aristotelian Ethics in Contemporary Perspective, ed. Julia Peters. New York: Routledge, 130-144.
2012 “Gandhi,” Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. Deen Chatterjee. Springer.
2010 “‘Let Me Look Again’: Iris Murdoch’s Notion of a Loving Gaze Revisited,” in Iris Murdoch, Novelist Meets Philosopher, eds. Fátima Vieira and Sofía de Melo Araújo, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 13-21.
2010 “Hospitableness: A Neglected Virtue,” in Feminism and Hospitality: Gender in the Host/Guest Relationship, ed. Maurice Hamington, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 3-17.
2009 “Shedding Colonialized Identities: A Comparison and Contrast of Gandhi and Fanon,” Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion 14 (October): 39-66.
2009 “How Ethical Theory Can Improve Practice: Lessons From Abu Ghraib,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 12 (5): 555-568.
2008 “Virtue and Flourishing,” Journal of Social Philosophy XXXIX, no. 2 (Summer 2008): 225-245.
2006“Habitual Virtuous Actions and Automaticity,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9: 5 (November 2006): 545-561.
2005 “Iris Murdoch’s Notion of a Loving Gaze,” The Journal of Value Inquiry 39 (2005): 487-498.
2004“Virtue and the Oppression of African Americans,” Public Affairs Quarterly 18:1
(January 2004): 57-74.
2003 “Feminism and Natural Law Theory: Irreconcilable Differences?” Vera Lex new series volume 4, nos. 1 and 2 (Winter 2003): 5-21.
2003 “Virtue and the Oppression of Women,” in Samantha Brennan, ed., Feminist Moral Philosophy. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 33-61.
2000 “Empathy,” American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1 (January 2000): 65-78 (double column format).
1999 “Comments on Roger Paden, ‘Political Arguments Against Utopianism,’”
Philosophy in the Contemporary World, vol. 6, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 19-21.
1999 “Evaluating Rape Shield Law: Why the Law Continues to Fail Rape Victims,” in Keith Burgess-Jackson, ed. A Most Detestable Crime: New Philosophical Essays on Rape. Oxford University Press, 245-266.
1996 “Comments on ‘The Attractions of Gender,’” in Alan Soble, ed. On Sex, Love, and Friendship. Amsterdam and Atlanta, Rodopi, 554-557.
1995 “Humility,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 29, no. 2: 203-216.
1994 “Self-Blame and Blame of Rape Victims,” Public Affairs Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4: 377-393.
1993 “Compassion For Animals,” Between the Species, vol. 9, no. 2: 61-66 (double column format).
1993 “Self-Forgiveness,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 27: 75-80.
1991 “Should Drugs Be Legal?,” Contemporary Philosophy, vol. 13 (S-O 1991): 11-16 (double column format).
1991 “Compassion,” American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 28 (July 1991): 195-205 (double column format).
1985 “Dworkin on the Rule of Recognition,” Auslegung. Vol. 12 (Winter 1985): 24-32.
1982 “Some Comments on Luckhardt's Interpretation of Empirical Propositions as Paradigms,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 53, (December 1982): 259-263.
Book Reviews:
2016 Review of Kristján Kristjánsson, Aristotelian Character Education, British
Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 64, no. 2: 264-266.
2012 Book review of Iris Murdoch, Philosopher: A Collection of Essays, ed. Justin
Broackes, Ethics 123 (1): 137-141.
2011 Book review of Hope by Stan van Hooft, Sophia, vol. 50, no. 4: 697-699.
2007 Book review of Burdened Virtues: Virtue Ethics for Liberatory Struggles by Lisa
Tessman, Mind 116:163 (July 2007), 785-789.
2004 Book review of Emotions: An Essay in Aid of Moral Psychology,
by Robert C. Roberts, Faith and Philosophy, vol. 21, no. 3 (July 2004).
2002 Book review of The Multiculturalism of Fear, by Jacob T. Levy, International
Migration Review, vol. 36 (fall 2003): 942-943.
2002 Book note on The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate, eds., Suzanne Holland,
Karen Lebacqz, and Laurie Zoloth, Theological Studies September 2002, vol. 63, no.3:
650-651.
1999 Review of Making a Necessity of Virtue: Aristotle and Kant on Virtue,
by Nancy Sherman, The Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 33: 127-130.
1998 Review of Ethics, Evil, and Fiction, by Colin McGinn, International Philosophical
Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3 (September 1998): 325-327.
1995 Review of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy ed. by Robert E.
Goodin and Philip Pettit, in Philosophical Books,vol. 36, no. 1 (January 1995): 67-69.
1990 Review of Liberalism, Community, and Culture by Will Kymlicka, in Philosophical Books, vol. 36, no. 3 (July 1990): 180-183.
1988 Review of The Consent Theory of Political Obligation by Harry Beran, in Philosophical Books, vol. 29, no. 4: 239-241.
1988 Book Note on Civil Disobedience: Threats and Offers: Gandhi and Rawls by Vinit
Haksar, in Ethics, vol. 99, no. 1 (October 1988): 198-199.
Reprints:
2005“Humility,” in Clifford Williams, ed., Personal Virtues: Introductory Essays,
2006Palgrave Macmillan: 73-89.
1994 “Should Drugs Be Legal?” in R. Paul Churchill, ed., The Ethics of Democracy.
Providence, Rhode Island, Berg Publishers. Ltd.: 151-165.
1992 “Compassion,” in Women, Technology and Ethics: Defining the Issues of the
Twenty-First Century, Proceedings of the First Wilma E. Grote Symposium for the
Advancement of Women. Morehead, KY: Morehead State University: 198–213.
Editorial Activity:
2016 Guest editor, special section of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, vol. 20:3: “New Directions in Character and Virtue: Theory and Practice”
2016 Guest editor, book review of Kristán Kristjánsson, Aristotelian Character Education, Journal of Moral Education.
2013 Board Member, Journal of Value Inquiry
2012-June 30,2017 Associate Editor for Ethics and Philosophy, Journal of Moral
Education
2011 Board Member, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
2011, Guest editor, Social Philosophy Today Series, 2011, volume 27.
2011Editor (with John Rowan), Social Philosophy Today Series, 2011, volume 26.
2003-2006 Board Member, American Philosophical Quarterly
Conference Participation:
2017, Invited Inaugural Lecturer, Research Series, “Virtue Proliferation: A Clear and
Present Danger?,” The Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge, University, Cambridge,
England, October 27.
2017, Invited Presenter, “False and Unrealistic Hopes,” Moral Failure and Pathways to
Recovery Workshop, University of South Alabama, June 9.
2017, Invited Participant, “Notre Dame Consultation on Intellectual Virtues and Science
Education,” May 11-13, 2017.
2017, Invited Speaker,“Hope as a Democratic Civic Virtue,” Nature and Norms of Hope
Conference, Cornell University, April 27, 2017.
2017, Invited Speaker, “Positive Psychology, the VIA Classification of Character
Strengths, and Virtue Measurement,” panel on “Positive Psychology and Virtue,” Pacific
Division APA Main Program, April 15, 2017.
2017, Invited Speaker, “From ‘Ordinary’ Virtue to Aristotelian Virtue,” William R.
(Dick) Connolly Ethics Lecture Series, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN, March
28.
2017, Invited Speaker, “The Perils of Magnificence,” University of Miami, Miami, FL,
Dept. of Philosophy Colloquium, March 23.
2017, Invited Speaker, “The Spiritual Exercise of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the
Virtues of Introspection,” Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, March 21.
2017, Invited Speaker, “On Philosophy and Social Science: Virtue as Social
Intelligence and Beyond.” J. Glenn and Ursula Gray Memorial Lecture in
Philosophy, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, March 2.
2017, “Extending Compassion,” Commentary on David Wong, Invited Panelist,
Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America, American Philosophical
Association Eastern Division meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 5.
2016 Banquet Speaker, “Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Overview,” Conference on
Morality, Moral Philosophy, and the Humanities in the Age of Neuroscience, Kent State
University, November 19.
2016 Invited Participant, “Love in Religion,” Oxford University, November 9-11.
2016, Invited Colloquium Speaker, “The Perils of Magnificence, University of
Oklahoma Dept. of Philosophy, October 28.
2016 Invited Lecturer, “Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Overview,”
Rogers State University, Claremore, Oklahoma,October 27-28.
2016 Invited Presenter, “Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing,” at “Connecting
Virtues: Theoretical and Educational Insights,” Conference sponsored by the Aretai
Center on Virtues, Genoa, Italy, September 28-30.
2016 Invited Presenter, IPEN (Positive Psychology Conference), “Integrating Virtue
Perspectives on Character Education: A Place for Positive Psychology,” Dallas, Texas,
July 19.
2016 Presenter, NEH Seminar, “Moral Psychology and Education: Putting the
Humanities to Work,” June 15.
2016 Invited Participant, “Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life Work Group,”
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, June 6-9. Discussion paper: “The Perils of
Magnificence.”
2016 Commentator, “Open-Mindedness as a Moral Virtue,” Yujia Song, Pacific Division
APA, San Francisco, California, March 31.
2016 Presenter, “Metaphysics, Virtue, and Eudaimonia in Aristotle and Buddhism,”
International Society for Buddhist Philosophy, Central Division APA, Chicago, Illinois,
March 3.
2016 Invited Participant, “Values-Based Practice Conference” Manchester University,
Manchester, England, January 11.
2016 Invited Presenter, “Cultivating Virtue,” The Jubilee Centre Conference, Oxford,
England, January 7-9.
2015 Invited Participant, “Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life Work Group,”
Columbia, South Carolina, December 13-19. Discussion papers: “From Ordinary Virtue
to Aristotelian Virtue,” and book proposal for Understanding Virtue: Theory and
Measurement.
2015 Attendee, CSLEE Values and Leadership Conference, Pennsylvania State
University, College Station, Pennsylvania, Oct. 15-17.
2015 Invited Participant, Habitvs Conference, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena,
CA, October 1-2.
2015 Invited Commentator, Conversation with the Author, North American Society for
Social Philosophy, July 18. Comment on Judith Andre, Worldly Virtue.
2015 Invited Commentator, Author Meets Critics Session, Pacific Division APA, April 2.
Comment Neera Badhwar, Well-Being: Happiness in a Worthwhile Life.
2015 Invited Commentator, Author Meets Critics Session, North American Society for
Social Philosophy, held in conjunction with Central Division APA, February 19.
Comment on Anthony Cunningham, Modern Honor.
2014 Invited Panelist, “Hope as a Civic Virtue,” Eastern Society for Women in
Philosophy, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, December
28.
2014 Invited Presenter, “Hope as a Christian Theological Virtue,” Wheaton College,
Wheaton, Illinois, November 19
2014 Invited Speaker, “Virtue as Social Intelligence,” University of Chicago, November
17.
2014 Kohlberg Memorial Lecture, “Generativity and Flourishing,” Association for Moral
Education Annual Meeting, Pasadena, California, November 6.
2014 Invited Presenter, “The Philosophy and Psychology of Virtue,” University of
Minnesota, October 30-31.
2014 Invited Presenter, “Changing the Culture: Character and Climate Change,” Is Net Positive Possible: Reframing Sustainability: A Sustainability Short Course, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, July 30.
2014 Invited Presenter, “Virtue Acquisition: The Paradox of Striving,” Developing Virtue East and West, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California, June 20.
2014 Presenter, “Virtue Acquisition: The Paradox of Striving,” Virtue, Medicine, and Modern Moral Philosophy: A Conference in Honor of W. David Solomon, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, May 26-28.
2014 Invited Presenter, “How Habits Make Us Virtuous,” Virtue and Its Development: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, May 18-22.
2014 Keynote Speaker, “Faces of Hope,” at the 2014 Conference of the Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy, “For What May I Hope?,” University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 11.
2014 Presenter, “Picturing Moral Sensitivity: Insights from Murdoch and Cervone,” at the conference, “Iris Murdoch and Virtue Ethics,” Tre Roma University, Rome, Italy, February 21-22.
2014 Keynote Speaker at conference, “Can Virtue Be Measured?,” sponsored by The Jubilee Centre, Oxford, England, January 9-11. Paper title, “Virtue Intelligence.”
2013 Participant, Wisdom Research Conference, Chicago, IL, November 12-13.
2013 Editorial Board Participant, Annual Conference of the Association of Moral Education, Montreal, Canada, October 14-26.
2013 Presenter: “Food Virtue: Can We Make Virtuous Food Choices?,” North American Society for Social Philosophy, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, July 12, 2013.
2013 Invited Panelist, “Situationism and Character: Challenges and Responses,” Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 39th Meeting, Brown University, June 14.
2013 Invited Participant, Wisdom Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, June 11-12.
2013 Keynote Speaker, “Virtue Ethics Fights Back: Responding to Situationist Challenges,” at “Is There Anything Like Moral Character?,” Conference held at the University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, May 10-11.
2013 Invited Presenter, “Hope as an Intellectual Virtue,” Vreije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 7.
2013, Invited Seminar Presenter, Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Empirically Grounded Theory, Vreije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 6.
2013 Chair, Pacific Division APA Session, San Francisco, CA March 30.
2012 Invited participant, Wisdom Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, November 27-28.
2012 Editorial Board participant, Annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, San Antonio, Texas, November 6-9.
2012 Invited panelist, John Templeton Foundation Meetings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 14-16.
2012 Invited symposium speaker, “Learning to Look: Lessons from Iris Murdoch,” Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 4.
2012 Invited presentation, “Situationism and Character: New Directions,” International Virtue Ethics Workshop,” Deakin University, Burwood, Australia, September 21-23.
2012 Invited presentation, “Notes Toward an Empirical Psychology of Virtue: Exploring the Personality Scaffolding of Virtue,” University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, September 14.
2012 Presenter, “Hope as a Civic Virtue,” 29th Meeting of the North American Society for Social Philosophy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, July 26-28.
2012 Invited commentator, Author Meets Critics Session on Julia Annas, Intelligent