Positions

Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

walle@ecu.edu

252-328-1017

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Edmund L Wall

member of

North Carolina Philosophical Society 2018
American Philosophical Association 2016
North American Society for Social Philosophy 2004 - 2005

selected publications

article
- MacIntyrean Ethics and Lessons About Teleological Ethical Theories (Published). Previously entitled, Ultimate Ends and the Future of MacIntyrean Ethics.. Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review. 2025
- "On Hare's Attempt to Bridge the Kantian - Consequentialist Gap: A Response to Forschler's Rejoinder." (Published). Metaphilosophy. 54:161-163. 2023
- Herman and the Prospect of Contextualizing Kantian Ethics. Philosophical Forum. 2019
- Herman and the Prospect of Contextualizing Kantian Ethics (Published). The Philosophical Forum. 50:333-53. 2019
- Timmermann, Forschler, and the Attempt to Bridge the Kantian - Consequentialist Gap. Metaphilosophy. 47:696-699. 2016
- Natural Morality, Descriptivism, and Non-Cognitivism. Philosophia: philosophical quarterly of Israel. 43:233-248. 2015
- Privacy and the Moral Right to Personal Autonomy. International Journal of Applied Philosophy. 25. 2011
- Problems with Searle's Derivation?. Philosophia: philosophical quarterly of Israel. 39. 2011
- The Real Direction of Dancy's Moral Particularism. Journal of Moral Philosophy. 8. 2011
- Toward a Unified Foundation of Natural Law Ethics. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 84:747-79. 2010
- Hooker's Consequentialism and the Depth of Moral Experience. Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review. 48:337-51. 2009
- Natural Law and Basic Goods: An Irresolvable Debate?. Philo. 11:50-77. 2009
- Searle's Derivation, Natural Law, and Moral Relativism. Philosophia: philosophical quarterly of Israel. 36:237-249. 2008
- Problems with the Group Rights Thesis. American Philosophical Quarterly. 40:269-285. 2003
- Reply to Iddo Landau. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 33:235-241. 2003
- The Interpersonal Aspects of Coercive Threats and Offers. Dialogue. 41:681-702. 2002
- Marx, Law, and Coercion. The Journal of Social Philosophy. 32:1:70-77. 2001
- Sexual Harassment and Wrongful Communication. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 31:4:525-37. 2001
- Voluntary Action. Philosophia: philosophical quarterly of Israel. 28:127-36. 2001
- The Problem of Group Agency. Philosophical Forum, The. 31:2:187-97. 2000
- The Definition of Sexual Harassment. Public Affairs Quarterly. 5:4:371-85. 1991
- Intention and Coercion. Journal of Applied Philosophy. 5:1:75-85. 1988
- Mens Rea and Rape. Journal of Criminal Law, The. 50:4:388-92. 1986
book
- Foundation for a Natural Morality: A Deductive Approach for Defending and Developing a Moral Theory. Lexington Books. 2018
- Educational Theory: Philosophical and Political Perspectives [Anthology]. Prometheus Books. 2001
- Sexual Harassment: Confrontations and Decisions Revised Edition [Anthology]. Prometheus Books. 2000
- Sexual Harassment: Confrontations and Decisions [Anthology]. Prometheus Books. 1992
chapter
- The Definition of Sexual Harassment. Broadview Press. 2008
- The Definition of Sexual Harassment. Wadsworth Thomson Learning. 2002
- Coercion, Voluntariness, and Valid Consent. Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.. 2001
- Sexual Harassment and Wrongful Communication. Prometheus Books. 2000
- The Definition of Sexual Harassment. Prometheus Books. 1999
- The Definition of Sexual Harassment. Prentice Hall. 1997
- The Definition of Sexual Harrassment. Prometheus Books. 1992

presentations

presentation
- Baker & Woods and the Frege-Geach Problem, North Carolina Philosophical Society 2019
- Problems with Hooker's Rule Consequentialism, American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting 2008

principal investigator on

A&S Reassignment Award awarded by ECU College of Arts & Sciences 2020
Faculty Book Award for the book, Foundation for a Natural Morality awarded by ECU Joyner Library and Academic Affairs 2019
Faculty Reassignment Award in the Arts and Humanities awarded by ECU Division of Research, Economic Development and Engagement, and Division of Academic Affairs 2017 - 2018
College Research Award awarded by East Carolina University College of Arts & Sciences 2006

professional service activities

Department Meeting In a department meeting (11/18/2024), I reported to the department on Global Understanding courses and the GU course that I was then teaching, Phil 1176-01. I also fielded questions.In that same meeting, I also reported to the department on Project Kitty Hawk courses and the Phil 2275 (PKH) course I was designing. I also fielded questions. 2024
Referee a Paper On 1/7/2019, Wall submitted his review of a paper submission to the journal, Journal of Business Ethics. 2018
Refereed a Paper for Australasian Journal of Philosophy 2016
Refereed a Paper for Journal of Business Ethics 2016
Reviewer for Submitted Papers Wall has been a reviewer for the Journal of Business Ethics since 2017. 2016
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Refereed a paper for the journal (Fall 2015). Estimate:18 hours. 2015
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly Refereed a paper for American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 2014
Refereed a paper for Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review (one paper; November 2012) 2012
Refereed a paper on moral particularism for Journal of Moral Philosophy (one paper, June 2012) 2012
Journal referee American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly (one paper, Fall 2011) 2011
Refereed a paper for American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 2010
Marketing and Editorial survey for Broadview Guides to Bus. and Profes. Ethics.((August 2008) I completed the survey. 2008
Reviewed proposed professional ethics anthology for Oxford University Press 2005

education and training

B.A. in Philosophy, Brandeis University
M.A. in Philosophy, Boston College
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara

awards and honors

"Certificate of Service" for 30 years of service, conferred by East Carolina University, 2023
Member of Associate Graduate Faculty, conferred by Graduate School, ECU, 2021

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