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Martin Peterson

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Director of Graduate Studies
Professor of Philosophy and the Sue and Harry Bovay Professor of History and Ethics of Professional Engineering
Areas of Speciality
Contact
  • (979) 845-7133
  • martinpeterson@tamu.edu
  • YMCA 402B
Professional Links
Personal Website

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2003

Bio

Martin Peterson is the Sue and Harry Bovay Professor of History and Ethics of Professional Engineering. Prior to coming to Texas A&M, he taught at Eindhoven University of Technology, and prior to that he was a Research Fellow at Cambridge University. He is the author of several books including, The Ethics of Technology: A Geometric Analysis of Five Moral Principles (OUP 2017),  The Dimensions of Consequentialism (CUP 2013) and An Introduction to Decision Theory (CUP 2009).

Research Interests

  • Ethics of Technology
  • Normative Ethics (Consequentialism)
  • Decision Theory

 

 

Office Hours

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