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James R. Otteson is an American philosopher and political economist. He is currently the Thomas W. Smith Presidential Chair in Business Ethics, Teaching Professor of Political Economy, and executive director of the (BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism ) at Wake Forest University. He is also a Senior Scholar at The Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C., a Research Professor in the (Center for the Philosophy of Freedom ) and in the (Philosophy Department ) at the University of Arizona, a Visitor of Ralston College,〔http://www.ralston.ac〕 a Research Fellow for the Independent Institute in California, and a director of (Ethics and Economics Education of New England ).〔http://www.e3ne.org/about/〕 He has taught previously at Yeshiva University, New York University, Georgetown University, and the University of Alabama. ==Academic Biography== Otteson earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the (Program of Liberal Studies )—the "Great Books Program"—at the University of Notre Dame. His senior essay, "The Therapeutic Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein," won PLS's (Otto A. Bird Award ) for best senior essay in 1990. He spent his sophomore year abroad, studying at the Universität Innsbruck, in Innsbruck, Austria. After completing his undergraduate degree, Otteson then attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, earning an MA in philosophy in 1992. His paper "A Problem in Wittgeinstein's Philosophy of Language" won the department's 1991 Richard M. Peltz Memorial Award for Excellence in Philosophy. His master's thesis, "Locke's Arguments for the Existence of Natural Law," was directed by (William Wainwright ). Otteson then joined the philosophy department at the University of Chicago, receiving a PhD in 1997. His dissertation, "The Unintended Order of Morality: Adam Smith and David Hume on the Origins of Morality," was directed by (Daniel Garber ) (now at Princeton University), with readers (Ted Cohen ) and (Ian Mueller ). (Knud Haakonssen ) (then at Boston University; now at the University of St. Andrews and University College London) was an outside reader. Upon graduating from Chicago, Otteson took a position in the philosophy department at the University of Alabama. In 2007, he accepted a position as joint professor of philosophy and economics at Yeshiva University. He moved to Wake Forest University in 2013. He has held visiting scholar positions at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, then located at Bowling Green State University; at the Centre for the Study of Scottish Philosophy, then located at the University of Aberdeen; at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities at the University of Edinburgh; in the economics and philosophy departments at the University of Missouri-St. Louis; and in the government department at Georgetown University. He has also taught in the economics department at New York University. Otteson lectures widely on Adam Smith, classical liberalism, political economy, and related issues, including for the Foundation for Economic Education, the Institute for Humane Studies, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the Fund for American Studies, and the Adam Smith Society. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Otteson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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