Maria Morales
                 associate professor of philosophy

Areas of Specialization:
  • Political and Social Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Ethics
  • Competence in Ancient Philosophy and Feminism.

Education:
  • University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1992 (Philosophy)
  • University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1987 (Philosophy)
  • University of Buenos Aires, School of Law and Social Sciences, 1982-83 (Law)
  • Alliance Francaise, Buenos Aires Chapter, Degree with Honors, 1982 (French)

Awards:
  • Summer Research Grant, Florida State University, 1993
  • Fontaine Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1990-92
  • Mellon Dissertation Fellow, 1991-92
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1987
  • Phi Kappa Phi, 1987

Book:
  • Perfect Equality. John Stuart Mill on Well-Constituted Communities. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996.

Other Publications:
  • "Mill and MacKinnon on the Difference Debate in Feminism," in Bart Schultz (ed.), (Essays in Nineteenth Century Radical Utilitarianism), forthcoming 2001.
  • "Utility and Perfect Equality," in James P. Sterba (ed.), Ethics: Classical Western Texts in Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • "The Corrupting Influence of Power," in Laura Duhan Kaplan and Lawrence Bove (eds.), Perspectives on Power and Domination: Theories and Practices. Amsterdam: Rodopi Press, 1997, pp. 41-53.
  • "Jeremy Bentham." In The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, ed. Christopher Gray. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997.
  • "Thomas Hobbes." In The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, ed. Christopher Gray. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997.
  • Review of Wendy Donner, The Liberal Self: John Stuart Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy. Ethics Vol. 104, No. 1 (October 1993): 173-176.
  • "Hobbes, Formalism and Corrective Justice," with Anita L. Allen, Symposium: Corrective Justice and Formalism, Iowa Law Review Vol. 77, No. 2 (January 1992): 713-739.

Presentations:
  • "Hobbes's Best Kept Secret: Equality is the Law of Nature." Florida Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November 1999.
  • "An Ignoble Lie: Equality and Public Education." Meeting of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Washington, D.C., October 1998.
  • "Hobbes's Best Kept Secret: Equality is the Law of Nature," presented at The Southeastern Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Winter Park, FL, April 1998.
  • "A Defense of Descriptive Jurisprudence," invited colloquium, FSU Law School, February 1998.
  • "No Justice, No Peace," Tenth Annual Meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, UC-Chico, October 1997.
  • Invited Response to Henry West, "Qualities of Pleasure, Second-Order Pleasures, and Family Resemblances." Symposium on Mill, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1996.
  • "The 'Internality' of Rules: Hart's Key to the Science of Jurisprudence." Florida Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Gainesville, Florida, October 1994.
  • Invited Response to Michaeleen Kelly, "Rights and Power: A Feminist Rethinking of Liberal Rights." Symposium on Feminist Jurisprudence, American Philosophical Association Central Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, May 1994.
  • Invited Response to R. M. Hare, "A New Kind of Ethical Naturalism?" Special Colloquium in honor of Professor Hare, Florida Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, November 1993.
  • "John Stuart Mill on the Human Good." Florida Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Panama City, Florida, November 1992.
  • "John Stuart Mill's Arguments Against Dominating Power." Meeting of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, October 1992.

Editorial Consultation:
  • Editorial Committee, Law and Philosophy, 1992-present 
  • Editorial Board, Social Theory and Practice, 1992-present

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate

 

  • Plato and His Predecessors
  • Aristotle to Augustine
  • Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • Ethical Theory
  • Ethical Issues/Life Choices
  • Natural Law Theory
  • Modern Political Thought
  • British Political Philosophy (FSU London Program)
  • British Feminism (FSU London Program)
  • John Stuart Mill (Directed Study, FSU London Program)
  • Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Philosophy of Feminism
  • Ethics (Honors Program)
  • Philosophy of Feminism (Honors Program)
  • H.L.A. Hart's Philosophy of Law (Directed Study)
  • Ancient Philosophy (U. of Pennslyvania)

     Graduate

  • Aristotle’s Politics
  • Liberal Community: From Hobbes to Hume
  • Ethical Theory
  • Plato's Republic
  • The British Utilitarians
  • Law and Morality (co-taught with Alan Mabe)
  • Mill and Marx
  • Aristotle's Ethics (co-taught with Russel Dancy)
  • Henry Sidgwick's Ethics
  • Feminism (Directed Study)

Departmental Activities:
  • Director of Graduate Studes, 1997-1998
  • Numerous Preliminary Examination Committees, 1992-present
  • Werkmeister Conference Committee, 1996-1997
  • Graduate Student Placement Officer, 1996-1997
  • Committee for the Enhancement of the Curriculum, 1995-1997
  • Faculty Recruitment Committee, 1992-1995
  • Graduate Admissions Committee, 1992-1995
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, 1992-1994
  • Faculty Advisory Committee, 1993-1994

University Activities:
  • Member, Senate Grievances Committee, 1997-present
  • Faculty Advisor, Unity, 1997-1998
  • Honors and Scholars Program, 1993-1994, 1997
  • Faculty Advisor, Focus, 1996-1997
  • Faculty Advisor, Progressive Party, 1996-1997
  • Member, Women's Studies Advisory Board, 1992-present
  • Member, Advisory Board, Study Abroad Programs, 1995-present
  • Faculty Advisor, FSU Chapter of NOW, 1994-1995

Professional Memberships:

National:

  • American Philosophical Association
  • Society for Women in Philosophy
  • Concerned Philosophers for Peace

State:

  • Florida Philosophical Association