Some syllabi are linked below. For others, just send me an email.
Recent Courses:
2025-2026:
- Phil 221: Ethics
- Phil 240: Introduction to Formal Logic
2024-2025:
- Phil 205/Econ 261: Philosophy of Economics
- Phil 257: Philosophy of Mathematics
- Phil 320/420: Topics in Value Theory Quantifying the Good: Utilitarianism and Its Challenges
- Phil 422/673/675: Studies in Political Philosophy: Seminar on Formal Models for Social Good: Inequity, Injustice, and Idealization
2022-2023:
- Phil 422/673/675: Seminar on Fairness and Anti-Discrimination in AI
- Phil 205/Econ 261: Philosophy of Economics
2020-2021:
- Phil 680A: Department Proseminar on Optimization
- Phil 680B: Department Proseminar on Optimization
2019-2020:
- Phil 674: Seminar, Philosophy of Economics
- Phil 257: Philosophy of Mathematics
2018-2019:
- Phil 205/Econ 261: Philosophy of Economics
- Phil 121: Moral Issues
2017-2018:
- Phil 221, Ethics
- Phil 201, Philosophy of Sex and Love
- Phil 121, Moral Issues
- Phil 420/WS 422/Phil 673/Phil 675 Seminar: Autonomy in Sex and Love
Graduate Supervision
- PhD supervisor, Darlene Drecun, in progress. Thesis: Beyond the Reason-Emotion Divide: Philosophical Theories of Autonomy from a Neuroscience Perspective
- PhD supervisor, Chris Wass, 2023. Thesis: Professional Ethics for Economists: A Reflection on DeMartino’s Oath.
- PhD supervisor, Jamie Sewell, 2022. Thesis: Divorcing Reasonableness and Objectivity.
- PhD supervisor, Andria Bianchi. 2018. Thesis: Sex, Dementia, and Consent.
- PhD supervisor, Rosalind Abdool, 2015. Thesis: The Ethics of Deception in Caregiving: A Patient- Centered Approach.
- PhD supervisor, Micheal McEwan, 2014. Thesis: A Study of the Discursive Aspect of Scientific Theorizing and Modeling.
- PhD supervisor, Natalie Thomas (Evans) 2013. Thesis: Agency and Autonomy: A New Direction for Animal Ethics.
- MA supervisor, George Stroubakis, 2022. Thesis: Learning More and Knowing Less:
Big Data, Spurious Correlations, and the Problem of Ignorance. - MA supervisor, Andrew Allison, 2020. Thesis: Fractional-Reserve Banking and the Double-Title to Property Problem
- MA supervisor, Angella Yamamoto, 2018. Thesis: Collaborative Scientific Knowledge and Testimonial Justification.
- MA supervisor, Samantha Hershey, 2017. Thesis: Ethical Pluralism and Informed Consent in Canadian Health Care: Exploring Accommodations and Limitations.
- MA supervisor, Emily Metcalfe, 2015. Thesis: Crime Prevention in a World without Free Will.
- MA supervisor, Christine Heffernan, 2012. Thesis: Everything Is Going to Be Okay, Right? Kindness, Compassion, and the Moral Permissibility of Self- Deception.
- MA supervisor, Patrick Clipsham, 2008. Thesis: Moral Fictionalism and Moral Reasons.
- MA supervisor, Kyle Menken, 2006. MA Thesis: Sentimentalism, Affective Response, and the Justification of Normative Moral Judgments.
Page last updated Dec 5, 2025.
Patricia Marino 