Joel Marks

Joel Marks is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of New Haven and a Bioethics Center Scholar at Yale University. He received the B.A. in psychology from Cornell University and the M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Connecticut. In addition to the authored and edited books shown at this site, Marks co-edited a scholarly Festschrift of the musical humorist Gerard Hoffnung with David E. E. Sloane in 1992 (Essays in Arts and Sciences, vol. 21). He has also written numerous articles for professional journals and hundreds of op-eds and columns on ethics, astronomy, and other topics for newspapers and magazines, including for every issue of Philosophy Now magazine from 2000 to 2013. In addition to his own speaking engagements, Marks has organized and chaired scores of symposia, panels, and colloquia. For many years Marks also hosted an interview program on radio station WNHU, 88.7 FM, West Haven, Connecticut. Marks's main areas of scholarly interest are theoretical and applied ethics, and both have come together in his thinking about animal ethics. He has also been giving a lot of attention to planetary defense against asteroids and comets. His Website is www.docsoc.com.

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