Anthony Kelley
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy 210 Coates Hall 225-578-6311 |
Professor Kelley specializes in theoretical and practical ethics, especially as it relates to the philosophy of well-being. Current research projects include a paper on the nature and value of pleasure and a book manuscript defending the desire-satisfaction theory of welfare. He is currently developing a course, tentatively entitled “Human Flourishing in the Digital Age,” concerning how recent and future advances in technology pose both challenges and opportunities for human flourishing. His work has appeared in journals such as Philosophical Studies, Oxford Studies in Meta-Ethics, and the Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy.
B.A. in Women's and Gender Studies, Columbia University (2009)
M.A. in Philosophy, Northern Illinois University (2011)
Ph.D in Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder (2020)
PHIL 2020 Ethics
PHIL 4943 Problems in Ethical Theory: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
PHIL 4943 Problems in Ethical Theory: Duties to Self and Future Generations
PHIL 4943 Problems in Ethical Theory: Well-Being
PHIL 7910 Seminar: Well-Being
PHIL 4786 Selected Topics: Games
Recipient of Manship Summer Research Fellowship, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, LSU (2024)
Recipient of Life Worth Living Faculty Course Development Fellowship, Yale Divinity School (2024)
Recipient of Research Grant, Provost’s Fund for Research & Creativity Support, LSU (2024)
Recipient of Artificial Intelligence Engaged Classroom Grant, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, LSU (2023)
Recipient of Faculty Travel Grant, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, LSU (2023)
Recipient of Faculty Travel Grant, Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research, LSU (2023)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
“The New Internalism About Prudential Value,” Philosophical Studies (forthcoming)
“A Theory of Prudential Alienation,” Oxford Studies in Meta-Ethics (forthcoming)
“What Should the Desire Theorist Say About Ill-Being,” Perspectives on Ill-Being, eds. Mauro Rossi and Christine Tappolet (forthcoming)
“Subjective Theories of Ill-Being,” Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 46 (2022): 109-35.
“The Welfare-Nihilist Arguments against Judgment Subjectivism,” Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy 19 (2021): 291-310.
Book Reviews
Review of Guy Fletcher, The Philosophy of Well-Being: An Introduction (Routledge, 2016), in Journal of Moral Philosophy 16 (2019): 679-82