Name: David Meeler
Title: Associate Professor of Philosophy
Education: Ph.D., Philosophy, University of California-Santa Barbara
M.A., Philosophy, University of Arkansas
B.A., Philosophy, Elon University
Office: 325 Bancroft Hall
Phone: 803/323-2338
E-mail: meelerd@winthrop.edu
Web: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/meelerd
Area(s): Philosophy of Law, Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics (Bio-Ethics,
Medical Ethics, Environmental Ethics and Business Ethics)
He has presented or published papers on posthumanism and human rights, the role guidelines and rules play in shaping institutional culture, appropriate methods for selecting political leaders, Habermas & Rawls' conceptions of public political discourse, corporate social responsibility and stakeholder theory, legal and moral conceptions of privacy, human rights and intervention in international affairs, theories of punishment, and epistemological skepticism.
Since coming to Winthrop in 2001, Dr. Meeler has taught courses in logic, critical
thinking, epistemology, philosophy of law, LSAT logic preparation, and a number of
ethical courses including history of ethical theory, contemporary developments in
moral reasoning, environmental ethics, bio-medical ethics, business ethics, and ethics
in emerging technologies.