Joseph Spino, Ph.D.

  • McNeil Associate Professor of Applied Ethics Philosophy

Contact

email
spinojm@lemoyne.edu

Location

Reilly Hall 434

Joseph Spino was named the McNeil Associate Professor of Applied Ethics in 2020. He comes to Le Moyne from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he has taught since 2016. Dr. Spino’s research primarily concerns ethics and moral psychology, with a focus on debates centered on the development (and skepticism) of character and virtue. His work regularly engages with issues that arise in business ethics and biomedical ethics. Currently he is at work on a book, Virtuous Business without Virtuous People. He teaches courses in moral philosophy and business ethics.

Areas of Specialization

  • Applied Ethics
  • Moral Psychology

Education

  • B.A., Stonehill College
  • M.M.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • M.A., Western Michigan University
  • Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Publications

  1. “Character Skepticism and the Virtuous Journalist.” Journal of Media Ethics 39, no. 3 (2024): 206-222.
  2. “Brain Data Availability Presents Unique Privacy Challenges.” The American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 15, no. 2 (2024): 146-148.
  3. “Explaining Away Some Challenges for Explaining Advanced Algorithmic Systems.” Southwest Philosophy Review 38, no. 1 (2022): 145-153.
  4. “On the Structure of the Virtuous Ethics Center.” Teaching Ethics 21, no. 2 (2021): 175-186.
  5. “The Broader Threat of Situationism to Virtue Ethics.” Southwest Philosophy Review 36, no. 1 (2020): 75-84.
  6. “Situationism and the Virtues of Business.” Business and Professional Ethics Journal 39, no. 1 (2020): 97-119