Martin Peterson
  • Professor of Philosophy and the Sue and Harry Bovay Chair of History and Ethics of Professional Engineering

Areas of Specialization

  • Ethics of Technology
  • Normative Ethics (Consequentialism)
  • Decision Theory

Contributes to Departmental Research Strengths In

  • Decision Theory, Logic, and Rationality
  • Value Theory and Applied Ethics

Biography

Martin Peterson is the Sue and Harry Bovay Professor of History and Ethics of Professional Engineering. Prior to coming to Texas A&M, he taught at Eindhoven University of Technology, and prior to that he was a Research Fellow at Cambridge University. He is the author of several books including, The Ethics of Technology: A Geometric Analysis of Five Moral Principles (OUP 2017),  The Dimensions of Consequentialism (CUP 2013) and An Introduction to Decision Theory (CUP 2009).

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2003

Scholarly Achievements

  • Ethics in the Gray Area: A Gradualist Theory of Right and Wrong (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

  • Ethics for Engineers (Oxford University Press, 2019)

  • The Ethics of Technology: A Geometric Analysis of Five Moral Principles (Oxford University Press, 2017)

  • The Dimensions of Consequentialism (Cambridge University Press, 2013)

  • An Introduction to Decision Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2009. 2nd ed. 2017)

  • Non-Bayesian Decision Theory (Springer, 2008)

Fall 2024 Course Schedule

  • Phil 111.504 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, M - 12:40-1:30 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 111.505 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, W - 12:40-1:30 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 111.506 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, F - 12:40-1:30 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 111.507 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, M - 1:50-2:40 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 111.508 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, W - 1:50-2:40 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 111.509 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, F - 1:50-2:40 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 111.510 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, M - 3:00-3:50 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 111.511 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, W - 3:00-3:50 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 111.512 - Contemporary Moral Issues. M, W - 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. - CHEM 100, F - 3:00-3:50 p.m. - YMCA 115
  • Phil 381.501 - Ethical Theory. T, TH - 11:10 a.m.-12:25 p.m. - YMCA 113

Office Hours

  • W 2:00-4:00 PM