David McPherson
Philosopher
I am a Professor of Philosophy in the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Florida. Previously, I was an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Creighton University, and during the academic year 2021-22 I was a Visiting Research Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. I work in the areas of ethics (esp. virtue ethics), political philosophy, meaning in life, and philosophy of religion.
I am the author of The Virtues of Limits (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Virtue and Meaning: A Neo-Aristotelian Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2020), as well as the editor of Spirituality and the Good Life: Philosophical Approaches (Cambridge University Press, 2017). I have also published numerous articles and book chapters (see research or CV page or my academia.edu or PhilPapers page).
I am currently the project leader for a three-year Templeton/UF funded grant project on “Spiritual Yearning and the Problem of Spiritual Alienation” (2024-26), which will result in my third book monograph, Spiritual Alienation and the Quest for God, as well as an edited volume, Spiritual Yearning in an Age of Secularization: Philosophical, Psychological, and Sociological Perspectives. Spiritual Alienation and the Quest for God articulates, explores, and responds to the problem of spiritual alienation, which is the state of being estranged from the place of our spiritual fulfillment. This book contends that spiritual alienation is a perennial feature of the human condition but is also exacerbated within the conditions of modernity. It also seeks to show how it is integrally connected with our spiritual yearnings in giving rise to them.
I am blessed beyond measure to be married to Kirstin (who also happens to be my favorite artist) and to have four wonderful children together.
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I am the author of The Virtues of Limits (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Virtue and Meaning: A Neo-Aristotelian Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2020), as well as the editor of Spirituality and the Good Life: Philosophical Approaches (Cambridge University Press, 2017). I have also published numerous articles and book chapters (see research or CV page or my academia.edu or PhilPapers page).
I am currently the project leader for a three-year Templeton/UF funded grant project on “Spiritual Yearning and the Problem of Spiritual Alienation” (2024-26), which will result in my third book monograph, Spiritual Alienation and the Quest for God, as well as an edited volume, Spiritual Yearning in an Age of Secularization: Philosophical, Psychological, and Sociological Perspectives. Spiritual Alienation and the Quest for God articulates, explores, and responds to the problem of spiritual alienation, which is the state of being estranged from the place of our spiritual fulfillment. This book contends that spiritual alienation is a perennial feature of the human condition but is also exacerbated within the conditions of modernity. It also seeks to show how it is integrally connected with our spiritual yearnings in giving rise to them.
I am blessed beyond measure to be married to Kirstin (who also happens to be my favorite artist) and to have four wonderful children together.
Please use the tab in the upper left to navigate site. Thank you for visiting. I can be reached at: [email protected]
