J. David Velleman (MA, Oxford, 1976; Ph.D., Princeton, 1983) is Miller Research Professor in Philosophy and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Bioethics at NYU.  Professor Velleman has worked in the philosophy of action, moral psychology, the foundations of ethics, the history of ethics, and bioethics. He has also written about narrative, psychoanalysis, and the philosophy of perception, and he has co-authored a book of empirical moral psychology on the career of the Nazi judge Konrad Morgen. His interactive, online course Blogic covers the standard curriculum of a first logic course for philosophy students. Velleman has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Guggenheim Foundation. He is co-founder and former co-editor of Philosophers’ Imprint,the first open-access journal in philosophy, now in its 23d year, and founding co-editor of The Raven,an online philosophy magazine. 

Since joining the Hopkins Department in 2021, Velleman has taught Introduction to Moral Philosophy, a graduate seminar on moral relativism, and a First Year Seminar titled “Getting a Life”, which draws on works of literature to introduce philosophical topics. 

See https://wp.nyu.edu/artsampscience-jdvelleman/j-david-velleman-2/

–dagger “†” indicates papers reprinted in #27: The Possibility of Practical Reason (Maize Books 2015)
–asterisk “*” indicates papers reprinted in #36 Self to Self (Cambridge 2006)
–hash “#” indicates papers reprinted in #57: Foundations for Moral Relativisim (Open Book Publishers 2015)
–at sign “@” indicates papers reprinted in #60: Beyond Price: Essays on Birth and Death (Open Book Publishers 2015)

• 69. “Why Time (Only) Seems to Pass“
• 68. “A Method for Metaethics“
• 67. “The Two Normativities”, in Normativity and Agency: Themes from the Philosophy of Christine M. Korsgaard (Oxford 2022)
• 66. On Being Me: a personal invitation to philosophy, Princeton University Press (2020), with illustrations by Emily C. Bernstein
• 65. Comment on Michael Bratman’s Planning, Time, and Self-Governance, Inquiry 64 (2021): 913-25
• 64. “Non-Identical and Impersonal”, in Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons: An Introduction and Critical Inquiry, ed. Andrea Sauchelli (Routledge, 2020) , pp. 249-60
• 63. “Not Alive Yet,” in Disability in Practice, ed. Adam Cureton and Thomas E. Hill (Oxford University Press, 2018)
• †62. “Time for Action”, in Time and the Philosophy of Action, ed. Roman Altshuler and Michael J. Sigrist (New York: Routledge, 2016), 161–74
• @61. “The Rights to a Life”, in On Life Writing, ed. Zachary Leader (Oxford University Press, 2015)
• 60. Beyond Price: Essays on Birth and Death (Open Book Publishers, 2015)
• 59. Konrad Morgen: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge, co-authored with Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). Co-authored German edition: Weil Ich Nun Mal Ein Gerechtigkeitsfanatiker Bin: Der Fall des SS-Richters Konrad Morgen (Suhrkamp Verlag, 2017)
• 58. “Symposium on How We Get Along: Responses to Critics”, Abstracta Special Issue VII (2014): 31–38. Symposium with Philip Clark, Tamar Schapiro, and Justin D’Arms
• 57. Foundations for Moral Relativism (Cambridge, UK: OpenBook Publishers, 2013; second, expanded edition 2015)
• #56. “Doables”, Philosophical Explorations 17 (March 2014): 1–16
• #55. “Sociality and Solitude”, Philosophical Explorations. 16 (September 2013): 324–335
• @54. “Dying”, Think 11 (2012): 29-32
• 53. “Reading Kant’s Groundwork”, in Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory, ed. George Sher (New York: Routledge, 2012), 343–359
• 52.  “Comments on John Fischer’s Our Stories”, Philosophical Studies 158 (2012): 515-521
• 51. “Distortions of Normativity”, co-authored with Herlinde Pauer-Studer, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 14 (2011): 325–56
• 50. “How to Endure”, co-authored with Thomas Hofweber, Philosophical Quarterly (Scotland) 61 (2011): 37–57.
• 49. Interview with Alex Voorhoeve, in Conversations on Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), 232–255
• 48. How We Get Along (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009). Spanish edition: Como nos entendemos?, trans. Mercedes Rivero (Avarigani Editores, 2015)
• #47. “Bodies, Selves”, American Imago 65 (2008): 405-426. (Reprinted as “Virtual Selves”)
• @46. “Persons in Prospect”: “I: The Identity Problem”; “II: The Gift of Life”; “III: Love and Non-Existence”, Philosophy and Public Affairs 36 (2008): 222–288
• 45. “A Theory of Value”, Ethics 118 (2008): 410-436
• @. “Beyond Price”, Ethics 118 (2008): 191–212
• 43. Reply to Catriona Mackenzie, Philosophical Explorations 10 (2007): 283-290
• †42. “The Way of the Wanton”, Practical Identity and Narrative Agency, ed. Kim Atkins and Catriona MacKenzie (New York: Routledge, 2008), 169–192
• @41. “So It Goes”, published online as The Amherst Lecture in Philosophy 1 (2006): 1-22, <http://www.amherstlecture.org>. Reprinted in Introduction to Philosophy; Classical and Contemporary Readings, ed. John Perry, Michael Bratman, and John Martin Fischer (Oxford University Press, 2010), 521–537
• †40. “What Good is a Will?”, in Action in Context, edited by Anton Leist (Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter/Mouton, 2007), 193-215
• @39. “Family History”, Philosophical Papers 34 (2005): 357-78
• 38. “Doxastic Deliberation“, co-authored with Nishi Shah, Philosophical Review 114 (2005): 497-534
• †37 “Precis” and “Responses to Commentators” for a symposium on The Possibility of Practical Reason, Philosophical Studies 21 (2004): 225-38, 277-98
• 36. Self to Self: selected essays (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006). A collection of papers on the self, including three previously unpublished papers: a substantive “Introduction”; “A Brief Introduction to Kantian Ethics” (reprinted in Introduction to Philosophy; Classical and Contemporary Readings, ed. John Perry, Michael Bratman, and John Martin Fischer (Oxford University Press, 2010), 371–382; and “The Centered Self”. Other contents marked with an asterisk (*) below. Second edition, Maize Books, University of Michigan (2020). Translated into Spanish as Yo a Yo; Ensayos sobre el ser y la identitdad (Antonio Machado, 2014).
• 35. “Narrative Explanation“, Philosophical Review 112 (2003): 1-25
• *34. “Don’t Worry, Feel Guilty”, in Philosophy and the Emotions,  Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 52, ed. Anthony Hatzimoysis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 235-48
• *33. “Motivation by Ideal”, Philosophical Explorations 5 (2002) 89-104; reprinted in Philosophy of Education: an Anthology, ed. Randall Curren (Taylor & Francis, 2006)
• *32. “The Genesis of Shame”, Philosophy and Public Affairs 30 (2001) 27-52; reprinted in Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory, ed. George Sher (Routledge, 2012); to be published in Polish translation as “Stworzenie wstydu”
• *31. “Willing the Law”, in Practical Conflicts: New Philosophical Essays, ed. Peter Baumann and Monika Betzler (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 27-56
• *30. “The Self as Narrator”, in Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism, ed. Joel Anderson and John Christman (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005) pp. 56-76
• *29. “Identification and Identity”, in Contours of Agency, a Festschrift for Harry Frankfurt, edited by Sarah Buss and Lee Overton (MIT Press, 2002), pp. 91-123
• 28. Review of Faces of Intention, by Michael Bratman, Philosophical Quarterly (Scotland) 51 (2001): 119-21
• 27. “The Possibility of Practical Reason, Oxford University Press (2000); expanded, second edition published by Maize books in open-access format. A collection of previously published papers in the philosophy of action, with two previously unpublished chapters: a substantive “Introduction”, “On the Aim of Belief”, and “A Note on Practical Knowledge”; other contents marked by a dagger (†).
• *26. “From Self-Psychology to Moral Philosophy”, Philosophical Perspectives: Action Theory and Freedom 14 (2000): 349 – 77
• *25. “A Rational Superego”, Philosophical Review 108 (1999) 529-58
• @24. “A Right of Self-Termination?”, Ethics 109 (1999): 606-28; invited contribution to a symposium on physician-assisted suicide; reprinted in Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, ed. Margaret P. Battin, Leslie Francis, and Bruce M. Landesman (Ashgate)
• *23. “Love as a Moral Emotion”, Ethics 109 (1999): 338-74; reprinted in volume XXII of The Philosopher’s Annual as one of the ten best papers published in 1999; German translation “Liebe als moralisches Gefühl”, in Von Person zu Person; zur Moralität persönlicher Beziehungen, ed. Axel Honneth and Beate Rössler (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2008), 60-104
• *22. “The Voice of Conscience”, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 99 (1999): 57-76
• †21. “Is Motivation Internal to Value?”, in Preferences, ed. by Christoph Fehige, Georg Meggle, and Ulla Wessels (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1998), 29-52
• †20. “Deciding How to Decide”, in Ethics and Practical Reason, ed. Garrett Cullity and Berys Gaut  (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997), 29 – 52
• †19. “How to Share an Intention”, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 57 (1997): 29 – 50. German translation, “Wie man eine Absicht teilt”, in Hans Bernhard Schmid (Hg.), David P. Schweikard (Hg.), Kollektive Intentionalität (Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 2009)
• 18. Review of Practical Reasoning About Final Ends, by Henry Richardson, Ethics 107 (1996): 143 – 46
• *17. “Self to Self”, Philosophical Review 105 (1996): 39 – 76; reprinted in volume XIX of The Philosopher’s Annual, as one of the ten best papers published in 1996
• †16. “The Possibility of Practical Reason”, Ethics 106 (1996): 694 – 726; reprinted in Reason, Emotion, and Will, ed. R. Jay Wallace (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing); reprinted in Kieran Setiya, Internal Reasons: Contemporary Readings (MIT Press, 2012), pp. 249–84.
• 15. Book Note on Value, Welfare, and Morality, Ethics 105 (1995) 965
• 14. “Primary and Secondary Qualities”, entry in A Companion to Metaphysics, ed. Jaegwon Kim & Ernest Sosa (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995)
• †13. “The Story of Rational Action”, Philosophical Topics 21 (1993): 229 – 53
• @12. “Against the Right to Die”, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 17 (1992): 665 – 81; reprinted in the 2d edition of Ethics in Practice, ed. Hugh Lafollette
• †11. “What Happens When Someone Acts?”, Mind  101 (1992): 461 – 81; reprinted in New Essays on Moral Responsibility, Responsibility ed. John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza  (Cornell University Press, 1994)
• †10. “The Guise of the Good”, Nous 26 (1992): 3 – 26; reprinted in volume XV of The Philosopher’s Annual as one of the ten best papers published in 1992; reprinted in Reason, Emotion, and Will, ed. R. Jay  Wallace (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing)
• @9.  “Well-Being and Time”, The Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 72 (1991): 48 – 77;  reprinted in The Metaphysics of Death, ed. John Martin  Fischer (Stanford University Press, 1993)
• 8. Review of Michael Bratman’s Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason, Philosophical Review 100 (1991): 277 – 84
• 7. “Physicalist Theories of Color“, co-authored with Paul Boghossian, Philosophical Review 100 (1991): 67 – 106 (1991); reprinted in Readings on Color, Vol 1, ed.  Alex Byrne and David R. Hilbert (Cambridge, MA: Bradford,  1997); reprinted in Paul Boghossian, Content & Justification; Philosophical Papers (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2008), 315 – 44
• 6. Practical Reflection (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989)
• †5.  “Epistemic Freedom”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 70 (1989): 73 – 97
• 4.”Color as a Secondary Quality“, co-authored with Paul Boghossian, Mind 98 (1989): 81 – 103; reprinted in Readings on Color, Vol 1, ed. Alex Byrne and  David R. Hilbert (Cambridge, MA: Bradford, 1997); reprinted in Paul Boghossian, Content & Justification; Philosophical Papers (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2008), 293 –314
• 3. “Brandt’s Definition of ‘Good'”, 97 Philosophical Review 353 – 71 (1988)
• 2. “The Doxastic Theory of Intention”, Reasoning About Actions and Plans, ed. by Michael P. Georgeff   and Amy L. Lansky  (Los Altos, 1987), pp. 361 – 93
• 1. “Practical Reflection”, Philosophical Review 94 (1985): 33 – 61

David Velleman is co-editor of a Philosophy magazine The Raven