Gopal Sreenivasan | Scholars@Duke

Gopal Sreenivasan
Crown University Distinguished Professor in Ethics

Gopal Sreenivasan (Ph.D. 1993, UC Berkeley) joined the Duke faculty in 2008. His research interests cover a wide range of topics across the spectrum of moral and political philosophy.

Sreenivasan’s recent book, Emotion and virtue (Princeton, 2020), makes original contributions in both moral psychology and the theory of virtue. It will be the subject of symposia in Analytic Philosophy and Criminal Law and Philosophy (online first, and second); and has been reviewed in Analysis and Mind.

Other recent publications follow below the fold, as do some videos.

Recent publications on rights or human rights:

“Legal human rights, as distinct from moral ones.” In J. Tomalty and K. Woods (eds.) Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Human Rights (forthcoming).
“Rights and revolution: Is there a liberty to ‘go it alone’?,” Social Philosophy and Policy (forthcoming).
"Whither and whether with the formative aim thesis," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 52(5) (2019): 1331-57.

Recent publications in bioethics:

"Varieties of minimalism about informed consent," American Journal of Bioethics 21(5) (2021): 66-8.
"Injustice and inequalities in health," Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics (2020).

But not everything belongs to a theme:

“Three concepts of legitimacy,” Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy 10 (forthcoming).
"Deference and delegation: What is the difference?," Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie 3(2) (2020): 345-52.

VIDEOS

“Emotion and virtue, précis.” Author-meets-critics panel. APA, Central Division Meeting. 2021.
"What is courage?" Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University. 2019.
"Should virtue be taught?" Character Project Conference, Wake Forest University. 2015.

Paper links on this page connect to page proofs. For published versions of articles, see my curriculum vitae, although those links may require a subscription.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Crown University Distinguished Professor in Ethics, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008
Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008
Professor in Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2008
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2017

Contact Information

207 West Duke Building, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708
gopal.sreenivasan@duke.edu (919) 660-3069
http://gopalsreenivasan.com

Background
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013 - 2016
- Research Professor, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008
Recognition
In the News
- NOV 1, 2020
  
  November Books: Gopal Sreenivasan "Emotion and Virtue"
Expertise
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Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Sreenivasan, Gopal. “Varieties of Minimalism about Informed Consent.” The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob 21, no. 5 (May 2021): 66–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2021.1906999.
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  - Buchanan, Allen, and Gopal Sreenivasan. “Human Rights, Ownership, and the Individual.” Ethics 131, no. 2 (2021): 383–90.
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  - Sreenivasan, Gopal. “What Is Adequate Understanding?” The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob 19, no. 5 (May 2019): 38–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2019.1591542.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Emotions, Reasons, and Epistemology.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 97, no. 2 (September 1, 2018): 500–506. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12539.
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  - Sreenivasan, Gopal. “Health care and human rights: against the split duty gambit.” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 37, no. 4 (August 2016): 343–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-016-9375-7.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “A plea for moral deference.” Ethics & Politics 27, no. 2 (2015): 41–59.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “A plea for moral deference.” Etica E Politica 17, no. 2 (January 1, 2015): 41–59.
  - Sreenivasan, Gopal. “HESC and equitable residues.” The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob 15, no. 3 (January 2015): 54–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2014.998388.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Equality, opportunity, ambiguity.” Politics, Philosophy and Economics 13, no. 1 (February 1, 2014): 82–92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X13496071.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Justice, Inequality, and Health.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2014.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “A human right to health? Some inconclusive scepticism.” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Supplementary Volume), 2012, 239–65.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “Duties and Their Direction.” Ethics 120, no. 3 (April 2010): 465–94.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Ethics and Epidemiology: Residual Health Inequalities.” Public Health Ethics 2, no. 3 (November 2009): 244–49. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/php030.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Disunity of virtue.” Journal of Ethics 13, no. 2–3 (September 1, 2009): 195–212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-009-9048-0.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Ethics and Epidemiology: The Income Debate.” Public Health Ethics 2, no. 1 (April 2009): 45–52. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/php004.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Review of D. Estlund, Democratic Authority.” Iyyun: The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 58 (2009): 62–72.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “Character and consistency: Still more errors.” Mind 117, no. 467 (July 2008): 603–12. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzn046.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Review of M. Otsuka, Libertarianism without inequality.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 74, no. 3 (May 2007): 792–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1933-1592.2007.00056.x.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Health and justice in our non-ideal world.” Politics, Philosophy &Amp; Economics 6, no. 2 (January 1, 2007): 218–36. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X07077273.
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  - Sreenivasan, Gopal. “Health care and equality of opportunity.” Hastings Cent Rep 37, no. 2 (2007): 21–31. https://doi.org/10.1353/hcr.2007.0033.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Does today's international trade agreement bind tomorrow's citizen?” Chicago Kent Law Review 81 (2006): 119–45.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “Review of S. Nichols, Sentimental rules: On the natural foundations of Moral judgment.” Ethics 16 (2006): 800–805. https://doi.org/10.1086/504630.
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  - Sreenivasan, Gopal, and Solomon R. Benatar. “Challenges for global health in the 21st century: some upstream considerations.” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 27, no. 1 (January 2006): 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-005-5752-3.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “A hybrid theory of claim-rights.” Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 25, no. 2 (June 1, 2005): 257–74. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqi013.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Does the gats undermine democratic control over health?” Journal of Ethics 9, no. 1–2 (January 1, 2005): 269–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-004-3329-4.
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  - Sreenivasan, Gopal. “Informed consent and the therapeutic misconception: clarifying the challenge.” The Journal of Clinical Ethics 16, no. 4 (January 2005): 369–71.
  - Belsky, Leah, Reidar Lie, Aaditya Mattoo, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and Gopal Sreenivasan. “The general agreement on trade in services: implications for health policymakers.” Health Affairs (Project Hope) 23, no. 3 (May 2004): 137–45. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.23.3.137.
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  - Sreenivasan, Gopal. “Does informed consent to research require comprehension?” Lancet 362, no. 9400 (December 13, 2003): 2016–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15025-8.
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  - Astor, Avraham, and Gopal Sreenivasan. “Providing free care to the uninsured: how much should physicians give?” Annals of Internal Medicine 139, no. 9 (November 2003): W78. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-139-9-200311040-00022-w2.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Errors about errors: Virtues theory and trait attribution.” Mind 111, no. 441 (January 2002): 47–68. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/111.441.47.
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  - Sreenivasan, Gopal. “International justice and health: a proposal.” Ethics Int Aff 16, no. 2 (2002): 81–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7093.2002.tb00399.x.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “A Proliferation of Liberties.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 63, no. 1 (July 2001): 229–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1933-1592.2001.tb00100.x.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Judicial review and individual self-rule.” Teoría Jurídica 2 (2001): 1–13.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “Opportunity is not the key.” American Journal of Bioethics 1, no. 2 (January 1, 2001). https://doi.org/10.1162/152651601300168997.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Understanding alien morals.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 62, no. 1 (January 2001): 1–32.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “What is the general will?” Philosophical Review 109, no. 4 (October 2000): 545–81. https://doi.org/10.2307/2693624.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Interpretation and reason.” Philosophy and Public Affairs 27, no. 2 (1998): 142–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1088-4963.1998.tb00065.x.
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  - SREENIVASAN, G. “BETWEEN UNIVERSALISM AND SCEPTICISM - ETHICS AS SOCIAL ARTEFACT - PHILIPS,M.” The Philosophical Quarterly 46, no. 183 (April 1996): 260–61. https://doi.org/10.2307/2956399.
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- Book Sections
  - Sreenivasan, G. “Acts, agents, and the definition of virtue.” In Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, 7:251–74, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198808930.003.0013.
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  - Sreenivasan, G., and A. Buchanan. “Taking international legality seriously: A Methodology for human rights (Accepted).” In Human Rights: Moral or Political?, edited by A. Etinson. Oxford, 2016.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “The situationist critique of virtue ethics.” In The Cambridge Companion to Virtue Ethics, edited by D. Russell, 290–314. Cambridge University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1017/CCO9780511734786.014.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “What is non-ideal theory?” In Transitional Justice, edited by M. Williams and J. Elster, 233–56. NOMOS LI and Oxford, 2012.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “Why justice requires rationing in health care.” In Medicine and Social Justice, edited by R. Rhodes and A. Silvers, 143–53. Oxford, 2012.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “Non-ideal Theory: A Taxonomy with Illustration.” In Global Justice and Bioethics, 135–52, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195379907.003.0006.
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  - Sreenivasan, G. “Democracy and international law: A peril from the "public"?” In Moral Universalism and Pluralism, edited by H. S. Richardson and M. S. Williams, 240–50. New York University Pres, 2009.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “Global health and non-ideal justice.” In Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics, edited by P. Singer and A. Viens, 369–75. Cambridge, 2008.
  - Sreenivasan, G. “In defense of the hybrid theory.” In Law: Metaphysics, Meaning, and Objectivity, edited by E. Villanueva, 299–307. Rodopi, 2007.
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- PHIL 206: Philosophy of Law 2023
- PHIL 230: Virtue Theory 2023
- PHIL 293: Research Independent Study 2023
- PHIL 206: Philosophy of Law 2022
- PHIL 293: Research Independent Study 2022
- PHIL 797S: Dissertation Seminar 2022
- PHIL 590S: Special Fields of Philosophy Seminar (Topics) 2021

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