James P. Sterba
James P. Sterba is an American philosopher who specializes in ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of religion. He was the first neo-libertarian.
Biography
Sterba is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is a past president of the American Philosophical Association and the North American Society for Social Philosophy. He has authored 35 books.Sterba is an atheist. His 2019 book, Is a Good God Logically Possible?, is on the problem of evil. Sterba has argued that the God of traditional theism is logically incompatible with significant moral evil, hence no such God exists.
Personal life
Sterba is married to Janet Kourany, who is also a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame. They have a daughter named Sonya who is a professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.Selected publications
- The Demands of Justice
- Justice for Here and Now
- Three Challenges to Ethics: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Multiculturalism
- Terrorism and International Justice
- The Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics
- Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?: A Debate
- From Rationality to Equality
- The Pursuit of Justice: A Personal Philosophical History
- Affirmative Action for the Future
- Is a Good God Logically Possible?
- ''What is Ethics?''