In addition to being a Binghamton University philosophy professor, Lisa Tessman is also a senior researcher at the University of Oslo, where she is currently doing collaborative work on the topic of moral residue. Her research is in ethics, moral psychology and feminist philosophy, with a focus on how people experience morality under difficult conditions. She is currently (2023-2024) president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. Publications Tessman, Lisa. 2023. “When the Heavens Fall: The Unintelligible and the Unthinkable.” Journal of Ethics Special Issue on the 50th Anniversary of the Publication of Michael Walzer’s “Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands”. doi.org/10.1007/s10892-023-09444-7 Tessman, Lisa. 2023. “Moral Injury and Moral Failure.” In How to End a War: Essays on Justice, Peace, and Repair, edited by Graham Parsons and Mark Wilson. Cambridge University Press: 31-58. Tessman, Lisa. 2017. When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible. Oxford University Press. Tessman, Lisa. 2015. Moral Failure: On the Impossible Demands of Morality. Oxford University Press. Tessman, Lisa. 2005. Burdened Virtues: Virtues Ethics for Liberatory Struggles. Oxford University Press.Background
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