Research Interests
Agency & Responsibility, Normative Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion
Employee degree:
PhD, Saint Louis University-Main Campus
MA, Trinity International University
BA, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Biography
Robert Hartman has published three books and more than two dozen articles in professional journals and books. He has given more than eighty research presentations in nine countries.
Website: http://www.robertjhartman.com/
Some Recent Scholarship
- Improving Character: Moral Virtues, Strategies, and Questions (Wiley, 2026)
- "Virtues that Mitigate the Deprivations of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," in Virtuous Responses to Suffering, Tragedy, and Evil (Routledge, 2026)
- "Moral Luck and the Imperfect Duty to Spare Blame," Erkenntnis (2026).
- "Moral Responsibility for Consequences," (co-authored with Taylor W. Cyr) Erkenntnis (2025)
- “Heavenly Freedom and Two Models of Character Perfection,” Faith and Philosophy 38 (2021): 45-64.
- The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Luck, co-edited with Ian M. Church (Routledge, 2019).
- In Defense of Moral Luck: Why Luck Often Affects Praiseworthiness and Blameworthiness (Routledge, 2017).
Courses Taught at ONU
- PHIL 1051: Ethics, Justice and Law
- PHIL 1901: Free Will and Moral Responsibility
- PHIL 2251: Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL 2281: Philosophy of Law
- PHIL 2401: Professional Ethics
- PHIL 3201: Political Philosophy
- TREX 1001: Becoming a Better Person
- HONR 2111: Practical Ethics
- ETHC 2001: Ethics Bowl