Roger Rigterink, Philosophy

Roger Rigterink

Professor, Department of Philosophy

University of Wisconsin - Fond du Lac

Contact Information

Via the Real World (Meet a Non-Virtual Being)

UW - Fond du Lac
400 University Drive
Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Office
C-208 (Classroom Building)
(920) 929-3650

Via Cyber Space (E-mail)

Office: roger.rigterink@uwc.edu

Home: rrigteri@vbe.com

Courses Currently Offered

PHI-210 (Critical Thinking)

PHI-211 (Elementary Logic)

PHI-241 (Ethics)

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Interests

Professional (On duty)

Biomedical Ethics
Philosophy of Mind
Epistemology

Personal (Off duty)

Cooking, birding, dog walking, rainforests, ethnic food
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Education

Formal (Escapades within the Ivied Walls)

University of Wisconsin - Madison PhD - Philosophy
Carleton College BA - Mathematics

Informal (Adventures beyond the Ivory Tower)

Coming of age in the sixties, ecclectic reading habits, teaching in prison, public radio

Selected Publications and Presentations

"Puccetti and Brain-Bisection ," The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, September, 1980

"On Why Doctors Need to Practice Passive Rather Than Active Euthanasia," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Summer, 1984

"WARNING: THE SURGEON MORALIST HAS DETERMINED THAT CLAIMS OF RIGHTS CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO EVERYONE'S INTERESTS," Explorations in Feminist Ethics ed. by Eve Browning Cole

"Boredom, Interests, and Genuine Rehabilitation" (Co-authored with Rhonda Ambuehl) presented at the 1987 Pacific Division of the APA

"Mass Extinction" presented at the 22nd Conference on Value Inquiry 1994

Links

UW Colleges Philosophy Dept.