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Background
Ryan Preston-Roedder is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Preston-Roedder earned a BA in philosophy (summa cum laude) from Rice University. He holds a PhD in philosophy from New York University, where he was a Henry Mitchell MacCracken Fellow.
Interests
Preston-Roedder’s research areas of specialization are moral and political philosophy and philosophy of religion. He also studies medical ethics, philosophy and literature. His work explores meaning in life and the problem of the absurd, the nature and significance of the religious outlook, and the moral and political significance of love. Most recently, this has resulted in publications that examine how faith, trust, and other attitudes draw us into valuable forms of community with other people.
Sample Work
Publication
A Better World
“A Better World,” Philosophical Studies 168 (2014): 629-644
Publication
Faith in Humanity
“Faith in Humanity,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 87 (2013): 664-687. Awarded 2014 APA Article Prize Honorable Mention.
Publication
Kant’s Ethics and the Problems of Self-Deception
Publication
Grief and Recovery