Ruth Sample
Research Interests
- Early Modern philosophy
- Ethics
- Feminism
- Social and political philosophy
Courses Taught
- PHIL 401: Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 430: Ethics and Society
- PHIL 436: Social & Political Philosophy
- PHIL 440: Honors/Who Are You?
- PHIL 510: Philosophy and Feminism
- PHIL 530: Ethics
- PHIL 580: Modern Phil Descartes to Kant
- PHIL 780: Special Topics
- PHIL 798: Senior Thesis
- PHIL 799: Senior Thesis
Selected Publications
Sample, R. (2017). "What Is Wrong With Price-Gouging in the Drug Market?". In M. Deveaux, & V. Panitch (Eds.), Exploitation From Practice To Theory. Studies in Social and Global J.
Sample, R. (2016). Exploitation and Consequentialism. The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 54, 66-91. doi:10.1111/sjp.12190
Sample, R. (2012). “Autism and The Extreme Male Brain". In J. Anderson, & S. Cushing (Eds.), The Philosophy of Autism. Rowman and Littlefield.
Sample, R. J. (2005). Book ReviewsDaniel Little, . The Paradox of Wealth and Poverty: Mapping the Ethical Dilemmas of Global Development.Boulder, CO: Westview, 2003. Pp. 283. $85.00 (cloth); $29.00 (paper).. Ethics, 116(1), 238-242. doi:10.1086/454381
Sample, R. J., Mills, C. W., & Sterba, J. P. (2004). Philosophy The Big Questions. Wiley-Blackwell.
Sample, R. J. (2003). Book ReviewsDiana Tietjens. Meyers, Gender in the Mirror: Cultural Imagery and Women's Agency.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. 232. $55.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).. Ethics, 113(3), 708-711. doi:10.1086/345635
Sample, R. J. (2003). Exploitation what it is and why it's wrong. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc.
Sample, R. (2002). Why Feminist Contractarianism?. Journal of Social Philosophy, 33(2), 257-281. doi:10.1111/0047-2786.00008
Sample, R. (1995). Lacan, Kant, and Sade. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 26(1), 5-16. doi:10.1080/00071773.1995.11007084
Sample, R. (n.d.). Libertarian Rights and Welfare Rights. Social Theory and Practice, 24(3), 393-418. doi:10.5840/soctheorpract199824310
Most Cited Publications