Dana Kay Nelkin
Professor of Philosophy
Upcoming Courses
Spring 2026: Topics in Bioethics: Capacity and Consent
Spring 2026: Graduate Seminar with David Brink (more information soon!)
Current Courses
No current courses
Some Recent Courses
Graduate Seminar on Justice and Responsibility (with Richard Arneson and David Brink)
Graduate Seminar on Risk, Responsibility, and Morality (with Sam Rickless)
Moral Psychology
Graduate Seminar on Free Will : Topics and Problems (with Manuel Vargas)
Law and Society
Graduate Seminar: Kinds of Responsibility?: Moral, Aesthetic, Epistemic
Philosophy of Religion
Special Topics in Bioethics: Capacity and Consent
Biomedical Ethics
Graduate Seminar: Deliberation and Reasons-Responsiveness
Freshman Seminar: Free Will and Film
Responsibility
Graduate Seminar (co-taught with David Brink): Blame
Contemporary Moral Issues
Graduate Seminar: Friendship, Freedom, and Morality
Graduate Seminar (co-taught with Sam Rickless): The Metaphysics and Ethics of Omissions