Paul O. Nnodim, PhD

Asst. Professor

Department of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Studies and Modern Languages

Tel. (413) 6625316

E-mail: Paul.Nnodim@mcla.edu

Education

• B.Phil. Honors (1992): Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome
• DAF- German as a Foreign Language (1995): European School Mainz, Germany
• PhD in Philosophy, English and American Studies (2003): Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Spring '08 Courses:

• PHIL-360-01: Social & Political Philosophy
• PHIL-385-04: Philosophical Anthropology through Literature
• PHIL-100-01/100-02: A First Course in Philosophy

Fall '08 Courses:

• Theories of Justice
• Existentialism
• Logic and Critical Thinking (two sections)

•  2004: Rawls’ Theorie der Gerechtigkeit als angemessene moralische Grundlage für eine liberale demokratische Gesellschaft im globalen Kontext. Oberhausen (Germany): Athena Verlag

• 2004: Rawls’ theory of justice as an appropriate moral basis for the global institutionalization of liberal democratic order. Oberhausen (Germany): Athena Press, 260 pages

• 2007: PN et al."Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains", Journal of Business Ethics, 1-12

• 2007: PN et al. "Corporate Control and Accountability in supply chains of Multinational Corporations: Clarifications and Managerial Implications", International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR), Nottingham University Business School, England

• 2007: PN et al. "Revisiting Rational Choice and Rationality Debate in the Social Sciences", The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 1-15

• 2007: “Husserl and Heidegger on Phenomenology”, Thesis XII

• 2006: “Global Justice and the Absence of Universal Morality: Rawlsian Perspectives on International Relations and Human Rights” The Mind’s Eye, 57-73

• 2005: “Rawls’ Theorie der Globalen Gerechtigkeit und die Notwendigkeit einer rueckwirkenden kulturellen Legitimation fuer Menschenrechte” In: Gerechtigkeit: Auf der Suche nach einem Gleichgewicht Neumaier, Sedmak und Zichy. Frankfurt a. M: Ontos Verlag, 209-225

• 2005:  “Rawls’ Global Justice Theory and the Need for Retrospective Cultural Legitimacy for Human Rights”.  In:  Justice: In Search of a Balance Neumaier, Sedmak and Zichy. Frankfurt a. M: Ontos, Verlag, 209-225

• 2004: “Public Reason as a Form of Normative and Political Justification: A Study on Rawls’ Idea of Public Reason and Kant’s Notion of the Use of Public Reason in What is Enlightenment?” The South African Journal of Philosophy, 148-157

Engl. Transl. of Title -Rawls' Theory of Justice: Athena (2004)

If you know German, this book is available on-line at Amazon.de:

http://www.amazon.de/Gerechtigkeit-angemessene-moralische-demokratische-Gesellschaft/dp/3898961869/ref=sr_11_1/028-0750764-0418101?ie=UTF8

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2005:

Engl. Transl. of Title - Justice: In Search of a Balance, Ontos Verlag/Transaction Books of Rutgers Univ. (2005)

http://www.science-digital.com/Ontos/samples/O-Neumaier-Gerechtigkeit-s.pdf#search=%22paul%20nnodim%22

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