BENJAMIN HALE is assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Program with a cross-appointment in the Philosophy Department. He is currently the Director of the Center for Values and Social Policy, which is situated primarily in the Philosophy Department, as well as a faculty affiliate of the Center for Science and Technology Policy, which is associated with CIRES, the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. His primary area of research interest is environmental ethics, though he maintains active interest in a wide range of concerns in applied ethics, normative ethics, and even metaethics. Much of his recent work centers on ethical and environmental concerns presented by emerging technologies. And yes, he is the designer of this website.

For a much more elaborate biography, visit his website.

• “Crossing the Property Line: A New Direction for Environmental Ethics,” Metaphilosophy, October 2008.
• “Technology, the Environment, and the Moral Considerability of Artifacts,” in New Waves in Philosophy of Technology, ed. Evan Selinger, Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, and Søren Riis. (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007).
• “Choosing to Sleep,” co-authored with Lauren Hale, in The Philosophy of Public Health, ed. Angus Dawson. (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).
• “Culpability and Blame after Pregnancy Loss,” Journal of Medical Ethics, Jan 2007: 33-24.
• “Risk, Judgment, and Fairness in Research Incentives,” American Journal of Bioethics, 7(2), 2007.
• “Gavagai Goulash: Growing Organs for Food,” THINK! Philosophy for Everyone. Periodical of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. 16 (2007): 61-70.
• "The Moral Considerability of Invasive, Transgenic Animals," Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. Volume 19, No. 2, 2006.
• "Identity Crisis: Face Recognition Technology and Freedom of the Will,” Ethics, Place, and the Environment, Volume 8, No. 2, 141-158, 2005.