CHRIS HEATHWOOD (UMass, Ph.D. 2005) joined the CU department in 2005 and works mainly in theoretical ethics, but also has interests in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion.

Professor Heathwood has written on the nature of welfare, especially desire theories of welfare; the nature of pleasure, especially desire theories of pleasure; the fitting attitude analysis of intrinsic value; and other topics. He is currently working on other projects having to do with welfare and desire, including whether desire-based theories of welfare are compatible with genuine self-sacrifice and whether those who accept desire-based theories of welfare and of pleasure must also accept that desires provide reasons for action.

When he's not thinking about these topics or teaching about others, Professor Heathwood hangs out with his two young sons, Henry and Charlie, and wife, Nicki. When he's not doing that, he might play some golf, watch some baseball, or noodle around on the guitar.

• “Fitting Attitudes and Welfare,” Oxford Studies in Metaethics (forthcoming, 2008).
• “The Reduction of Sensory Pleasure to Desire,” Philosophical Studies 133 (2007): 23-44.
• “Desire Satisfactionism and Hedonism,” Philosophical Studies 128 (2006): 539-563.
• “The Problem of Defective Desires,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83 (2005): 487-504.