Ted Klein

Research interests center around an ethics of caring, especially in relation to the workings of a democratic society. Also important to me is drawing on an ethics of caring to address privilege and oppression. Other interests include cultural pluralism and philosophies of teaching.

Selected Publications
"When Is Caring Good?", PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION 2000, ed. Lynda Stone (Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society, 2000), pp. 335-342.

THE POWER OF SERVICE (San Francisco: J. Appleseed, 1998)

"Transforming Ethical Theory," AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER ON FEMINISM AND PHILOSOPHY, 90 (Winter 1991), pp. 92-96.

"Teaching and Mother Love," EDUCATIONAL THEORY, 39 (Fall 1989), pp. 373-383.

Should There Be Separate School Athletic Teams for Females and Males?", JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY, 19 (Fall 1988), pp. 42-51.

"Philosophy of Education, Physical Education, and the Sexes," in Betsy C. Postow (ed.), WOMEN, PHILOSOPHY, AND SPORT (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1983), pp. 207-230.

"A Model for a Pluralistic Democracy," CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, VIII (Early Spring 1980), pp.16-18.

Courses Taught
Moral and Social Problems, Introduction to Philosophy

Contact Information

Office: Wheatley 05-111
Phone: 617-287-6530
Email: TKlein3388@aol.com