David E. Cooper
Professor
405G Cohodas Building
906-227-1681
dcooper@nmu.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Canada
Interests
Dr. Cooper specializes in applied ethics, social and political philosophy and philosophy of psychology. He is currently conducting research on methods of teaching applied ethics that are designed to help students develop intellectual understandings of major theoretical alternatives, sensitivity to strategies of application, a commitment to justice in professional practice and a capacity to feel empathy for those who are different.
Publications: Books
Sharing the Practical Wisdom: A Dictionary of Pesso-Boyden System Psychomotor Therapy. Ed. with philosophical commentary by David Cooper, Marquette, MI: WS Architecture, 2005
Title Page and Thank You
Table of Contents
Preface
Available from NMU Bookstore
Ethics For Professionals in a Multicultural World. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004.
Value Pluralism and Ethical Choice. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. (Out of Print)
Publications: Selected Papers
"An Introduction to Applied Ethics with Contributions by Burleigh Wilkins," Festschrift in Honor of Burleigh Wilkins. Ed by Aleksander Jokic, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2001.
"Morality, The Virtue of Practical Reason and Respect Across Cultures," Realia, Vol. 5&6. August, 2001.
"Philosophical Issues in Legal Difference Theory," The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, 1999.
"Citizenship and Postconventional Consciousness," Rule of Law: Political and Legal Systems in Transition. Ed by W. Drawietz, E. Pattaro, and A. Erh-Soon Tay, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1997.
"Pesso-Boyden System Psychomotor Therapy as the Practical Resolution of Philosophical Conflicts between Habermas, Walzer, and selected postmodern feminist writers," Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Pesso Boyden System/Psychomotor Therapy. Basel, Switzerland, August, 1996.
"Squaring Autonomy with Personal History," Tidschrift voor Pesso Psychotherapie, Jaargang (Vol. 1), Elde, Netherlands, 1992
"Scottish Communitarianism, Lockian Individualism and Woman's Moral Development." Women's Rights and the Rights of Man. Ed. Arnaud, A.J. and E. Kingdom. Aberdeen, Scotland: Aberdeen Press, 1990.
"The Dysfunctional Family, Ethics, and the State." Perspectives on the Family. Ed. Bayles, Grcic and Moffet. New York: Mellon Press, 1990.
