Dr. Joseph Moore

Born in Texas and raised in California, I received my B.A. in philosophy from the University of California-Berkeley in 2014. I then moved to New Jersey for graduate study at Princeton University and received my Ph.D. in philosophy in 2022. During 2023-24, I lived and worked in the United Kingdom as a Senior Research Fellow in Oxford Ethics and Humanities and the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics (now the Uehiro Oxford Institute). 

I joined the United States Military Academy faculty in August 2024. My philosophical specialties include ethical theory, political theory, and the history of philosophy, especially ancient Greek philosophy. My research primarily concerns the good, flourishing life and the social and political conditions that enable people to live such lives. I am also interested in metanormative theory, educational theory and policy, and the moral psychology of character, moral motivation, and reactive attitudes. I have previously taught courses in ethics, metaethics, logic, and general philosophy at Oxford, Princeton, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Montclair State University, and FCI Fort Dix. 

Outside of work, some recent flourishing-constituting interests include traveling, histories, powerlifting, cooking, board games, dark comedies, sci-fi novels, Marvel comics, and lots of time with loved ones. Other interests have included tango, Tai Chi, whiskey, piano, guitar, jazz and rock concerts, tabletop roleplaying, Taekwondo, and video games.