Geoff Sayre-McCord has published extensively on moral theory, epistemology, and modern philosophy, and has edited Essays on Moral Realism,  Hume: Moral Philosophy. and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (with Jonathan Anomaly, Geoff Brennan, and Michael Munger).  See the On-Line Papers link for a some of the papers.

Recently, Sayre-McCord’s recent research project has focused on the nature of normative concepts.  His work in progress on this topic are available in draft:

• “On a Theory of a Better Morality“
• “A Moral Argument Against Moral Dilemmas“
• “Rational Agency and the Nature of Normative Concepts“

Pre-publication versions of the following recent papers are also are available:

• “Hume’s Robust Theory of Practical Reason“
• “Hume’s Theory of Public Reason“
• “On Cooperation,” (with Geoffrey Brennan)
• “Skepticism About Moral Knowledge“
• “Desires… and Beliefs… Of One’s Own,” (with Michael Smith)
• “Hume and Smith on Sympathy, Approbation, and Moral Judgment“
• “Sentiments and Spectators: Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Judgment“
• “Hume on the Artificial Virtues“
• “Voting and Causal Responsibility” (with Geoffrey Brennan)
• “Do Normative Facts Matter… to What is Feasible” (with Geoffrey Brennan)

Sayre-McCord is the Director of UNC’s Philosophy, Politics, & Economics Program. He is also the Founding Director of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Society, an international scholarly society for those interested in the issues that arise at the intersection of the three disciplines in the Society’s name.  Sayre-McCord was a Professorial Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 2013 until 2016 and is now a Regular Distinguished Visiting Professor there. He was on leave for the 2015-16 academic year at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University, where he was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching. Sayre-McCord received the 2019 Philip L. Quinn Prize from the American Philosophical Association, for “service to philosophy and philosophers, broadly construed.”

A list of publications (with some e-versions)

Some on-line lectures and interviews:

• Bloggingheads.tv discussion of Metaethics (video)
• Bloggingheads.tv discussion of Evolution and Moral Theory (video)
• Lecture on Evolution and Rational Agency  (video)
• Lecture on Adam Smith’s Moral Theory (video)
• Lecture on The Nature of Normative Concepts (video)
• The Philosopher’s Zone interview on Moral Dilemmas (audio)
• Wi Phi talk on The Prisoners’ Dilemma (video)
• Interview on Reflective Equilibrium with Michael Ridge and Matthew Chrisman (video)
• Wi Phi talk on Reasons to Vote (video)
• Freakanomics on “When Helping Hurts” concerning my Mom’s research.
• An interview on Romanian TV (in English) about Philosophy and PPE: Garantat 100%@TVR1

Curriculum Vitae