David Levy has been a full-time member of the Geneseo faculty since 2005 (though he started teaching on a part-time basis in 1997). He is a former co-Director of the Edgar Fellows (Honors) Program. He received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2020, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2015, and the President's Award for Excellence in Academic Advisement in 2010.
Office Hours, Spring 2024
Monday/Wednesday
9:00am-11:00am
Also by appointment.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo (1994)
M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester (2005)
Affiliations
American Philosophical Association
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
International Plato Society
International Society for Socratic Studies
Public Philosophy Network
PLATO: Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization
Society for Business Ethics
Phi Beta Kappa
Publications
"Socrates vs. Callicles: Examination and Ridicule in Plato's Gorgias," Plato 13 (2013), 27-36.
"Techne and the Problem of Socratic Philosophy in the Gorgias," Apeiron 38, 4 (December 2005), 185-227.
"Accounting Ethics Education: Where Do We Go From Here?" (co-authored with Mark Mitschow), Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting 13 (2008), 134-154.
"'I Paid for This Microphone!' The Importance of Shareholder Theory in (Teaching) Business Ethics" (co-authored with Mark Mitschow), Libertarian Papers 1, 25 (2009).
Interests
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Business Ethics
Contemporary Analytic Epistemology
Research Interests
Dr. Levy's primary research interest is in Ancient Greek Philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato's understanding of proper philosophical method and its relation to moral development.
Classes
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PHIL 237: Ethical Issues in Business
This course will introduce students to the central role of ethics in the conduct of business organizations and the people who administer them. Students will learn to identify ethical issues in business and to analyze them from the perspective of several philosophical moral traditions. We will consider ethical issues concerning both the overall economic system and the specific business areas of management, accounting, finance, and marketing. Students will be required to perform analyses of both philosophical readings and recent case-studies from the business world.
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PHIL 301: Modern Philosophy
An examination of some of the fundamental ideas of philosophy in the modern period, with an emphasis on contributions to epistemology and metaphysics. Original texts in translation are read. Selections from the works of such philosophers as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant are read, discussed, and evaluated.