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 2025
Monday & Wednesday 10:30-11:30
Tuesday & Thursday 1:00-2:00
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
“Diagnosis, Incurability, and Techne in Plato’s Gorgias,” in Jahrbuch Literatur und Medizin XIV: Words of Illness, Words of Healing in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, eds. Vincenzo Damiani and Florian Steger, Universitätsverlag WINTER, Heidelberg (2023), 89-109.
"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 497: Topic: Plato
For advanced students. Focuses on a single philosophical problem or philosopher, or a pair of problems or philosophers. Topic varies from term to term, and student presentations comprise a significant portion of the course.