Introduction to Philosophy
Ethics
Biomedical Ethics
Business Ethics
Social-Political Philosophy
Theories of Justice
International Justice
Human Rights
The Morality of War
Ancient Philosophy

Career Specialties

Marcus Arvan specializes in moral and political theory, as well as the philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence. He has published three books, Why It’s OK to be a Moderate (Routledge, 2025), Neurofunctional Prudence and Morality: A Philosophical Theory (Routledge, 2020), and Rightness as Fairness: A Moral and Political Theory (Palgrave MacMillan, 2016). He has also published peer-reviewed journal articles on consciousness, AI safety, free will, justice, and human rights, as well as op-eds in venues including Scientific American.

Professional and Community Activities

Arvan has coached UT’s highly successful Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl debate teams, and served as education director of the UN Association of Tampa Bay. He has organized a variety of on-campus and off-campus events on human rights and justice, and manages The Philosophers’ Cocoon, a widely trafficked weblog, as well as New Work in Philosophy, a Substack newsletter featuring multimedia presentations by philosophers on their recently published work.

Honors and Awards