Rate My Professor Michael Slote

Slote's research specializations encompass ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of mind. He has authored numerous articles and several influential books, including Morals from Motives (2001), The Ethics of Care and Empathy (2007), Moral Sentimentalism (2010), From Morality to Virtue (1992), Essays on the History of Ethics (2009), The Impossibility of Perfection: Aristotle, Feminism, and the Complexities of Ethics (2011), From Enlightenment to Receptivity: Rethinking Our Values (2013), A Sentimentalist Theory of Mind (2014), and Between Psychology and Philosophy: East-West Themes and Beyond (2020). These works explore agent-based virtue ethics, care ethics, empathy, and sentimentalism, challenging traditional consequentialist and rationalist approaches in moral philosophy. Slote received the University of Miami Provost's Award for Scholarly Activity in 2009. He has been honored as a Tanner Lecturer and served as the inaugural Feng Qi Lecturer at East China Normal University. Additionally, he has participated in public lectures and book talks at the University of Miami, including discussions on his recent publications. Slote's scholarship has had a notable impact on contemporary debates in ethics, particularly through his development of care-based and sentimentalist theories.