Jennifer Baker graduated from Brown University and earned her PhD from University of Arizona, began teaching at Duke and UNC, and is now a professor at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. She works up updating ancient virtues for use today. Her upcoming book project is on how practical the Stoic concepts of moral indifferents can be. She has written in philosophy of economics, moral psychology, and ethical theory. Some of her publications include, “Who’s Afraid of a Final End?”, “Aristotle and Ainslie: Behavioral Science on Virtue”, and “Virtue Ethics and Practical Guidance”, “Virtue Ethics and the Work Ethic” and an entry in the Oxford Handbook on Ethics and Economics. She co-edited Economics and the Virtues: Building a New Moral Foundation with Mark D. White for OUP. She serves on the medical ethics committee at her state hospital, worked with local law enforcement to bring about improvements in Charleston County’s jail. She sits on the board for South Carolina for Criminal Justice Reform and My Community’s Keeper Mentor Group.
Email address: Bakerja@cofc.edu
Institutional webpage: https://charleston.edu/philosophy/faculty/baker-jennifer.php