Peter de Marneffe, a professor of philosophy, is the author of "Liberalism and Prostitution" (Oxford University Press, 2010) and "The Legalization of Drugs" with Doug Husak (Cambridge University Press, 2005). His areas of scholarly expertise are political philosophy and the philosophy of law. He has published essays on liberalism, individual rights, government paternalism, and drug, prostitution, and polygamy laws. He received his doctorate in philosophy from Harvard University in 1989--the year he joined the ASU faculty--and wrote his dissertation, "Liberalism and Education," under the direction of John Rawls and Thomas Scanlon. He has been a visiting fellow at the Princeton University Center for Human Values, the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and a visiting assistant professor at Stanford University.
Peter de Marneffe. Drugs Laws and Self-Sovereignty. Davidson College Senior Philosophy Colloquium (Mar 2014).
Peter de Marneffe. The Legal Response to Hate Speech: Should the U.S. be more like Europe?. A debate with Jeremy Waldron and James Weinstein at the Sandra Day O'connor College of Law (Oct 2013).
Peter de Marneffe. Aesthetic Pleasure and Rationality. Northern Illinois University Philosophy Department Colloquium Series (Apr 2013).
Peter de Marneffe. Contractualism, Personal Values, and Well-Being. Social Philosophy & Policy Conference: New Essays in Moral Philosophy (Jan 2013).
Peter de Marneffe. More Libertarianism Without Foundations: Comments on Michael Huemer’s The Problem of Political Authority. Current Research Workshop, Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona (Nov 2012).
Peter de Marneffe. Equality, Impersonal Value, and The Problem of Evil: Reflections on Allen Buchanan’s Better than Human: The Perils and Promise of Enhancing Ourselves. Current Research Workshop, Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona (May 2012).
Peter de Marneffe. Social Issues and the Liberal Tradition. The past and future of American conservatism conference (Apr 2012).
Peter de Marneffe. Vice Laws and Self-Sovereignty. Workshop on Vice and Crime, Rutgers School of Law--Newark (Sep 2011).
Peter de Marneffe. Self-Sovereignty and Paternalism. Workshop on Authority, Coercion and Paternalism, Department of Philosophy, University of Graz (May 2011).
Peter de Marneffe. Comment on Joshua Greene, "Beyond Point and Shoot Morality: Why Cognitive (Neuro)Science Matters for Ethics". Origins of Morality Conference (Nov 2010).
Peter de Marneffe. Philosophy, Liberty, Polygamy. IHR Faculty Seminar Series (Sep 2010).
Peter de Marneffe. Liberty and Degradation. Department of Philosophy, Indiana University (Apr 2009).
Peter de Marneffe. Liberty and Degradation. ASU College of Law (Feb 2009).
Peter de Marneffe. The Possibility and Desirability of Neutrality. Conference on Liberal Neutrality, McGill University (May 2008).
de Marneffe, Peter. Comment on Sharon Lloyd, "Mill’s Realistic Utopia: Politics Before Ethics,". American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meetings (Mar 2008).
de Marneffe, Peter. Comment on Andrew Lister, "Public Justification and the Limits of State Action". Workshop on Public Reason (Nov 2007).
de Marneffe, Peter. What's Luck Got to Do with It?. The Morality of Fortune Conference, USC Center for Law & Philosophy (Mar 2006).
de Marneffe, Peter. Should Drugs Be Legalized?. The Great Debate Series, University of Delaware (Sep 2004).
de Marneffe, Peter. Reasons to Resist Legalizing Drugs. American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting (Dec 2002).
de Marneffe, Peter. On Seana Shiffrin, "Contracts and Paternalism". Arizona State University Philosophy of Law Conference (Feb 2000).
de Marneffe, Peter. Left or Right?. Spirit of the Senses
de Marneffe, Peter. On David Mapel, "The Right of National Self-Defense". Conference on War, Law, and Morality
de Marneffe, Peter. "What's Luck Got to Do with It?. Arizona Moral and Political Philosophy Conference
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Assistant Professor Philosophy Search Committee, chair (2014 - Present)
