Jeffrie Murphy

Jeffrie G. Murphy passed away in 2020. He was a Regents Professor of Law, Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He was also an affiliated faculty member with the School of Social Transformation in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Professor Murphy’s primary teaching and research areas were philosophy of law and jurisprudence, criminal law, ethics and religion, moral philosophy (including moral psychology), philosophy in literature/law and literature, and Kant’s moral, political and legal philosophy.

Professor Murphy was the author of numerous books and articles on the theory of punishment, forgiveness and mercy, and the moral emotions. Most recently, he published the book, "Punishment and the Moral Emotions--Essays in Law, Morality, and Religion" (Oxford University Press, 2012) and the article, “Remorse, Apology, and Mercy” (Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law), which was included in the "Criminal Law Conversations" book project at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and published by Oxford University Press. A frequent lecturer at conferences and meetings, Professor Murphy gave, at the invitation of the Divinity Faculty, four Stanton Lectures at Cambridge University in 2010.

Before joining ASU in 1987, Professor Murphy taught philosophy at the University of Arizona, where he was head of the Philosophy Department from 1972-76, and at the University of Minnesota. From 1981-85, Professor Murphy was chair of the Philosophy Department at ASU. He is also a past president of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division.