Edited Collections
3. The Continuum Companion to Ethics. Ed. Christian Miller. London: Continuum Press, 2011. 355 Pages.
I edited this companion volume featuring newly commissioned papers by distinguished and up-and-coming experts in the field. For the Amazon page, please see here.
2. Symposium on Agency. Ethics 118 (2008): 385-463
These were some of the essays given at the Agency and Action conference I organized in September 2006. The website from the conference is here.
1. Phillip Quinn. Essays in the Philosophy of Religion. Ed. Christian Miller. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 328 pages.
This volume brings together fourteen of the best papers by the late Philip Quinn, one of the world's leading philosophers of religion. It covers the following topics: religious epistemology, religious ethics, religion and tragic dilemmas, religion and political liberalism, topics in Christian philosophy, and religious diversity. For the Amazon page, please see here.
Articles
34. "How are Virtues Individuated, and What Unites Them?" Invited Paper in Current Controversies in Virtue Theory. Ed. Mark Alfano. Routledge, forthcoming 2014.
33. “The Real Challenge to Virtue Ethics from Psychology,” Invited Paper in ThePhilosophy and Psychology of Virtue: An Empirical Approach to Character and Happiness. Ed. Nancy Snow and Franco Trivigno. Routledge, forthcoming 2014.
32. “The Challenge to Virtue, Character, and Forgiveness from Psychology and Philosophy,” Invited Paper for Symposium on Forgiveness, Philosophia Christi, conditionally accepted for publication in 2013.
31. “Virtue Epistemology and the Big Five,” Invited Paper in Naturalizing Virtue. Ed. Owen Flanagan and Abrol Fairweather. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (in progress).
30. “The Problem of Character,” Invited Paper in The Handbook of Virtue Ethics. Ed. Stan van Hooft and Nicole Saunders. Acumen Press, forthcoming in 2013.
29. “Moral Realism and Anti-Realism,” Invited Paper in The History of Evil. Volume Six. Ed. Jerome Gellman. Acumen Press, forthcoming in 2013.
28. “Atheism and the Benefits of Theistic Belief,” Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2012. Finalist, 2010 Younger Scholars Prize.
27. “Integrity,” Invited Paper in the Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Ethics, forthcoming in 2012.
26. “The Euthyphro Dilemma,” Invited Paper in the Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Ethics, forthcoming in 2012.
25. “Resources for the Fields of Metaethics and Normative Theory,” and “Selected Works in Contemporary Metaethics and Normative Theory,” The Continuum Companion to Ethics. Ed. Christian Miller. London: Continuum Press, 2011, 293-316.
24. “Overview of Contemporary Metaethics and Normative Theory,” The Continuum Companion to Ethics. Ed. Christian Miller. London: Continuum Press, 2011, xiv-lii.
23. “Defining Empathy: Thoughts on Coplan’s Approach,” Invited paper in The Southern Journal of Philosophy Spindel Volume 49 (2011): 66-72.
22. ''Guilt, Embarrassment, and Global Character Traits Associated with Helping,'' Invited Paper in New Waves in Ethics. Ed. Thom Brooks. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 150-187.
21. ''Moral Relativism and Moral Psychology,'' Invited Paper in The Blackwell Companion to Relativism. Ed. Steven Hales. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2011, 346-367.
20. “Character Traits, Social Psychology, and Impediments to Helping
Behavior,” Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 5 (2010): 1-36.
19. ''Guilt and Helping,'' Invited Paper in Advances in Psychology Research. Ed. Alexandra Columbis. Volume 68. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 117-138.
Reprinted in International Journal of Ethics 6:2/3 (2010): 231-252.
Reprinted in Perspectives on Ethics. Ed. Jeremy Duncan. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2011.
18. ''The Conditions of Moral Realism,'' The Journal of Philosophical Research 34 (2009): 123-155.
17. ''Divine Will Theory: Desires or Intentions?'' Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 185-207.
15. ''Divine Desire Theory and Obligation,'' Invited Paper in New Waves in Philosophy of Religion. Eds. Y. Nagasawa and E. Wielenberg. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 105-124.
11. ''Motivational Internalism,'' Philosophical Studies 139 (2008): 233-255.
8. ''The Conditions of Realism,'' The Journal of Philosophical Research 32 (2007): 95-132.
6. ''Quinn's Philosophy of Religion,'' in Essays in the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: University Press, 2006. 1-18.
5. ''Shafer-Landau and Moral Realism,'' Invited Review Essay. Social Theory and Practice 32 (2006): 311-331.
4. ''Defeaters and the Basicality of Theistic Belief,'' in Basic Belief and Basic Knowledge: Papers in Epistemology. Eds. Ron Rood, Sabine Roeser, and Rene van Woudenberg. Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag, 2005, 147-176.
2. ''Rorty and Tolerance,'' Theoria: Special Issue on the Philosophy of Richard Rorty 101 (2003): 94-108.
1. ''Rorty and Moral Relativism,'' European Journal of Philosophy 10 (2002): 354-374.
Reprinted in Richard Rorty: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers'. Ed. James Tartaglia. Routledge, 2009.
Media
Quoted in cover story on “Gratitude,” The Christian Science Monitor, November 21, 2011. Available at: http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Guide-to-Giving/2011/1120/Gratitude-a-healthy-recipe-for-Thanksgiving
Two-part radio interview with the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, November 28, 2011. http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/csr
“Miller is keynote at conference in China.” Inside WFU, October 27, 2011. http://inside.wfu.edu/2011/10/miller-is-keynote-at-conference-in-china/
“Deciphering Moral Behavior” Wake Forest University news story. http://news.wfu.edu/2011/09/28/deciphering-moral-behavior/
Wake Forest University Old Gold and Black student newspaper story. http://oldgoldandblack.com/?p=15690
News Story on the local CBS News on the Character Project, September 2011.
“East Meets West: Asking Big Questions Builds Bridges between Cultures.” Available at: http://news.wfu.edu/2011/02/25/east-meets-west/
“Q & A with Christian Miller: Philosopher Researches Character Traits and Behavior,” Online Version of Wake Forest Magazine, June 2008. Available at: http://www.wfu.edu/magazine/2008.06/miller/
News Story on the local Fox News and local CBS News on the Character Project, July 2010.
Article in The Winston-Salem Journal on the Character Project, July 2010.
Press Release for the Character Project featured on many news websites, including The Boston Globe, Centre Daily Times, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, TheStreet.com, The Washington Times, The Sun Herald, StreetInsider.com, Bizjournals.com, and Digitaljournal.com
Work In Progress
3. “The Love Commandments and Contemporary Normative Ethics,” invited contribution to an edited volume on the Love Commandments. Ed. Ken Himma and Tom Crisp.
2. “Do People have the Virtues or Vices? Some Results from Psychology,” Conference Proceedings Volume, Ethics and the Challenge of Secularism.
1. “Some Thoughts about Duke Naturalism,” invited contribution to an edited volume on Duke Naturalism. Ed. Kelly Clark. Under review.
Popular Writing
1. “Which Beliefs Contribute to Virtuous Behavior?” Invited Paper for The Big Questions Online. Forthcoming.
Reviews
9. Review of God and Moral Law: On the Theistic Explanation of Morality. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. The Philosophical Quarterly (in progress).
8. Review of Moral Psychology. The Neuroscience of Morality: Emotion, Brain Disorders, and Development. Volume III. Ed. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2009).
7. Review of Moral Psychology. The Cognitive Science of Morality: Intuition and Diversity. Volume II. Ed. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2009).
6. Review of Gabriele Taylor. Deadly Vices. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. The Journal of Value Inquiry 41 (2007): 409-413 .
5. Review of Joel Kupperman. Ethics and Qualities of Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2007).
4. Review of Joshua Gert. Brute Rationality: Normativity and Human Action. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2005).
3. Review of Alexander Miller. An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2003. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83:2 (2005):279-281.
2. Review of William Casebeer. Natural Ethical Facts. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003. The Philosophical Quarterly 55 (2005): 532-534.
1. Review of Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality. Ed. S. Stroud and C. Tappolet. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. The Journal of Moral Philosophy 1:2 (2004): 242-245.