Biosketch

Dr. Alan Wertheimer’s research focuses on the political philosophy of law---including such topics as making ethical decisions and consent and coercion in sexual relations, exploitation, and criminal defense. He also is a professor emeritus at University of Vermont.

Dr. Wertheimer is the author of Coercion (Princeton University Press, 1987) and Exploitation (Princeton University Press, 1996). He has served as visiting professor of public policy at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, professor of law at University of San Diego, and professor of political science at University of Vermont. At University of Vermont he also has chaired the Department of Political Science and the Faculty Standards Committee.

Honors and Awards

Dean’s Lecture award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont, 2003; National Endowment for the Humanities, fellowship for college teachers, 1999; university scholar, University of Vermont, 1995-96

Selected Publications

BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS

Consent to Sexual Relations, Cambridge University Press (2003)

"Exploitation in Clinical Research," forthcoming in an anthology edited by Ezekiel Emanuel, to be published by Princeton University Press

"Liberty, Coercion, and the Limits of the State" in Robert Simon (ed.) Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy (2002)

Exploitation (Princeton University Press, 1996)

James S. Pacy and Alan Wertheimer (eds.) Perspectives on the Holocaust ( Westview Press, 1994) (This is a festschrift in honor of Raul Hilberg who retired from University of Vermont in 1992.)

John Chapman and Alan Wertheimer (eds.) Nomos XXXI: Majorities and Minorities (New York University Press, 1990)

Coercion (Princeton University Press, 1987)

"In Defense of Compulsory Voting," in J. Roland Pennock and J. Chapman, (eds.), Nomos XVI: Participation in Politics (New York: Lieber Atherton, 1975), pp. 276-296.

"Political Coercion and Political Obligation," in J. Roland Pennock and J. Chapman, (eds.), Nomos XIV: Coercion (New York: Atherton Press, 1971), pp. 213-242

"Anthony de Crespigny and Alan Wertheimer, (eds.), Contemporary Political Theory, (New York: Atherton Press, 1970)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Reflections on Discrimination " 43 San Diego Law Review 945 (2007).

Are There Any Inalienable Rights," 21 Law and Philosophy (2002)

"A Philosophical Examination of Coercion for Mental Health Issues," Behavioral Sciences and the Law (Summer 1993)

"Two Questions about Surrogacy and Exploitation," Philosophy and Public Affairs (Summer 1992)

"The Equalization of Legal Resources," Philosophy and Public Affairs (October 1988)

"Jobs, Qualifications, and Preferences," Ethics 94:1, (October 1983)

"Freedom, Morality, Plea Bargaining, and the Supreme Court," Philosophy and Public Affairs 8:3 (1979): 203-232

The Prosecutor and the Gunman," Ethics 89:3 (1979): 269-279

"Victimless Crimes," Ethics 87:3 (1977): 302-318

"Deterrence and Retribution," Ethics 86:2 (1976): 181-199