{{Short description|American philosophy professor (born 1955)}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = |era = |image = |image_size = |caption = |name = Marcia Baron |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}} |birth_place = |death_date = |school_tradition = |main_interests = Moral philosophy, moral psychology, philosophy of law |notable_ideas = |institutions = Indiana University Bloomington, University of St. Andrews, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, University of North Carolina, Illinois State University, Stanford University, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, University of Melbourne, University of Auckland, Dartmouth College |influences = |influenced = |signature = }} '''Marcia Baron''' (born 1955) is an American philosopher and the Rudy Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=Marcia Baron {{!}} Department of Philosophy|url=http://www.indiana.edu/~phil/people/baron.shtml|publisher=Indiana University - Bloomington|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=cv>{{cite web|last=Baron|first=Marcia|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.indiana.edu/~phil/people/baron.pdf|publisher=Indiana University - Bloomington|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref> Her main research interests include moral philosophy, moral psychology, and philosophical issues in criminal law.<ref name=bio/> Baron is an associate editor of ''Inquiry'', a member of the editorial board of ''The International Encyclopedia of Ethics'', a series editor for New Directions in Ethics, and a member of the editorial board of the North American Kant Studies in Philosophy.<ref name=cv/>
==Education and career== Baron received her baccalaureate from Oberlin College in 1976, and went on to receive a master's and doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina in 1978 and 1982, respectively.<ref name=cv/> After receiving her doctorate, Baron accepted an appointment as an assistant professor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<ref name=cv/> She accepted a permanent offer from UIUC in 1983, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1989, and to full Professor in 1996.<ref name=cv/> In 2001, she moved to Indiana University - Bloomington as a full professor, and she was named the Rudy Professor in 2004.<ref name=cv/> In 2012 she accepted an additional appointment as Professor at the University of St. Andrews, while retaining her position at Indiana as well.<ref name=cv/> She retains an honorary professorship there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/dept/staffprofiles/?staffid=210|title=Philosophy at St Andrews: Staff profiles|website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=2016-11-28}}</ref> Besides for her permanent positions, Baron has also held visiting positions at a variety of institutions, including Illinois State University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago, the University of Melbourne, the University of Auckland, and Dartmouth College.<ref name=cv/>
==Research areas== Baron's research has focused on moral philosophy, moral psychology, the philosophical issues of criminal law, impartiality in ethics, as well as Immanuel Kant (whom she has authored two books on) and David Hume.<ref name=bio/> Baron has written extensively about topics such as apparent conflicts between different types of interpersonal relationships, manipulativeness, justifications and excuses, the moral significance of appearances, and the ethics of Kant and Hume.<ref name=bio/> She has also written about a wide variety of topics related to philosophical issues of criminal law, including writing several papers on potential defenses to bodily crimes, issues surrounding mens rea (including whether or not mens rea can be satisfied by negligence,) and the standards of control and reasonableness that people should be held to (cf. the "reasonable person".)<ref name=bio/>
==Publications== Baron has written or co-written two books and is working on a third – ''Three Methods of Ethics: A Debate'' in 1997, and ''Kantian Ethics Almost without Apology'' in 1995.<ref name=cv/> Baron's upcoming book, tentatively titled ''Self-Defense, Reason, and the Law'', focuses on the reasonable belief requirement as it pertains to self-defense.<ref name=bio/><ref name=cv/> She has also published around four dozen papers, one monograph, five encyclopedia articles, and a host of book reviews.<ref name=cv/> In ''Three Methods of Ethics'', Baron's contribution focused providing a limited defense of Immanuel Kant, attempting to demonstrate that a Kantian position is superior to that espoused by virtue ethicists.<ref name=tm>{{cite journal|last=Shaver|first=R.|title=Three Methods of Ethics: A Debate|journal=Philosophical Review|date=1 January 2000|volume=109|issue=1|pages=125–128|doi=10.1215/00318108-109-1-125}}</ref> In ''Kantian Ethics'', Baron attempts to provide a limited defense of Kantian ethics intended for a broader audience than those who are already Kantians.<ref name=ke1>{{citation|last=Richardson|first=Henry S.|title=Baron, Marcia W. ''Kantian Ethics Almost without Apology'' (review)|date=July 1997}}</ref> ''Kantian Ethics'' tries to directly address two widely perceived problems in Kant's positions; first, the idea that Kant's ethics leave no room for superogatory actions, and second, that Kant places too much emphasis on the idea of duty.<ref name=ke1/>
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