Erick Jose Ramirez
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 EDUCATION

Ph. D.         Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, 2012
                     Dissertation: Toward A Sensible Sentimentalism

M.A.           Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, 2007

B.A.             Philosophy, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2003


EMPLOYMENT

2020-           Associate Professor 
– Santa Clara University 

2014-2020 Assistant Professor – Santa Clara University

2013-2014 Renewable Term Lecturer – Santa Clara University

2012-2013 Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer – Santa Clara University

2011-2012 Lecturer – California State Polytechnic University Pomona

2008-2012 Associate Instructor – University of California San Diego



PUBLICATIONS

2020                      Ethical issues with simulating the Bridge problem in VR. Science and Engineering Ethics

2020                      How to (dis)solve the Gamer's Dilemma. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

2019                      Psychopathy, autism, and basic moral emotions: Evidence for sentimentalist
                                constructivism. In Robyn Bluhm and Şerife Tekin (Eds.) Bloomsbury Companion to
                                the Philosophy of Psychiatry
. New York; London: Bloomsbury


2018                        Shame, embarrassment, and subjectivity: Holding psychopaths accountable. European
                                  Journal of Analytic Philosophy
. Invited contribution for a special issue on
​                                  psychopathic responsibility
​

2018                       Ecological and ethical issues in virtual reality research: A call for increased
                                 scrutiny. Philosophical Psychology 
https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2018.1532073

2018                       Real moral problems in the use of virtual reality. With Scott LaBarge. Ethics and
                                 InformationTechnology
 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9473-5


2017                       Empathy and the limits of thought experiments. Metaphilosophy 48 (4): 504-526. 2017 

2017                       A conditional defense of shame and shame punishment. Symposion: Theoretical and
                                Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences​
, 4 (1), 77-95

2017                      Neurosurgery for psychopaths? The problems of empathy and neurodiversity. American
                                Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2016.1218387

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2017                     Can Suicide in the Elderly Be Rational? Lawrence J. Nelson and Erick Ramirez in
                               
Robert McCue and Meera Balasubramaniam (Eds.) Rational Suicide in the Elderly:
                               Clinical, Ethical, and Sociocultural Aspects. Springer


2015                      Receptivity, Reactivity, and the Successful Psychopath. Philosophical Explorations 18
                               
(3), 330-343


2014                      Philosophy of Mental Illness. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

2013                      
Psychopathy, Moral Reasons, and Responsibility. In Herrera, C. and Perry, A (eds.)
                               Ethics and Neurodiversity. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Cambridge, UK., pp. 217-
                               237


2013                     Critical Review: The Emotional Construction of Morals. Philosophical Psychology, 16
                               (3), 461-475


Under Review


"What it’s like to be a _____: Why it’s unethical to use VR as an empathy nudging tool" (with Miles Elliott and Per-Erik Milam)​

In Preparation


Building Worlds: The Ethics of Virtual Reality (under contract with Routledge)

"How to design an ethical VR simulation"

"Anti-bias VR technologies: An ethical analysis" (with Kendall Moore)



References

Available Upon Request         


​Last updated October 2020
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