Michael Davis is senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions and professor of philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Âé¶¹APP. Before coming to Illinois Tech in 1986, he taught at Case Western Reserve, Illinois State, and the University of Illinois at Âé¶¹APP.

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Philosophy (1972)

Research Interests

Integration of Ethics into Technical Courses

Research Ethics

Social Contract (especially Locke and Hobbes)

Engineering Ethics

Punishment Theory

Awards

From1985-86, has held a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship.

Since 1991, eight grants from the National Science Foundation, including three to integrate ethics into technical courses.

2013-2015, a sub-grant from European Commission 7th Framework Programme (Promoting Global Responsible Research & Social and Scientific Innovation).

Publications

Books

To Make the Punishment Fit the Crime (Westview, 1992)

Justice in the Shadow of Death (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996)

Thinking Like an Engineer (Oxford, 1998)

Ethics and the University (Routledge, 1999)

Profession, Code, and Ethics (Ashgate, 2002);

Actual Social Contract and Political Obligation (Mellen, 2002)

Co-edited:

Ethics and the Legal Professions (Prometheus, 1986)

AIDS: Crisis in Professional Ethics (Temple, 1994)

Conflict of Interest in the Professions (Oxford, 2001)

Edited:

Engineering Ethics (Ashgate, 2005)