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STEVEN SCALET is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Economics; he is also Director of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Law (http://ppl.binghamton.edu). In 2004 Professor Scalet received the state-wide SUNY Chancellor Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 2007 the Binghamton University Council/Foundation Award for Excellence in Service.

His areas of research and teaching include Ethics, Social and Political
Philosophy, Applied Ethics, American philosophy, and Philosophy and
Literature.

Professor Scalet's publications include, “Prisoner’s Dilemmas, Cooperative Norms, and Codes of Business Ethics,” (Journal of Business Ethics, 2006); “Famine, Poverty, and Property Rights” with David Schmidtz in Contemporary Philosophy in Focus, ed. Christopher W. Morris (Cambridge UP, forthcoming, 2007), and “Fitting the People they are Meant to Serve: Reasonableness in the American Legal System,” (Law and Philosophy, 2003). Professor Scalet speaks frequently to groups around New York State on topics of corporate social responsibility and living in a democracy as a Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities. Professor Scalet received his Ph.D. in philosophy and M.A. in economics from the University of Arizona.

Professor Scalet is on sabbatical this coming year. He is working on a book that aims to integrate ethics and justice into discussions of markets and economics -- discussions that follow from seven years of teaching a popular course at Binghamton University called "Markets, Ethics, and Law"