KATIE McSHANE

Contact Information:

Phone: 970.491.2894

Fax: 970.491.4900

Email: katie.mcshane@colostate.edu

Address:

Office: 241 Eddy Hall,
Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1781

Education:

Ph.D., University of Michigan 2002

B.A., Northwestern University 1993

Research and selected papers:

Katie McShane's research interests lie at the intersection of ethical theory, particularly the theory of value, and environmental ethics. Her work explores the moral significance of the emotional attitudes that we take toward the natural world. She has published papers in journals such as Environmental Ethics, Environmental Values, Philosophy, Place, and Environment. She also contributed a chapter to Nature, Value, Duty: Life on Earth with Holmes Rolston, III. Her current research analyzes the assumptions about value that might be present in various valuing attitudes (in particular, awe and respect) that environmentalists often urge people to take toward the natural world. Prior to working at Colorado State, she was an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's Center for Ethics and the Professions. She holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Selected Articles

"Convergence, Noninstrumental Value and the Semantics of 'Love': Reply to Norton," Environmental Values 17(1): 15-22 (2008).
"Anthropocentrism vs. Nonanthropocentrism: Why Should We Care?" Environmental Values 16(2): 169-185 (2007).
"Why Environmental Ethics Shouldn't Give Up on Intrinsic Value," Environmental Ethics 29(3): 43-61 (2007).
"Rolston's Theory of Value" in Nature, Value, Duty: Life on Earth with Holmes Rolston, III, edited by Christopher J. Preston and Wayne Ouderkirk (Springer, 2007), pp. 1-15.
"Ecosystem Health," Environmental Ethics 26(3): 227-245 (2004).