Daniel R. DeNicola

Dan DeNicola focuses his studies on theories of the emotions, theoretical and applied ethics, philosophy of education, the ideas of classical liberalism, and the connections of these with aesthetics. He has taught a First-Year Seminar in ethics called "Secrets and Lies" and an upper division course called simply "Emotion." He is teaching the Senior Seminar in Philosophy this year on the topic of "Ignorance and Forbidden Knowledge."

For ten years (1996-2006), he was Provost of Gettysburg College; he then served a year as Vice President for Program Development, leading both the Eisenhower Institute and the Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning. In earlier years, he had been Provost at Rollins College, where he had also chaired the Department of Philosophy and Religion. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, and has led a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on John Stuart Mill.

Over the years he has taught a wide range of courses and has published on such topics as: art and morality; educating the emotions; genetics, justice, and respect for human life; Immanuel Kant; John Stuart Mill; the interconnection of scientific theory and instrumentation; sociobiology and religion; supererogation (action beyond duty); liberal arts education; and the emergence of the comprehensive college.