Michael Green

This year’s courses

Fall 2024	Phil. 33: Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being
Spring 2025	Phil. 42: History of Modern Philosophy

About Michael Green

I am a member of the Department of Philosophy and the program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Pomona College. Before coming to Pomona, I taught at McGill, Stanford, and the University of Chicago.

My office is Pearsons 207. My email address and office phone number are available from the Pomona College directory: select Faculty/Staff and enter my name.

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Past courses

Fall 2023	Phil. 1: Problems of Philosophy PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being
Spring 2024	Phil. 33: Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Fall 2022	PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being Phil. 33: Political Philosophy
Spring 2023	Phil. 186e: Topics in the History of Ethics. Hume, Kant, and Nietzsche.
Fall 2021	PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being Phil. 33: Political Philosophy
Spring 2022	Phil. 32: Ethical Theory Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Fall 2020	PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Spring 2021	Phil. 32: Ethical Theory Phil. 33: Political Philosophy
Fall 2019	PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being Phil. 33: Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Spring 2020	I was on leave in Spring 2020. I was doing social distancing before it became popular.
Fall 2018	PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being Phil. 190: Senior Literature Review Hume Reading Group
Spring 2019	Phil. 32: Ethical Theory: Contemporary Phil. 33: Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Fall 2017	PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being Phil. 190: Senior Literature Review
Spring 2018	Phil. 33: Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Fall 2016	Phil. 33: Political Philosophy PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being Phil. 199: Reading Group on Bernard Williams
Spring 2017	Sabbatical leave
Fall 2015	ID1: Identity and Free Will PPE 190: PPE Senior Seminar Phil. 199: Reading Group on Thomas Hobbes
Spring 2016	Phil. 33: Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law Phil. 199: Reading Group on Steven Pinker
Fall 2014	PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being Phil. 185B: Topics in the Philosophy of Law: Punishment Phil. 199: Reading Group on David Hume
Spring 2015	Phil. 33: Social and Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law Phil. 199: Reading Group on David Hume
Fall 2013	Phil. 1: Problems of Philosophy PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being
Spring 2014	Phil. 33: Social and Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Spring 2013	Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law Phil. 185s: Senior Seminar on Thomas Hobbes
Fall 2012	Phil. 33: Social and Political Philosophy PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being
2011-2012	I was on leave for the 2011-12 school year.
Spring 2011	Phil. 33: Social and Political Philosophy [new instructor] Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law [cancelled]
Fall 2010	Phil. 1: Problems of Philosophy PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being
Spring 2010	Phil. 33: Social and Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Fall 2009	Phil. 1: Problems of Philosophy PPE 190: PPE Senior Seminar
Spring 2009	Phil. 33: Social and Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Fall 2008	ID-1: The Election PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being
Spring 2008	Phil. 33: Social and Political Philosophy Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law
Fall 2007	ID-1: The Image of God PPE 160: Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being
Spring 2007	Phil. 34: Philosophy of Law Phil. 185s: Topics in Social and Political Philosophy: Human Rights
Fall 2006	Phil. 1: Problems of Philosophy Phil. 33: Social and Political Philosophy

Oldies from Chicago and Stanford

2006	Introduction to Ethics The Image of God
2005	Human Rights I Hobbes’s Leviathan Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature
1999	Personal Identity
1998	Medical Ethics