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Kevin Bond

I am Currently a Ph.D. Candidate, finishing up dissertation “Physician as Military Officer:  Conflicts in Professional Duties.”  Expected to defend summer of 09.

I work for the Department of Army as an Operations Research Analyst with the Army Center of Excellence for the Professional Military Ethic, The United States Military Academy, West Point, NY.

Research Interest

Ethics, Metaphor, non-Platonic Mathematics

Presentations

  • “Philosophy, Ethics, and the ACPME” ACPME Brown Bag discussion series, November 2008
  • “On the Moral Acceptability of “Befehl ist Befehl,” International Symposium on Military Ethics, January 2008
  • “Intra-professional Conflict of the Military Physician.” Tennessee Philosophers Association, October 2007
  •  “Training the Watchdogs:  The Failure of the Republic’s Education System to Produce or Find a Guardian.” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, February 2005
  • “Commentary on Eric Silverman’s ‘Elitism, Egalitarianism and Natural Law in Plato’s Republic.’”  Mid-South Philosophy Conference, February 2005
  • “Commentary on Tim Roberto’s “The Science and Ethics of Learning Disabilities.” University of Tennessee Philosophy Graduate Student Colloquium, 2004
  • “Commentary:  Jordy Rocheleau’s ‘The Domestic Analogy, Preventive War, and Lawful Constraints on the Use of Force:  as Argument against International Vigilantism.’”  Tennessee Philosopher’s Association, November 2004

Invited

  • “Stoicism and Stockdale”
    Invited guest lecture for USMA cadets in three sections of PY201, March 2009
  • “Discussion with USMA MP’s”
    HHC UMSA Garrison Working Session, December 2008
    (With LTC Joe Doty, LTC Jeff Julum, and MAJ TJ O’Connor)
  • “Ethical Theories from a Historical Point of View.”
    Clinical Presentation to the Chaplains
    University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, March 2004

Publications

  • “Morality versus Legality:  Philosophical Insights from Socrates and Dr. Martin Luther King,”(Under Review)
  • “Philosophical Thoughts on Berry’s ‘A Missing Link in Leadership:  The Trial of LTC Allen West,” (Under Review)
  • “Altering Moral Decision Making and Behavior in Physicians:  A Study of the Moral Subversion of Nazi Physicians.”  (Under Review)   
  • “Hugh Thomson:  Forgotten Hero of My Lei,” ACPME Case Study, September 2008
  • Book Review, “Michael Gross, Bioethics and Armed Conflict:  Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War,” Journal of Value Inquiry, Forthcoming

Ongoing Support Projects

  • Website development
  • Curriculum Revision for Sergeant Major Academy
  • Curriculum Revision for Captains Career Course
  • Professional glossary development
  • Subject matter expert on product design:  Virtual Experience Immersive Learning Simulations
  • Subject matter expert on product design:  America’s Army ethical module
  • STRATCOM
  • Principle Investigator:  Thoughts of the Force
  • Editorials to local paper
  • Co-organizer of Philosophy/ACPME Brown Bag Series
Kevin Bond

Contact Information

Kevin Bond
801 McClung Tower
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0480

Phone: 865-974-3255
Fax: 865-974-3509
Email: kbond1@utk.edu