Philosophy

Degrees

• Ph.D. Candidate, University of South Florida
• M.A., University of South Florida

Jason Sears, Philosophy Instructor and Ethics Bowl Director at Eckerd College specializes in Ancient Greek philosophy, Ethical Theory, and Environmental Ethics. His research focuses on Plato and Aristotle’s competing conceptions of justice. He teaches in the Philosophy, Animal Studies, and Environmental Studies disciplines. Some of his courses include Animal Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Love and Death, Path of Wisdom and Virtue, and Aristotle.

He misses Greece, where he spent a year doing research at the American School of Classical Studies, and enjoys martial arts, playing guitar, and training canines in his limited free time.