Anton Ford

Anton Ford did his graduate work in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh before joining the faculty at the University of Chicago in 2007. His primary research is in Ethics, Political Philosophy and the Philosophy of Action. He also has interests in Ancient Philosophy and German Idealism. 

CV (under revision)

Contact

office: Stuart Hall, Room 210
office phone: 773/702-8503
email: antonford@uchicago.edu

Selected Publications

• The Parts and Whole of Plato's Republic (Link)

Recent Courses

21605/31605. Justice. This course will explore a tradition of thought about justice extending from Plato to Kant. We will read selections from Plato's Gorgias and Republic, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics, Aquinas' Summa Theologica, Rousseau's On the Social Contract, and Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Open to college and graduate students. Autumn.

21423. Marx. (= FNDL 21805). Open only to College students. This is an introduction to the works of Karl Marx. There are no prerequisites. The course will proceed thematically, rather than chronologically, and will cover such topics as alienation, ideology, the critique of capitalism, historical change and revolution. Readings will be primarily from Marx himself. Open to undergraduates only. Spring.