American Philosophical Practitioners Association

 

Lauren Tillinghast, Ph. D.
Client Counseling

Lauren Tillinghast has a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Chicago,
and specializes in the areas of Value Theory, Philosophical Ethics, Moral Psychology
(the area that straddles the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of action), and
the Theory of Art. She has held teaching and research positions at the University of
Chicago, The University of Pittsburgh, and Knox College.

Her philosophical practice develops the analytic techniques explored by 20th Century
moral philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe and metaphysician Ludwig Wittgenstein.
She is also particularly interested in the work of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, David
Hume, and Jean-Jacque Rousseau.

In her counseling, teaching and scholarship, she aims to remain true to the principle
that moralizing is bad for thinking. She has counseling experience concerning
concrete issues in bioethics, business ethics and reproductive rights, as well as
abstract issues such as the nature of art, the nature of intentional action, the concept
of family, the relation between social and individual justice, and the rationality of
morality. She has also worked with institutions to clarify professional and academic
Codes of Ethics and to navigate the application of standing codes.

An enthusiastic and exacting teacher, she has worked with students of all levels, and
has received several distinctions for excellence in teaching, including the Tave
Teaching Award at the University of Chicago and the Phillip Green-Wright/Lombard
Award at Knox College. She is the author of articles published in The British
Journal of Aesthetics, The Journal of Philology, The Journal of Aesthetics and
Art Criticism, and Philosophy.