Present Position:
Professor,
Department of Philosophy
Florida
International University
11200 S.W. 8th
Street
Miami, FL
33199
Phone:
305-348-3346 (Department secretary: 305-348-2185)
FAX:
305-348-1799
Website:
http://faculty.fiu.edu/~henleyk
Philosophy
of Law, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy
Professor,
Department of Philosophy, Florida International University, 1992-present.
(Until the Fall of 1995 the Department was the Department of Philosophy &
Religion)
Associate
Professor, Department of Philosophy & Religion, Florida International
University, 1981-92.
Visiting
Associate Professor, Corcoran Department of Philosophy, University of Virginia,
Spring 1990.
Assistant
Professor, Department of Philosophy & Religion, Florida International
University, 1978-81.
Lecturer,
Department of Philosophy, University of Hull (England), 1974-75.
Assistant
Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, 1972-78 (on leave,
1974-75).
Instructor,
Department of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1970-71.
Ph. D.,
1972, University of Virginia (Dissertation: “On Constructing Morality”)
Graduate
Fellow, 1969-70, The Rockefeller University
M.A.,
1969, University of Virginia (Thesis:
“Rules and Language”)
B.A.,
1967, University of Virginia (English)
Right
Conduct: Theories and Applications, 2nd Edition, edited by
Michael Bayles and Kenneth Henley. New
York: Random House, 1989 (1st
edition, 1983). There are substantial Introductions to the chapters written
separately by each editor.
“Reconciling the Virtues of
Humanity and Respect for the Rule of Law: Irregular Immigration from the
Perspective of Humean Virtue Ethics,” in Citizenship and Immigration : Borders, Migration and Political Membership
in a Global Age, Ann E. Cudd and Win-chiat Lee,
eds., Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2016, pp. 153-162.
“Hume’s ‘Wilt Chamberlain Argument’ and Taxation,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 42, “Hume in
Alberta,” selected papers from the 2012 Hume Conference, pp. 148-160.
“Motivated Reasoning, Group Identification,
and Representative Democracy,” in Philosophical
Perspectives on Democracy in the 21st Century, ed. Ann E. Cudd and Sally J.
Scholz. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer: 2014, pp.
219-228.
“Hume on the Rule of Law,
Allegiance, and Constitutionalism,” in David Hume: A Tercentenary Tribute, ed. Stanley Tweyman. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Caravan
Books, 2013, pp. 161-176.
“Character
Naturalized: Hume’s Distinction Between Artificial and
Natural Virtues and the Rejection of Traditional Virtue Ethics,” Southwest Philosophy Review, vol. 27,
2011, pp. 73-81.
“Hume’s Deflationary Theory of Allegiance,” Southwest Philosophy Review, vol. 26,
2010, pp. 91-7.
“Oaths and the Pledge of Allegiance: Freedom of Expression
and the Right to Be Silent,” in Freedom
of Expression in a Diverse World, edited by Deirdre Golash. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer,
2010, pp. 163-76.
“The Cheshire Cat: Same-Sex
Marriage, Religion, and Coercion by Exclusion” in Coercion and the State, edited by David A. Reidy
and Walter J. Riker. Dordrecht,
Netherlands: Springer, 2008, pp. 129-43.
“Sovereignty,
Augusto Pinochet and Legal Positivism,” Human Rights Review (Transaction
Press, Rutgers), vol. 8, October-December, 2006, pp. 67-77.
“Human
Rights and the Rule of Law: Sovereignty and the International Criminal Court,”
in Universal Human Rights: Moral Order in a Divided World, edited by
David A. Reidy and Mortimer N. S. Sellers. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman
& Littlefield Publishers, 2005, pp. 173-86.
“Tolerance,
Liberalism, and Community,” The Paideia Archive, Twentieth
World Congress of Philosophy, Boston University, http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Poli/PoliHenl.htm,
August 21, 2000.
“Poverty,
Equality, and Taxation Under the Rule of Law: A
Tension Within Classical-Liberalism,” in Liberty, Equality, and Plurality,
edited by Larry May, Christine Sistare, and Jonathan Schonsheck.
Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1997, pp. 191-202.
“Abstract
Principles, Mid-level Principles, and the Rule of Law,” Law and Philosophy,
vol. 12, February, 1993, pp. 121-132.
“The
Impersonal Rule of Law,” The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence,
vol. 5, July, 1992, pp. 299-308.
“Children’s
Rights, Childless Adults and Community Membership,” in Perspectives on the
Family, edited by Michael D. Bayles, Robert C.L. Moffat and Joseph Grcic. Lewiston,
N.Y.: Mellen Press, 1990, pp. 341-349.
“Protestant
Hermeneutics and the Rule of Law: Gadamer and Dworkin,”
Ratio Juris: An International Journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy
of Law, vol. 3, March, 1990, pp. 14-28.
Reprinted in Gadamer and Law,
edited by Francis J. Mootz. Aldershot,
Hampshire: Ashgate, 2007, pp, 463-78.
“Constitutional
Integrity and Compromise,” in Philosophical Dimensions of the Constitution,
edited by Diana Meyers and Kenneth Kipnis. Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1988, pp.
134-155.
“Infant
Rights and Consent to Medical Research on Children: A Reply to Professor Wellman,” Archiv fur Rechts und Sozialphilosophie, Beiheft Neue Folge Nr.
12, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1979, pp.
129-136.
“The
Authority to Educate,” in Having Children:
Philosophical and Legal Reflections on Parenthood, edited by Onora O’Neill and William Ruddick. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979, pp.
254-264.
“The
Binding Force of Morality,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 12, Winter, 1978, pp. 301-306.
“Children
and the Individualism of Mill and Nozick,” The
Personalist (now Pacific Philosophical Quarterly), vol. 59, October, 1978, pp.
415-419.
“Cartesian
Ethics,” The Philosophical Forum, vol. 9, Summer,
1978, pp. 429- 439.
Commentaries,
Encyclopedia Articles, Reviews, Miscellaneous
“Freedom as Responsibility:
Comments on James Swindler,” Southwest Philosophy Review, vol. 28, July, 2012, pp. 47-52.
“Political Allegiance,” in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, edited by Deen
K. Chatterjee. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2011, p. 850.
“Sovereignty,” in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice,
edited by Deen K. Chatterjee. Dordrecht, Netherlands:
Springer, 2011, pp. 1025-1027.
Review of Moral and Political Philosophy: Key Issues, Concepts and
Theories, by Paul Smith. Teaching Philosophy, vol. 34, June,
2011, pp. 187-189.
“Rule of
Law,” in The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, edited by Christopher
B. Gray. New York: Garland, 1999, pp.
765-767.
Review
of N.E. Simmonds, Central Issues in Jurisprudence, Canadian
Philosophical Reviews, vol. 8, April, 1988, pp. 155-157.
“Critical Review of Neill MacCormick,
H. L. A. Hart,” Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 35, March, 1982, pp.
471-480.
“Perspectives on Human Sexuality,”
Kenneth Henley, Arvil Reeb,
Suzanne Howard, in Going Strong: New
Courses/New Programs. Female Studies VII, edited by Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt,
Old Westbury, N.Y.: The Feminist Press, 1973, pp. 23-27.
“Luck and the Equal Worth of
Victims: Limiting the Relevance of Victim Impact,” XXVII World Congress of the
International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
(IVR), July 27, 2015, Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C. Available through the
website http://ivr2015.org/ of
the 27th World Congress of the International Association for
Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy under “Working Groups” at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7v1_whu0-coQ2lCWG5hSU1ubGM/view
“Irregular Immigration from the Perspective of Humean Virtue Ethics,” AMINTAPHIL (American Section, International Association of Philosophy of
Law & Social Philosophy) 2014 Conference on Immigration and Citizenship,
Chapman University, Orange, California, Oct. 9, 2014.
“Motivated Reasoning, Group Identification, and
Representative Democracy,” American
Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social
Philosophy, University of Baltimore School of Law, Oct. 27, 2012.
“Hume’s ‘Wilt
Chamberlain Argument’ and Taxation,” 39th International Hume
Society Conference, Calgary, Alberta, July 18, 2012.
“Character Naturalized: Hume’s Distinction Between Artificial and Natural Virtues and the Rejection of
Traditional Virtue Ethics” 72nd Meeting, Southwestern Philosophical Society,
Memphis, TN., Nov. 12, 2010
“Hume’s Deflationary Theory of Allegiance,” 71st
Meeting, Southwestern Philosophical Society, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 14, 2009.
“Character Naturalized: Hume’s Distinction Between
Artificial and Natural Virtues and the Rejection of Traditional Virtue Ethics,”
36th International Hume Society Conference, Dalhousie University
& The University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 4, 2009.
“Oaths and the Pledge of Allegiance: Freedom of Expression
and the Right to Be Silent,” American
Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social
Philosophy, Villanova University, Sept. 27, 2008.
“The Cheshire Cat: Gay Marriage, Religion, and Coercion by
Exclusion,” American Section
of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Washington
University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 3, 2006.
“Human
Rights and the Rule of Law: Sovereignty and the International Criminal Court,”
American Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and
Social Philosophy, Washington, D.C., Nov. 22, 2002.
“Human
Rights and the Rule of Law: Sovereignty and the International Criminal Court,”
Symposium on The International Criminal Court,
Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, Nov. 7, 2002.
“The
Equal Worth of Victims: Maintaining the Distinction Between Social Values and
the Uniqueness of the Individual,” The 29th Conference on Value
Inquiry (sponsored by The American Society for Value Inquiry, the International
Society for Value Inquiry, the Journal of Value Inquiry, and Oklahoma State
Univ.), Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 25, 2001.
“The
Fiction of Sovereignty and the Reality of the Rule of Law,” IVR-99 World
Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, The World Trade Center,
New York, NY, June 25, 1999.
“Tolerance,
Liberalism, and Community,” Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston,
Aug. 14, 1998.
“Poverty,
Equality, and Taxation Under the Rule of Law: A Tension Within
Classical-Liberalism,” American Section of the International Association for
Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Charleston, South Carolina, Nov. 10,
1994.
“Philosophical
Reflection, Tolerance, and Community,” American Section of the International
Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Salt Lake City, Utah,
Oct. 27, 1990.
“The
Rule of Law,” Colloquium, Corcoran Department of Philosophy, University of
Virginia, March 28, 1990.
“Children’s
Rights, Childless Adults, and Community Membership,” American Section of the
International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Pace
University, Oct. 20-23, 1988.
“Protestant
Hermeneutics and the Rule of Law: Gadamer and
Dworkin,” Thirteenth Annual Meeting, International Association for Philosophy
and Literature, University of Notre Dame, April 21-23, 1988.
“Constitutional
Integrity and Compromise,” American Section of the International Association
for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania,
October 31-November 2, 1986.
“Rules
of Law, Principles of Equity, and Ronald Dworkin’s Philosophy of Law,” New
College, Sarasota, April 20, 1982.
“Harming
Children and Varieties of Autonomy,” Eighth Plenary Conference, American
Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social
Philosophy, London, Canada, April 10, 1981.
“Two
Conceptions of Minimal Social Morality: Comments on MacCormick
and Feinberg,” Symposium on the Polity and Values, Fontainbleau
Hotel, Miami Beach, Nov. 27, 1980.
“Children’s
Rights and Childless Adults,” Conference on Philosophy, Children, & the
Family, Michigan State University, March 29, 1980.
“Infant Rights
and Consent to Medical Research on Children: A Reply to Professor Wellman,”
Sixth Plenary Meeting, American Section of the International Association for
Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Amherst, Mass., March 11, 1978.
“Utopias
and the Status of Children,” Fifth Plenary Meeting, American Section of the
International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Des
Moines, Iowa, November 5, 1976.
“The
Authority to Educate,” Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, New Orleans,
Louisiana, April 30, 1976.
“Heizer’s Account of Hare’s Ethical Theory,” Kentucky
Philosophical Association, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15, 1975.
“Professor
de Boer on Deflating Plato’s Forms,” Kentucky Philosophical Association, 1974.
“The
Value of Individuals,” University of Cincinnati, 1974.
“Dignity
and Price: Kant and the Incommensurability of Values,” University of Tennessee,
1973.
“Self
and Others in Rawls’s Contract,” University of Tennessee, 1973.
Grants
Rockefeller
Foundation Grant for a Humanities Institute for Secondary-School
Teachers
Primary
author of proposed curriculum “Inhabiting Other Lives,” Humanities Institute for Teachers (Rockefeller Foundation),
1989. This proposal was successful in
securing support from the Rockefeller Foundation, and served as the underlying
concept for the series. The concept was also used by the Honors College of
Florida International University for many years.
National
Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar for College Teachers, “On
Interpreting the Constitution,” Princeton University, Summer
1985. Director: Professor Walter Murphy,
Department of Politics.
National
Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar for College Teachers, “Freedom and
the Rule of Law: The English Foundations, 1300-1700,” University of Iowa, Summer, 1982.
Director: Professor Donald Sutherland, Department of History.
Faculty Member, “Perceptions of Justice: What Does
Judging Have To Do With Justice?,” Florida College of
Advanced Judicial Studies, Naples, Florida, June 4-6, 2012.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, “Perceptions of Justice,” Florida College of Advanced
Judicial Studies, Ft. Myers, May 23-25, 2006.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, “Perceptions of Justice: The Art of Judging,” Florida
College of Advanced Judicial Studies, Orlando, May 5-7, 2004.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, “Perceptions of Justice: The Judge’s Role in American
Law, Culture, and Politics,” Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies, St.
Petersburg, Sept. 25-27, 2002.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, “Philosophical Perspectives on Judging,” Florida College
of Advanced Judicial Studies, St. Petersburg, Sept. 23-24, 2002.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, Philosophical Perspectives on Judging, 2001 Florida
College of Advanced Judicial Studies, Palm Harbor, Florida, Sept. 10- 12, 2001.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, Philosophical Perspectives on Judging, 2000 Florida
College of Advanced Judicial Studies, Orlando, Florida, May 8-9, 2000.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, Humanities and the Judicial Process Specialty Course, The Conference of Circuit Judges and the Florida Court
Education Council, Tallahassee, Florida, Feb. 26-28, 1990.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, Humanities and the Judicial Process Specialty Course, The Conference of Circuit Judges and the Florida Court
Education Council, Tallahassee, Florida, Feb. 13-15, 1989.
Lecturer
and Discussion Leader, Humanities and the Judicial Process Specialty Course,
The Conference of Circuit Judges and the Florida Court Education Council, Palm
Beach Gardens, Florida, June 23-25, 1988.
Lecturer and Discussion Leader, “Law as Integrity,” Dade County Judiciary, Dade County Courthouse, April 15, 1988.
The American
Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
The American
Philosophical Association
Amintaphil: The American Section of the International Association for
Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
The Hume Society
The Southwestern
Philosophical Society
Referee
for Hume Studies
Referee
for Southwest Philosophy Review
Chair of
the Nominations Committee and member of the Executive Committee, Amintaphil (American Section, International Association for
Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy), 1989-91.
Acting
Executive Director, Amintaphil (American Section,
International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy),
1976-77.
Chairperson,
Symposium on “Realism and Possible Worlds,” Twelfth Annual Philosophy
Colloquium, University of Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 1975.
Chairperson,
Symposium on “Knowledge and Deracination,” Tenth Annual Philosophy Colloquium,
University of Cincinnati, Nov. 10, 1973.
Recent Notable Service at Florida
International University
From the
Fall of 2004 through the Summer of 2011, I was the
Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Philosophy Department and the
Assessment Coordinator. I advised all of the Philosophy majors, the number of
which increased over the years to well over 100. Over those years the burden of
assessment increased, with many revisions of the assessment instruments and
methods.
During
the development of the College of Law, I was an active member of the College of
Law Faculty Advisory Board.
Philosophy
of Law (upper-division course covering fundamental issues). Topics in Philosophy of Law: The Philosophy of
the U.S. Constitution. (Senior-level course focusing on Locke’s Two Treatises, Hume’s Essays, and The Federalist Papers) Social
and Political Philosophy. Ethics
(upper-division course in ethical theory).
Topics in Philosophy of Law: Liberty & Equality (Senior-level course
focusing on F.A. Hayek and Ronald Dworkin).
Contemporary Ethical Issues ( a Junior-level
applied ethics course). Great Ideas
Seminar: Politics and Society (a graduate-level course in the Master of Arts in
Liberal Studies Program). Introduction
to Ethics (a course within the Undergraduate Core Curriculum, writing
intensive). Love and Sexuality (a
Senior-level course combining philosophy of the emotions and applied
ethics). Topics in Philosophy of Law:
Crime & Punishment. Topics in
Philosophy of Law: Sex, Morals, Liberty.
Liberal Studies Colloquium: Life and Death. Topics in Philosophy of Law: The Rule of
Law. Philosophical Analysis (a course
within the Undergraduate Core Curriculum, writing intensive). Humanities: The Enlightenment & the
Modern World (interdisciplinary with history, the arts, and literature as well
as philosophy). Graduate Seminar: The
Legal Philosophy of Ronald Dworkin (University of Virginia, Spring 1990, both
graduate philosophy students and Law School students). Philosophical Problems of Law (University of
Virginia, Spring 1990, formal lectures to approximately 180 students,
supervision of three graduate assistants).
Humanities: Renaissance through Modern. Humanities: Modern World. Introduction to Logic. Philosophy Seminar: Persons and Rights. Values and Law. Philosophy of Education. Humanities: Egoism and Altruism. What Is Reality? (a
Metaphysics course). Philosophy in
Literature. Humanities: Human Nature.
Humanities Colloquium: The Heroic.
Value Theories. Humanities: Art, Life, & Morality. Introduction to Philosophical Thinking.
“War and
Judging One’s Own Cause,” presented at a colloquium sponsored by the Jack D. Gordon
Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies, Florida International
University, Oct. 10, 2001
“The
Double-Edged Sword of Equal Protection in Elections,” presented at a symposium
sponsored by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship
Studies, Florida International University, Jan. 17, 2001
“The
Role of the Victim in Criminal Law,” lecture and discussion, Faculty Lunchtime
Symposium, sponsored by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and
Citizenship Studies, Florida International University, Feb. 22, 2001
Workshop
on Victims’ Rights, Victim’s Advocacy Center, Florida International University,
April 6, 2001
Lecturer,
Summer Humanities Institute for Teachers, Florida International University, Summer, 1989.
Lecture,
“Morals and Ethics: A Philosophic Overview,” Elders Institute, Oct. 12, 1988
(Kick-off lecture for Fall series on “20th
Century Dilemmas”)
Presentation,
“Ethical Issues in Rationing Perinatal Care,” South Florida Perinatal Network,
Mailman Center for Child Development, Feb. 5, 1986
Lecture
on “Philosophies People Live By,” Elders Forum, July 7, 1983
Lecture
on “Human Nature: Good or Evil?” Elders Institute, Feb. 16, 1983
Lecture
on “Contemporary Sexual Morality,” Elders Forum, Sept. 3, 1981
Lecture
on “The Concept of Political Representation,” American Issues Forum, Surfside
Community Center, Jan. 19, 1982.
Lecture,
“America’s Non-representative Democracy,” Elders Forum, July 3, 1980.
Presentation
and discussion leader, “Ethical Decisions and Working With
the Dying,” Hospice, Wesley Foundation, University of Miami, March 11, 1981.
Lecture,
“The Good Life for the Mentally Retarded Person: A Philosophical View,” Florida
Association for Retarded Citizens, sponsored by the Florida Endowment for the
Humanities, Jan. 19, 1980.
Panelist,
Conference on “Building the Earth: An Environmental Ethic,” Florida
International University, April 5-6, 1979.
Lecture
and Discussion Leader, “Philosophical Approaches to Aging,” Temple Emanu-El, Miami Beach, March 7, 1979.
Co-organizer
and panelist, Matchette Foundation Public Conference
on Medical Care and Ethics: “Medical Care As A Social
Resource: Allocation & Decision Making,” University of Kentucky, April 2,
1977.
Panelist, Conference on “The Challenge of Databanks to a Free
Society,” Law School, University of Kentucky, April 10, 1976.