Donald Clayton Hubin is an American philosopher, specializing in

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concer ...

legal philosophy Philosophy of law is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature of law and law's relationship to other systems of norms, especially ethics and political philosophy. It asks questions like "What is law?", "What are the criteria for legal val ...

and

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. He has published research on ''justice and future generations'', ''parental rights'', ''paternity'', ''instrumental rationality'' and '' benefit-cost analysis'', among other topics. Hubin is a professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at

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and the Founding Director Emeritus of its
Center for Ethics and Human Values
'. He serves as the Chair of the national board of National Parents Organization.Ohio State University, Department of Philosophy
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Education

In 1972, Hubin graduated with a B.A. from the

University of California at Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

. He received both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the

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, in 1976 and 1978 respectively.

Scholarly work

Justice and ethics

As a researcher in

moral philosophy Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns ...

, Hubin has written on the scope and nature of

justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

when there are conflicts between two entities. He contrasts the fundamental differences when two person have legitimate claims to the same goods or service versus the conflict between

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and an invading

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, providing other in between examples such as conflicts within a family or problems between non-overlapping generations. He has also written on the topic of justice for

future generations Future generations are cohorts of hypothetical people not yet born. Future generations are contrasted with current and past generations, and evoked in order to encourage thinking about intergenerational equity. The moral patienthood of future g ...

Religion and ethics

As part of a book titled ''Is Goodness without God Good Enough?: A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics'', Hubin was one of seven prominent philosophers asked to write an essay commenting on a debate between

Paul Kurtz Paul Kurtz (December 21, 1925 – October 20, 2012) was an American scientific skeptic and secular humanist. He has been called "the father of secular humanism". He was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at B ...

and

William Lane Craig William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism. He is Professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist ...

. In his essay, Hubin defends the worthiness of self-sacrifices in a world without a God. In 2015, Hubin participated in a Veritas Forum debate on miracles with MIT nuclear physicist Ian Hutchinson, where Hubin took the atheist perspective versus the religious beliefs of Hutchinson.

Fatherhood and paternity

Hubin wrote the ''Fatherhood'' entry in the ''International Encyclopedia of Ethics''. He has also written on parental rights and due process; on untangling the puzzles of paternity; on elements of stereotypical fatherhood; on procreation and sexual asymmetries, and on reproductive interests.

Shared parenting advocacy

In addition to his scholarly work, Hubin has actively worked to promote shared parenting after

divorce Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the ...

as being in the best interest of children. Together with two colleagues, he put together a 2018 report comparing the physical custody guidelines in different counties across

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, finding wide discrepancies with a few counties encouraging shared parenting, with most counties favoring

sole custody Sole custody is a child custody arrangement whereby only one parent has custody of a child. In the most common use of the term, sole custody refers to a context in which one parent has sole physical custody of a child. Types of custody Depending ...

and while one county explicitly specified the mother as the primary custodian.

Public education and media

Hubin has been interviewed and cited by a wide range of national and local media, including the

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The Lantern ''The Lantern'' is an independent daily newspaper in Columbus, Ohio, by students at Ohio State University. It is one of the largest campus newspapers in the United States, reaching a circulation of 15,000. Copies of the paper are free and avail ...

, the

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, Cincinnati Public Radio, the Ohio Media Association, WGN Radio, the Norwalk Reflector, WCBE Radio, and the Cleveland Scene.Mary Kuhlman
''Vast Majority of Ohio Counties Still Operating on Unequal Child Custody Policies''
Cleveland Scene, September 11, 2018.

Selected publications

Scholarly articles and reports

* Hubin DC. ''Justice and future generations''. Philosophy & Public Affairs. 1976 Oct 1:70-83. * Hubin DC
''The scope of justice''
Philosophy & Public Affairs. 1979 Oct 1:3-24. * Hubin DC
''The Moral Justification of Benefit/Cost Analysis''
Economics and Philosophy, 10(1994), 169–194. * Hubin DC, Haely K
''Rape and the reasonable man''
Law and Philosophy, 18:113–139, 1999. * Hubin DC
''Parental Rights and Due Process''
The Journal of Law and Family Studies, 1:2(1999)123-150. * Hubin DC
''What's Special About Humeanism''
Noûs, 33:1(1999)30-45. * Hubin DC
''The Groundless Normativity of Instrumental Rationality''
The Journal of Philosophy 98:9(2001)445-468. * Hubin DC
''Desires, Whims and Values''
The Journal of Ethics, 7(2003 )315-335. * Hubin DC
''Daddy Dilemmas: Untangling the Puzzles of Paternity''
The Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 13(2003)29-80. * Hubin DC, ''Reproductive Interests: Puzzles at the Periphery of the Property Paradigm'', Social Philosophy and PolicySocial Philosophy and Policy 29(2012)106-125. * Hubin DC
''Elements of Stereotypical Fatherhood''
2013. * Hubin DC, Glandorf F, Carpenter-Hubin JW
''NPO Ohio Parenting Time Report''
National Parents Organization, August 29, 2018.

Book chapters

* Hubin DC, ''Empty and ultimately meaningless gestures?'', In Garcia RK, King NL, editors. ''Is goodness without God good enough?: a debate on faith, secularism, and ethics''. Rowman and Littlefield, 2009.

Encyclopedias and handbooks

* Hubin DC, ''Fatherhood, International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Wiley-Blackwell, (2013).'' * Hubin DC, ''Procreators' Duties: Sexual Asymmetries, Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Ethics, (2017) 301-324.''

Popular press

* Don Hubin, ''What kind of country does the U.S. want to be?'', The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 9, 2011. * Matt Hale and Don Hubin
''Kids deserve both parents''
Cincinnati Enquirer, July 31, 2017. * Donald Hubin
''Marion County is cheating children''
Marion Star, September 15, 2018. * Donald Hubin
''Divorce is hard enough on children -- why are our courts making it worse?''
Fox News, September 16, 2018. * Donald Hubin
''Ohio family courts compound damage of divorce''
Columbus Dispatch, 2018. * Donald Hubin
''Miami County is cheating children''
Piqua Daily Call, September 9, 2018.

External links

Donald Hubin
Academic home page
Donald Hubin
Google Scholar citations
Miracles: an OSU Atheist and an MIT Christian discuss belief and reason - Ian Hutchinson and Donald Hubin
, The Veritas Forum, 75 min video.

References

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