J. Paul Kelleher

Interests

Applied ethics, philosophy of economics, and political philosophy as they bear on health policy and climate change policy.

Affiliations

Department of Philosophy; Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies; Energy Analysis and Policy

Curriculum Vitae

J. Paul Kelleher’s C.V.

Education

Ph.D., Cornell University, Philosophy, 2008

B.A., Colgate University, Philosophy, 2001

Book

The Social Cost of Carbon: Ethics and the Limits of Climate Change Economics, Oxford University Press, 2025.

Selected Articles

Gernot Wagner, David Anthoff, Maureen Cropper, Simon Dietz, Kenneth T. Gillingham, Ben Groom, J. Paul Kelleher, Frances C. Moore, and James H. Stock, “Eight Priorities for Calculating the Social Cost of Carbon”, Nature 590 (Feb. 25, 2021): 548-550.

J. Paul Kelleher, “Pure Time Preference in Intertemporal Welfare Economics,” Economics and Philosophy (2017).

J. Paul Kelleher, “Capabilities versus Resources,” Journal of Moral Philosophy 12 (2015), 151-171.

J. Paul Kelleher, “Beneficence, Justice, and Health Care,” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 24(1) (2014): 27-49.

Selected Book Sections

J. Paul Kelleher, “Temporal Discounting and Climate Change,” in Nina Emery (ed.), Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time (Routledge, forthcoming).

“Health Inequalities and Relational Egalitarianism” section in Rebecca Walker, Mara Buchbinder, and Michele Rivkin-Fish, eds., Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice: Bridging Perspectives for New Conversations (University of North Carolina Press, 2016).

“Efficiency and Equity in Health: Philosophical Considerations” section in Anthony Culyer, ed., Encyclopedia of Health Economics Vol. 1 (Elsevier, 2014).

Courses taught

The following courses count toward the Path of Distinction in Bioethics (POD-B) for SMPH students in the MD program.

MHB 729: Introduction to Bioethics
MHB 730: Topics in Bioethics
MHB 741: Ethical Issues in Public Health
MHB 742: Ethics and U.S. Health Care Policy

Website: www.paulkelleher.net