Benjamin Rider
Professor
Irby 118
(501) 450-3179
Educational Background
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
M.A. University of Texas at Austin
B.A. Whitman College
Specialty Fields
Ancient Philosophy, Ethics
Research Interests
Plato
Hellenistic Philosophy
Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Contemporary theoretical and applied ethics
Current Focus
Plato’s philosophy of education, self-knowledge and virtue in Plato, contemporary virtue ethics