Christine Vitrano

Education

City University of New York Graduate Center
M.A., June 2004
Ph.D., November 2005
Dissertation: “The Structure of Happiness”
Dissertation Advisor: Steven M. Cahn

New York University
B.A., May 1999, cum laude

Publications

Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy, co-edited with Steven M. Cahn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

“Happiness and Morality.” In Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy, eds. Steven M. Cahn and Christine Vitrano. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Review of After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness by Nancy Berlinger, Theoretical Medicine 28 (2007): 83-86.

Review of Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction by Tony Hope, American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine, accepted for publication.

Presentations

“The Problem of Personal Identity and Its Impact on Advanced Directives.” Oxford-Mount Sinai Consortium on Bioethics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, April 2007.

“Happiness and Morality.” Philosophy, Ethics and Religion at the Community College and in the Community, Norwalk Community College, February 2007.

“Happiness and Well-being.” New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Fall Meeting, Ramapo College, November 2006.

“The Search for Well-Being.” Long Island Philosophical Society Meeting, St. John’s University, October 2006.

“Kantian Autonomy and Its Implications for Paternalism.” Oxford-Mount Sinai Consortium on Bioethics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, April 2005.