Peter Brian Barry
Professional philosohper.
Literary dilettante.
Free yank from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Professional Career
I have taught at Saginaw Valley State University for my entire professional career. I’ve published in ethics, broadly conceived, and most recently have found philosophy to be useful in explicating the thought of George Orwell.
Small thing: I publish under ‘Peter Brian Barry’ but my legal surname is now ‘Rose-Barry’ which I use for all other purposes. Just easier this way and I respond to both.
I Write
George Orwell: The Ethics of Equality, 2023
The Fiction of Evil, 2016
Evil and Moral Psychology, 2013
I Teach
Saginaw Valley State University
Finkbeiner Endowed Professor of Ethics
Department of Philosophy
- Philosophy of Law (PHIL 335)
- Law, Liberty, and Morality (PHIL 331)
- History of Philosophy: Modern (PHIL 305)
- Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy (PHIL 230)
- Philosophical Themes in Literature (PHIL 220)
- Symbolic Logic (PHIL 214)
- Applied Ethics: Law and Society (PHIL 210A)
- Professional Ethics: Legal System (PHIL 205C)
- Professional Ethics: Health Care (PHIL 205B)
- Professional Ethics: Business (PHIL 205A)—online
- Evil and Evil People (PHIL 190)
- Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 123)—online
- Introduction to Logic (PHIL 114)
- Professional Ethics: Administrative Science (MAS 610)
I Advocate
Proudly serving Saginaw CAN Council as a CASA advocate.
On A Personal Note
Born and raised in the Suburbs of Milwaukee.
Educated in Ohio (Bowling Green) and Florida (University of Florida) before finding my home in Saginaw, Michigan.
Lover of tea, cats, chess, tattoos, books, philosophy, vinyl records, Twin Peaks, and my wife Felicia—in no particular order.
