Bryan Register – Adjunct Professor of Philosophy

 

Biography

Bryan Register went to UT Austin from 1994-2006, earning a BS in Comm Studies, BAs in History and Philosophy, an MA in Philosophy, and a PhD in Philosophy for his dissertation, Donald Davidson and Moral Realism. Register has taught at Northeast Lakeview Community College, Austin Community College, Texas State University, George Mason University, and the University of Texas at Austin. His book, Ayn Rand and the Age of Spite, is under review.

Teaching Philosophy

Register emphasizes the mental discipline of philosophy, philosophy as a path of personal development, and the application of philosophical reasoning to our actual lives.

Areas of Interest

1. Responsibility: philosophy of mind, action, and language; theories of free will, personal identity, and other minds; normative realism; the nature of markets
2. Happiness: normative ideals, joy, virtue, self-respect, responsibility, integrity, the passions, labor and entrepreneurialism, leisure, sexuality, intellectualism, friendship
3. Freedom: theories of justice, liberty, equality, rights, and government; conservatism and liberalism

Courses Taught at ACC

PHIL-1301: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL-2306: Ethics

Courses Taught Elsewhere

Introduction to Logic (through QS5+)
Philosophy of Language
Existentialism
Business Ethics
Sexual Ethics
Workplace Ethics
Criminal Justice Ethics (in planning)