Contact:
Melinda A. Roberts
Department of Philosophy, Religion and Classical Studies
The College of New Jersey
Bliss 112
Ewing, NJ 08628 U.S.A.
001.609.771.2438
robertsm@tcnj.eduRoberts c.v. 16 March 2026
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My work focuses on whether the existence of an additional happy person makes a world morally better and, relatedly, whether we are obligated to bring additional happy people into existence. I teach ethics, philosophy of law and logic at the College of New Jersey.
Education: Ph.D. in philosophy Five College Ph.D. Program Amherst, Mass.; J.D. University of Texas at Austin; A.B. Vassar College.
Affiliations: Climate Ethics and Future Generations Project, Institute for Futures Studies
Population ethics, nonidentity problem, future people, procreative asymmetry, neutrality intuition
