Paul Tulipana

I'm Paul. I'm a lecturer on ethics in the department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at UCLA. I did my PhD at Stanford and a postdoc at UCLA Philosophy. Before landing at UCLA MCDB, I lectured in the Philosophy departments at Stanford, UCLA, UC Riverside.

I wrote my dissertation on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Practical Reason, and I am slowly getting that material organized for publication. I am also developing an interpretation of the Transcendental Deduction with Dustin King.

Research

• Hume's Skepticism and Kant's Transcendental Deduction (with Dustin King; forthcoming in Kantian Review)
• The Fact of Reason and Moral Skepticism (Draft)
• Kant on Personality and Personal Identity (Draft)

Upcoming Courses

• MCDB 60 - Biomedical Ethics, Fall 2024
• MCDB 191 - Informed Consent, Fall 2024

Past Courses

• Kant and Hume's Ethics (Spring 2024 syllabus, updated 2024)
• Biomedical Ethics (Spring 2024 syllabus, updated 2024)
• Ancient Ethics (syllabus, updated 2024)
• Introduction to Philosophy (syllabus, updated 2024)
• Value Theory (syllabus, updated 2023)
• Philosophy of Language (syllabus, updated 2023)
• The Value of Truth (syllabus, updated 2022)
• Early Modern Ethics (syllabus, updated 2021)
• Kant's Practical Philosophy (syllabus, updated 2020)
• Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (syllabus, updated 2019)
• Hume's Ethical Thought (syllabus, updated 2019)