16 Facts About James Otteson

James R Otteson is an American philosopher and political economist.

James Otteson is a Senior Scholar at The Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC, a Research Professor in the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom and in the Philosophy Department at the University of Arizona, a Visitor of Ralston College, a Research Fellow for the Independent Institute in California, a director of Ethics and Economics Education of New England, and a Senior Scholar at the Fraser Institute.

James Otteson has taught previously at Yeshiva University, New York University, Georgetown University, and the University of Alabama.

James Otteson spent his sophomore year abroad, studying at the Universitat Innsbruck, in Innsbruck, Austria.

James Otteson then joined the philosophy department at the University of Chicago, receiving a PhD in 1997.

James Otteson moved to Wake Forest University in 2013, and was the director of the Eudaimonia Institute.

James Otteson has held visiting scholar positions at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, then located at Bowling Green State University; at the Centre for the Study of Scottish Philosophy, then located at the University of Aberdeen; at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities at the University of Edinburgh; in the economics and philosophy departments at the University of Missouri-St Louis; and in the government department at Georgetown University.

James Otteson has taught in the economics department at New York University.

James Otteson first became known for his writings on the ethics of Adam Smith.

In 2005, James Otteson won a prize from the Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Order, sponsored by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.

James Otteson develops a eudaimonist conception of human happiness, drawing on broadly Aristotelian themes.

James Otteson's books include The Essential Adam Smith, published in 2018 by The Fraser Institute, and Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society, published in 2019 by Oxford University Press.

James Otteson was one of the principal bloggers at Pileus, and he is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society.

In November 2013, James Otteson gave the inaugural Liggio Lecture, an annual lecture series in honor of Leonard Liggio.

In 2014-'15, James Otteson was a bimonthly columnist for the Triad Business Journal.

James Otteson serves as an associate editor of The Independent Review and as a senior editor of Political Economy of the Carolinas.