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Employment
2017 - Present Full Professor of Philosophy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
1997 - 2017 Professor of Philosophy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
1996 - 1997 Associate Professor, University of Brasilia (UNB)
1995 - 1996 Associate Professor, Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP)
1989 Assistant Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ)
Visiting Positions
2015 Law School, Tulane University
2006 - 2007 Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
2003 School of Law, University of Connecticut
Education
1993 PhD in Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin
Die Soziale Grundrechte
(Basic Social Rights: a philosophical enquiry on human rights)
Supervisor: Ernst Tugendhat
1989 M.A. in Philosophy, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), Kant and Wittgenstein: the limits of language
1986 B.A. in Psychology, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Recent Books
DIAS, M. C. Sobre Nós: expandindo as fronteiras da moralidade (About us: expanding the frontiers of morality), Rio de Janeiro: Pirilampo, 2016.
DIAS, M. C. (ed.). O que é filosofia? (What is philosophy?), Rio de Janeiro: Pirilampo, 2016.
DIAS, M. C. (ed.). Functionings Perspective: for a more inclusive moral point of view, Rio de Janeiro: Pirilampo, 2015.
Dias, M. C. Ensaios sobre a moralidade (Essays on morality), Rio de Janeiro: Pirilampo, 2016.
Dias, M. C. Justiça Social e Direitos Humanos (Social Justice and Human Rights), Rio de Janeiro: Pirilampo, 2016.
Selected Articles
DIAS, M. C.; ESLAVA, L. “Horizons of Inclusion”, The University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, v. 44, pp. 177-218, 2013.
DIAS, M. C.; VILACA, M. “Natureza humana versus aperfeiçoamento? Uma crítica aos argumentos de Habermas contra a eugenia positiva” (Human Nature versus Enhancement: a critique of Habermas’ arguments against positive eugenics), Princípios, v. 20, pp. 1-38, 2013.
DIAS, M. C.; CRAWFORD, C. Natural Disasters and Moral Responsibility, Bahçesehir Universitesi Law Review, v. 8, pp. 131-145, 2013.
DIAS, M. C. “Margens da Cidade” (Margins of the City), Diversitates, v. 3, pp. 1-18, 2011.
DIAS, M. C. Justiça Global: considerações sobre a questão da justiça em Peter Singer (Global Justice: remarks on Peter Singer’s conception of justice). Ethica (UGF), v. 17, pp. 19-33, 2010.
DIAS, M. C. “O ‘bom governo’: diretrizes de governo em uma democracia”. (“The Good Government”: government guidelines in democracies), Diversitates, v. 1, pp. 77-87, 2009.
DIAS, M. C. « Relier la conscience phénoménale et éliminer le fossé explicatif » (Tying Phenomenal Consciousness and Quining the Gap), Philosophiques (Montréal), v. 35, pp. 513-524, 2008.
DIAS, M. C. “Moral Dimensions of Nationalism”. Villanova Law Review, v. 50, n.3, pp. 23-35, 2006.
DIAS, M. C. Identidade Humana e Pessoal: uma perspectiva naturalista da moralidade (Human and Personal Identity: a naturalistic view of morality). Episteme, v. 26, pp. 15-25, 2006.
DIAS, M. C. “¿Justicia: procedimental o substantiva?” (Justice: procedural or substantive?), Enfoques (Libertador San Martín), v. 17, n.2, pp. 55-64, 2005.
DIAS, M. C. Affirmative Action and Social Justice. Connecticut Law Review, v. 36, n.3, pp. 871-877, 2004.
DIAS, M. C. “O que podem saber os seres não-oniscientes: sobre a resposta de Lynne Baker ao fisicalismo” (On what non-omniscient beings can know: on Lynne Baker’s reply to physicalism), Manuscrito (UNICAMP), v. 25, n.1, pp. 89-104, 2003.
DIAS, M. C. Direitos Sociais Básicos: Investigações Filosóficas Acerca da Fundamentação dos Direitos Humanos. (Social Basic Rights: philosophical enquiries on the foundations of human rights), Manuscrito (UNICAMP), v. 19, n.1, pp. 127-147, 1996.