Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Governance
Contact Information
388 Savery Hall
Office Hours
Tuesday morning, 10-12, via Zoom
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D. from Stanford University, 1998
Curriculum Vitae
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Michael Blake is a Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Governance at the University of Washington. Until 2016, he was the Director of the UW's Program on Ethics (formerly "Program on Values in Society"). He received his bachelor degree in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Toronto, and a PhD from Stanford University. He obtained some legal training at Yale Law School, before running away to become a philosopher.
He is jointly appointed to the Department of Philosophy and to the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs.
Research
Selected Research
- Blake, Michael. "Justice and Foreign Policy: A Reply to My Critics." Ethics and International Affairs 29, no. 3 (2015).
- Blake, Michael, and Brock, Gillian. Debating Brain Drain: May Countries Restrict Emigration? Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Blake, Michael (interview). "My Brother's - and My Sister's - Keeper, Part 1," Ideas with Paul Kennedy (CBC Radio One), May 1, 2013, http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/my-brother-s-and-my-sister-s-keeper-part-1-1.2913421.
- Blake, Michael. “Shame, Memory, and the Unspeakable: the International Criminal Court as Damnatio Memoriae.” San Diego Law Review 50 (2013): 905-930.
- Blake, Michael. “Immigration, Jurisdiction, and Exclusion.” Philosophy and Public Affairs 41, no. 2 (Spring 2013): 103-130.
- Blake, Michael. Justice and Foreign Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Blake, Michael. “Global Distributive Justice: Why Political Philosophy Needs Political Science.” Annual Review of Political Science 15 (2012): 121-136.
- Blake, Michael. "Virtual Politics, Real Guns: On Cloud Community, Violence, and Human Rights." Global Governance Program, EUI-Florence (April 29, 2018). http://globalcit.eu/cloud-communities-the-dawn-of-global-citizenship/6/.
- Blake, Michael. "Why Deporting the 'Dreamers' is Immoral." The Conversation, February 28, 2018. https://theconversation.com/why-deporting-the-dreamers-is-immoral-91738
Courses Taught
Autumn 2025
Spring 2025
Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
Spring 2024
Winter 2024
Winter 2023
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Autumn 2021
Winter 2021
Autumn 2020
Spring 2020
Winter 2020
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