Lecturers Page Dr. Robert Albin

Dr. Robert Albin


I currently hold the position of Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Ethics and have previously served as the Chair of the Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Sapir College, which is situated in the Negev Region of Israel. My academic background includes a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

My research interests are primarily centered around Metaethics, Applied Ethics, and the Philosophy of Culture, with a specific emphasis on Business and Organizational Ethics.

Beyond my academic pursuits, I actively contribute to the field of Applied Ethics as a member of the Committee for Living Organ Transplants at The Soroka Medical Center in Be'er-Sheva, Israel.

Outside of my professional life, I have a deep passion for aviation and hold a private pilot license. Additionally, I enjoy engaging in field running.

Areas of interest and Teaching

Areas of interest

  • Metaethics
  • Applied Ethics
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Culture

Teaching

Hebrew lective year: תשפה

Research

 Work in progress

1.    Tact, Political Correctness, and Moral Feelings

2.     Hurt Feelings and Moral Responsibility

3.     The Trouble with Gender Pronouns

4.    Are Displaced and Artificial Guilt Truly Distinct Emotions?

Awards

Publications

(A). Authored Books

Albin R. 2004.  A Chronicle of the Decline of Rationality: Ethics in the Practice of Journalism, HaKibutz HaMeuchad & Sapir College Publishing, (Hebrew(

(B) Refereed Articles in Scientific Journals

1.   Albin, R. (2022), 'Organizational and Moral Portraits of Responsibility', Journal of Human Values, DOI: 10.1177/09716858221095877, 1-13  

2.   Albin, R. (2019) 'Responsibility - Beyond Resentment and Indignation', Philosophia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-018-0031-5

3.   Albin, R. (2018), 'Religious and aesthetics: a journey across the world and back,' in: In search for the sublime: The religious experience in Secular World, Alaxon (Hebrew) https://alaxon.co.il/article/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%95-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%95%D7%90-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%90-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%95/

4.   Albin, R. (2017), 'Two Forms of Responsibility – Organizational and Societal', Philosophy of Management, DOI: 10.1007/s40926-017-0071-0

5.   Albin, R. (2016), 'Collective Responsibility: Organizations as Organic Entities', Open Journal of Philosophy, 6, 392-405 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojpp.2016.64036

6.   Albin R. (2012(, 'Beyond Modes of Objectivity, Logos & Episteme: An International Journal of Epistemology, III, 3: 361-371

7.   Albin R. (2008(, 'Introduction to The Magics of Philosophy: Ethics and Morals – A Review on Yuval Lurie's Book', in Iyyun - The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly, 58: 203-206 (Hebrew)

8.   Albin R. (2007(, 'Journalists as Agents of Cultural Change:  From Rationality Back to Nature', International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol 21:2 265-274

9.      Albin R. (2007(, 'Modern Technology as a Denaturalizing Force', Poiesis and Praxis: International Journal of Technology Assessment and Ethics of Science, 4:289-302

10.   Lurie Y and Albin R. (2006(, 'Moral Dilemmas in Business Ethics: From Decision Procedures to Edifying Perspectives', Journal of Business Ethics, 71:195-207

11.   Albin R. (1998), 'Cognitive Psychology or Philosophical Psychology?', in Iyyun - The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 47: 377-392 (Hebrew) (1998)

 

(C)  Collected Volumes

1.    Albin, R. and Bardea, A. (2021), ‘Stretching the Notion of Moral Responsibility in Nanoelectronics Applying AI', in Ethics in Nanotechnology: Emerging Technologies Aspects, Editors Marcel Van de Voorde and Gunjan Jeswani, pp. 75-87, https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110701883

Presentations

•·               ‘The Trouble with Gender Pronouns’, The Department              of Liberal Arts, Sapir College (June 6, 2023)

·               'Psychopaths: Moral and Ethical Responsibility', The Department of Liberal Arts, Sapir College (May 26, 2022)

·               'The Ethics of College Faculty Promotion', Online conference – BeSha'ar: Academic community for Israeli Society (March 10, 2021)

·               'Two Concepts of Responsibility', EBEN- Israel International Business Ethics Conference, at Faculty of Business and Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (April 19-21, 2017).

·               'Traditional Model of Respnsibility vs. Corporate Socal Responsibility', Invited paper for the 3rd International Student Scientific-Practical Conference, Organizing and Managing Traditional and New Technologoies, Faculty of Economics and Business, Tbilisi State University, Georgia, May 2016

·               'Collective Responsibility: Groups as Organic Entities' presentation at  the colloquium meeting of the School of Law, Sapir College, January 2016

·               'Business Ethics Makes Good Business', Invited paper for the International Scientific-Practical Conference “Georgia-Israel Relations: Organizing and Managing Agribusiness”, Faculty of Economics and Business, Tbilisi State University, Georgia, September 2015

·               'Accountability as an Aspect of Responsibility' paper presented at the Second European Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy, July 2015, Brighton, UK.

·               'Teaching Business Ethics in Israeli Academia', invited paper presented at the colloquium meeting of the Economics & Business Faculty, The Tbilisi State University, Georgia, April 2015

·               'Reductive and Formal Solutions for Collective Responsibility' paper presented at the SIBR 2014 Bangkok Conference Thailand, June 2014

·               'The Boundaries between Individual and Collective Responsibility', paper presented at the Annual Conference of The Israeli Association for Organizational Development, Tel-Aviv 2014

·               'Religion and Esthetics', paper presented at the annual conference

Sapir Forum for Cultural Research and Discourse. Sapir College, May 2013

•          'Modern Technology as a Denaturalizing Force', paper presented at the 9th Philosophical Conference of the Israeli New Philosophical Association. Beer-Sheva, February 2006

•          'Modern Technology as a Denaturalizing Force', paper presented at the  Second International Conference on Technology, Knowledge And Society, Hyderabad, India, December 2005.

•          'Technology as a Substitute of Religion', Lecture presented at the 'The Future of Humanities in the Technological Era' conference, Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sapir College, 2005

•          'Modern Technology and Human Spirit', paper presented at the AAP Annual Conference at South Molle Island, Australia. 2004

•          'Methodology and Moral Reasoning in Business Ethics: From Decision Procedures to Edifying Perspectives', with Yotam Lurie. Presented at the Annual Conference of EBEN at the European Parliament at Brussels, August 2002

•          'Journalists as Agents of Cultural Change: From Rational Beings Back to Nature', paper presented at the Annual Research conference of EBEN, Poznan – Poland 2002

•          'Journalists as Culture Shapers', paper presented at the Communication Department Colloquium, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2001

•          'Journalism on Crossroad: Between the Important and the Interesting' paper presented at the annual conference of EBEN: European Business Ethics Network, Valencia-Spain, September 2001. http://www.etnor.org/eben2001/comunicacionesaceptadas.doc

•          'Journalistic Values in The Contemporary World', paper presented at the annual conference of the Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, Durban, South-Africa 2001

•          'The Ethics of Journalism and Its affects on our Cultural Make-up', paper presented at the New Israeli Philosophical Association annual conference, Ben-Gurion University, 2000

•          'Between Facts and Interpretations: Some Remarks on the Tension Between news and views', paper presented at the Communication Department Colloquium, University of Haifa, 2000

Links to

Refereeing and Editorial Services

2020               Business Ethics Quarterly

Since 2020    Member of the editorial board – Philosophy of management Springer group.

Since  2015   Business Ethics – a European Review

2009-2012     Shvil, The Dov Izraeli Annual Research Conference on Ethics and Transparency - Reviewer

Since 2008    Journal of Business Ethics – Reviewer

2005-2006     Editor-in-Chief, Shaar-Ruach, Sapir College Press, (Hebrew(