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.
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?
(A). Authored Books
1. 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. **Robert Albin, (2025), 'Exploring Displaced and Factitious Emotions: A Case Study of Moral Guilt', Theoria, Volume91, Issue4, August 2025, e70006 [Q1]
2. **Robert Albin, (2022), 'Organizational and Moral Portraits of Responsibility', Journal of Human Values, DOI: 10.1177/09716858221095877, 1-13 [Q2]
3. **Robert Albin, 'Responsibility - Beyond Resentment and Indignation', Philosophia (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-018-0031-5 [Q1]
4. **Robert Albin, (2017), 'Two Forms of Responsibility – Organizational and Societal', Philosophy of Management, DOI: 10.1007/s40926-017-0071-0
5. **Robert Albin, (2016), 'Collective Responsibility: Organizations as Organic Entities', Open Journal of Philosophy, 6, 392-405 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojpp.2016.64036
6. **Robert Albin, (2012(, 'Beyond Modes of Objectivity, Logos & Episteme: An International Journal of Epistemology, III, 3: 361-371
7. Robert Albin, (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. Robert Albin, (2007(, 'Journalists as Agents of Cultural Change: From Rationality Back to Nature', International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol 21:2 265-274
9. Robert Albin, (2007(, 'Modern Technology as a Denaturalizing Force', Poiesis and Praxis: International Journal of Technology Assessment and Ethics of Science, 4:289-302
10. Yotam Lurie and Robert Albin, (2006(, 'Moral Dilemmas in Business Ethics: From Decision Procedures to Edifying Perspectives', Journal of Business Ethics, 71:195-207
11. Robert Albin, (1998), 'Cognitive Psychology or Philosophical Psychology?', in Iyyun - The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 47: 377-392 (Hebrew) (1998)
(C) Articles in Collected Volumes
1. Robert Albin (forthcoming). 'The Road Not Taken: Hebrew as Language of Research', in Moti Gigi & Itzhak Saporta (eds). An Anthology Celebrating 30 Years of the Academic Colleges Revolution, Forthcoming.,
2. Robert Albin, and Amos Bardea. (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
· 'The Significance of Hebrew in the Israeli Academic Scholarship', (January 5, 2026), Conference Celebrating 30 Years of the Academic Colleges Revolution in Israel, Askelon Academic College
• 'Tact, Political Correctness, and Moral Feelings', (October 29, 2025), The Sapir Annual Conference
• ‘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
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(