Jacoby Adeshei Carter

Department of Art, Music, and Philosophy

The City University of New York,

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

899 Tenth Avenue, Suite 325T

New York, NY 10019

(212) 237-8343

Jacoby Adeshei Carter is a lecturer in Philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Jacoby earned his M.A. in Philosophy from Purdue University and his B.A. from Wilberforce University in Political Science. He is currently A.B.D. pursuing his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Purdue University. He is currently working on his dissertation entitled Social Inquiry: A Deweyean Analysis of Just War Explanations of Terrorism. Jacoby’s research interests include social and political philosophy, value theory (ethics), and pragmatism. More narrowly, his interests include normative and applied ethical theory, in particular environmental philosophy, and animal ethics. Jacoby is also interested in contemporary philosophical discussions of war and terrorism, as well as race theory.

Here at John Jay, Jacoby teaches Phi105 (“Critical thinking and Informal Logic”) and Phi 231 ("Philosophical Method and Its Applications,”) the introductory philosophy course.