Philosophy
Dr. Aaron Yarmel is the Associate Director of the Center for Ethics and Human Values at The Ohio State University. In addition to overseeing all CEHV programs, Aaron leads its efforts on dialogue facilitation and skill building, outreach, and the ETHOS Fellows program as part of the University's Shared Values Initiative. Aaron also teaches Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society (ARTSSCI 2400/2400E) as well as ethics courses through the Department of Philosophy. Outside of his role with CEHV, he is the Founding Director of Philosophy Counseling and Consulting: an organization that offers dialogue facilitation training and philosophical counseling in the Logic-Based Therapy tradition.
Aaron’s research focuses on philosophy for children, AI ethics, social change, and two-level utilitarianism. He runs a philosophy for children program that works with students at Columbus Gifted Academy, and he was the founding director of a philosophy for children organization in Madison, Wisconsin, called Madison Public Philosophy. He offers philosophy for children workshops through the Philosophy, Learning, and Teaching Organization (PLATO) and in collaboration with the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children. He is the treasurer of the board of directors of PLATO and he serves on the editorial board of Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis. Aaron holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MSc in Philosophy of Science from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music.
See his CV (below) for detailed information about his research, publications, and presentations for professional and general audiences.
Aaron’s research focuses on philosophy for children, AI ethics, social change, and two-level utilitarianism. He runs a philosophy for children program that works with students at Columbus Gifted Academy, and he was the founding director of a philosophy for children organization in Madison, Wisconsin, called Madison Public Philosophy. He offers philosophy for children workshops through the Philosophy, Learning, and Teaching Organization (PLATO) and in collaboration with the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children. He is the treasurer of the board of directors of PLATO and he serves on the editorial board of Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis. Aaron holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MSc in Philosophy of Science from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music.
See his CV (below) for detailed information about his research, publications, and presentations for professional and general audiences.