John Corvino (born 1969) is an American author, lecturer, and professor of philosophy at Wayne State University.[1]
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Corvino attended St. John's University in New York City, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 1990.[2] He earned his PhD in philosophy[3] at University of Texas at Austin in 1998.[2]
Dr. Corvino is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.[1] He began teaching there in 1998 and received tenure in 2007.[2] His focii are ethics, applied ethics, and early modern philosophy.[1] Other areas of philosophy which he has concentrated are the philosophy of religion, social philosophy, and political philosophy.[2] His dissertation involved David Hume, and Corvino has taught classes focusing on Hume as well as British empiricism.[2]
He has written and lectured extensively on gay rights.[2] He has also written on business ethics.[4][5]
Corvino has contributed to many academic journals and periodicals, including Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide, Southwest Philosophy Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, Philosophical Quarterly, and Ethics. He is a columnist for Between the Lines and the online Independent Gay Forum.[2]
Reviewing Corvino's Same Sex in the Times Literary Supplement, Nigel Ashford commented that "the tone of the book — of reason and logic, respect for opponents and willingness to engage in intellectual combat — is set by Corvino himself in his examination of the case against homosexuality, and by the inclusion of a rebuttal of his own arguments."[6]
Among the other publications which reviewed Corvino's Same Sex is Washington Post Book World.