In my teaching, I aim to acquaint students with philosophy as a way of life. I believe that experiences can give useful philosophical insights, and that, in some cases, experiences are necessary to grasp certain truths. So, I invite my students to live philosophically, whether by going out and trying certain things (e.g., acting as a Socratic gadfly, monitoring their impressions like a Stoic, suspending all beliefs like a Sceptic) or by reflecting on their own lives as an ancient Greek or Roman philosopher might have reflected on his own (e.g., by mapping the relations between their desires). I am a member of the Mellon Philosophy as a Way of Life project, and I give talks on what it means to conceive of and practice philosophy in this way.
Here are some of my courses.
Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought (syllabus, readings)
Philosophy of Emotions (syllabus & readings)
Environmental Ethics (syllabus, readings)
Introduction to Philosophy (syllabus, readings)
Aristotle’s Ethics (syllabus, readings)
Philosophy as a Way of Life (syllabus, readings)
Introduction to Ethics (syllabus, readings)
Environmental Ethics (syllabus, readings)
Business Ethics (syllabus, readings)
In 2006, I taught a course on English Language & Literature at the Changchun University of Chinese Medicine in Changchun, China.