Daniel Ranweiler

With a PhD in Philosophy from the University of California at Los Angeles, Daniel works primarily on issues in moral, political and legal philosophy. In his dissertation Daniel develops a Kantian theory of redemption in order to better understand related redressive practices (like blame, forgiveness, punishment and legal pardon). Before graduate school Daniel worked as a financial analyst at BNY Mellon and as a corporate paralegal at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. He holds an A.B. from Cornell University and has spent time studying in Germany.

In 2025-26, Dan will teach Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy (PHI 104).  Students will read selections from the work of a number of great women and men from ancient to contemporary periods, dealing with questions of ethics and moral and political philosophy.  The course considers how philosophy can be a way of life and how we pursue wisdom through careful argumentation and analysis of the foundations of our beliefs about the world, morality, human nature, good and evil, government and society, justice and equality.