Matt Stichter

Matt Stichter is a Professor of Philosophy in the School of Politics, Philosophy, & Public Affairs at Washington State University. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University in 2007. He pursues research at the intersection of moral psychology, virtue ethics, and the philosophy of expertise. He has published many articles and chapters on the “virtue-as-skill” thesis, arguing that the development of virtue should be understood as a process of skill acquisition, and he draws on the psychological research on self-regulation and expertise to formulate this thesis. He recently published a book on this topic, The Skillfulness of Virtue: Improving Our Moral and Epistemic Lives, with Cambridge University Press (2018). He has been part of interdisciplinary grants on the topic of "Civic Virtue and 'True' Selves: Finding Authenticity in the Complexities of Human Public Life" for The Self, Virtue & Public Live research initiative; as well as on the topic of “Understanding Virtue and Virtue Development in the Context of Heritability Information” for the Genetics & Human Agency research initiative. He has published in journals such as the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Moral Education, Journal of Philosophical Research, Journal of Positive Psychology, Journal of Value Inquiry, Res Publica, and Synthese.