Office: MEZ 3.106
Phone: 232-7229
jbud@austin.rr.com
Education: BA Florida, MA, PhD Political Science, Yale

Research interests:
A specialist in political theory, he is the author of The Resurrection of Nature: Political Theory and the Human Character (Cornell, 1986), The Nearest Coast of Darkness: A Vindication of the Politics of Virtue (Cornell, 1988), True Tolerance: Liberalism and the Necessity of Judgment (1992), Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law (1997), The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man (2000), and What We Can't Not Know: A Guide (Spence Publishing, 2003).

Courses taught:
Political philosophy

Field(s) of Study: Ethics and Philosophy of Law