Mark D. White is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he teaches courses in philosophy, economics, and law. He is also a member of the economics doctoral faculty at the Graduate Center of CUNY.
He is the author of twelve books:
- Kantian Ethics and Economics: Autonomy, Dignity, and Character (Stanford University Press, 2011)
- The Manipulation of Choice: Ethics and Libertarian Paternalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
- The Illusion of Well-Being: Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)
- The Virtues of Captain America: Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)
- A Philosopher Reads Marvel Comics’ Civil War: Exploring the Moral Judgment of Captain America, Iron Man, and Spider-Man (Ockham Publishing, 2016)
- The Decline of the Individual: Reconciling Autonomy with Community (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
- Batman and Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019)
- A Philosopher Reads… Marvel Comics’ Thor: If They Be Worthy (Ockham Publishing, 2022)
- A Philosopher Reads… Marvel Comics’ Daredevil: From the Beginning to Born Again (Ockham Publishing, 2024)
- Rights versus Antitrust: Challenging the Ethics of Competition Law (Agenda Publishing, 2024)
- The Virtues of Captain America: Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero, 2nd edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2024)
- Ethics of the Fantastic Four (Ockham Publishing, 2025)
Professor White has written over 70 journal articles and book chapters in the intersections of economics, philosophy, and law, and has edited and co-edited a number of books on these subjects, including The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics (Oxford, 2019), Economics and the Virtues: Building a New Moral Foundation (with Jennifer A. Baker; Oxford, 2016); Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy (Oxford, 2011), and The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination (with Chrisoula Andreou; Oxford, 2010).
He has been a frequent writer and editor for the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, which introduces readers to basic philosophical concepts using the movies, TV shows, comic books, and music that they love. In addition to his contributions to books in the series on topics like South Park, Metallica, and Alice in Wonderland, he has edited Batman and Philosophy (with Robert Arp, 2008), Watchmen and Philosophy (2009), Iron Man and Philosophy (2010), Green Lantern and Philosophy (with Jane Dryden, 2011), The Avengers and Philosophy (2012), Superman and Philosophy (2013), and Doctor Strange and Philosophy (2018), as well as the short ebook Downton Abbey and Philosophy (2012).
Mark D. White 