Dana Kay Nelkin (B.A. University of Texas 1988; Ph.D. UCLA 1995) is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. Her areas of research include ethics and moral psychology, and she has written articles on a variety of topics including forgiveness, friendship, self-deception, and the lottery paradox, as well as a book, Making Sense of Freedom and Responsibility.
Samuel C. Rickless (B.A. Harvard 1986; B.Phil. Oxford 1988; Ph.D. UCLA 1996) is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. His areas of research include ethics, philosophy of law, ancient Greek philosophy, and early modern western European philosophy. He has authored books on Plato, Berkeley, and Locke, and has co-edited a volume on the ethics of war.