Richard L. Wilson

Instructor

M.A., Philosphy

Mr. Wilson has been teaching philosophy for 30 years with a focus in applied ethics for 20 years. Currently, he is a full-time member of the UMBC philosophy department. Mr. Wilson has developed a series of ethics courses and is currently teaching Ethical Issues in Science, Engineering and Information Technology; Ethical Issues in Information Technology; and Business Ethics at UMBC. 

For the last 20 years, Mr. Wilson has taught traditional topics in applied ethics focusing on Medical and Bioethics, Business Ethics, and Environmental Ethics.  He has been an ethics trainer for the Department of Justice with a focus on ethical issues in Police and Law Enforcement Agencies for the last 8 years. 

Mr. Wilson has taught numerous courses, seminars and ethics training workshops, including annual lectures during Ethics Week for the Community College System of Baltimore. Consultation work has included ethics training as part of Continuing Professional Education for the Administrative Judges of Maryland as well as numerous police agencies.

Mr. Wilson has also authored a number of books including Logic: Deductive, Inductive and Informal Reasoning; Logic, Values and Ethical Analysis; and, Business Ethics and Contemporary Issues. 

In his off time, Mr. Wilson currently is the chairman of the Board of Directors and ethics advisor for Family Building Center, Inc., a licensed child placement agency, and a board member of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Print, Drawing and Photography Society (PDPS) of the Baltimore Museum of Art.