Charles Griswold is the Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. His research interests include ancient philosophy, moral and political philosophy, 18th century philosophy, history of ethics, philosophy, and literature.
Griswold has written or edited a number of books, including Self-knowledge in Plato’s Phaedrus (Yale University Press, 1986, 1988), which was awarded the Franklin J. Matchette Prize by the American Philosophical Association; Platonic Writings, Platonic Readings (Routledge, 1988); Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment (Cambridge University Press, 1999); and Forgiveness: a Philosophical Exploration (Cambridge University Press, 2007). In addition, he has published his work in journals such as Philosophy and Literature, Ancient Philosophy, Review of Metaphysics, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Man and World, and Critical Review.
With the support of a Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies, Griswold was on research leave during the 2009-10 academic year, writing a book tentatively entitled, Self and Other: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith on Freedom, Authenticity, Sympathy, and Narrative.
Griswold is also working on Ancient Forgiveness: Classical, Judaic, and Christian, co-edited with David Konstan and in production at Cambridge University Press. The book will be a collection of essays by leading scholars on the nature and scope of classical conceptions (both Greek and Roman) of forgiveness and related notions (pardon, mercy, clemency, and the like), and on the transition to early Christian and Judaic conceptions of the same.
Griswold received his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.
