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Donald Hubin
NationalityAmerican
EducationPh.D.
Alma materUniversity of Arizona
Known forEthics, Philosophy of law, Paternity
Scientific career
InstitutionsOhio State University
Thesis (1978)

Donald Clayton Hubin is an American philosopher, specializing in ethics, legal philosophy and political philosophy. He has published research on justice and future generations, parental rights, paternity, instrumental rationality and benefit-cost analysis, among other topics. Hubin is a professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Ohio State University, former chair of the Department, and the Founding Director Emeritus of its Center for Ethics and Human Values. He currently serves as the Chair of the national board of National Parents Organization.[1]

Education

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In 1972, Hubin graduated with a B.A. with honors majoring in philosophy from the University of California at Davis. He received both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from the University of Arizona, in 1976 and 1978 respectively.

Scholarly work

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Justice and ethics

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As a researcher in moral philosophy, Hubin has written on the scope and nature of justice when there are conflicts between two entities. He contrasts the fundamental differences when two person have legitimate claims to the same goods or service versus the conflict between white blood cells and an invading virus, providing other in between examples such as conflicts within a family or problems between non-overlapping generations.[2] He has also written on the topic of justice for future generations,[3] the relationship between moral and rational requirements, contractarian political philosophy, and the moral justification of cost/benefit analysis.[4]

Religion and ethics

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As part of a book titled Is Goodness without God Good Enough?: A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics, Hubin was one of seven prominent philosophers asked to write an essay commenting on a debate between Paul Kurtz and William Lane Craig. In his essay, Hubin defends the worthiness of self-sacrifices in a world without a God.[5][6] In 2015, Hubin participated in a Veritas Forum debate on miracles with MIT nuclear physicist Ian Hutchinson, where Hubin took the atheist perspective versus the religious beliefs of Hutchinson.[7]

Fatherhood and paternity

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Hubin wrote the Fatherhood entry in the International Encyclopedia of Ethics. He has also written on parental rights and due process; on untangling the puzzles of paternity; on elements of stereotypical fatherhood; on procreation and sexual asymmetries, and on reproductive interests.[8]

Shared parenting advocacy

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In addition to his scholarly work, Hubin has actively worked to promote shared parenting after divorce as being in the best interest of children. In 2014, Hubin developed the first Shared Parenting Report Card for National Parents Organization.[9] This report employed 21 metrics to grade the legislation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on the support shown for shared parenting. At that time, no states received grades of 'A' and nearly half received grades of 'D' or 'F'. With collaborators, Hubin authored two additional NPO Shared Parenting Report Cards, one in 2019[10] and one in 2025.[11]These shows significant improvement in a handful of states with six states receiving 'A's and 10 receiving 'B's.

With two colleagues, he put together a 2018 report comparing the physical custody guidelines in different counties across Ohio, finding wide discrepancies with a few counties encouraging shared parenting, with most counties favoring sole custody and while one county explicitly specified the mother as the primary custodian.[12] He and his colleagues published updated Ohio parenting time reports in 2020 and 2023.[13]

Public education and media

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Hubin has been interviewed and cited by a wide range of national and local media, including the Associated Press,[14] The Lantern,[15] the New York Times,[16] Cincinnati Public Radio,[17] the Ohio Media Association,[18] WGN Radio,[19] the Norwalk Reflector,[20] WCBE Radio,[21] and the Cleveland Scene.[22]

Selected publications

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Scholarly articles and reports

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Book chapters

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  • Hubin DC, Empty and ultimately meaningless gestures?, In Garcia RK, King NL, editors. Is goodness without God good enough?: a debate on faith, secularism, and ethics. Rowman and Littlefield, 2009.

Encyclopedias and handbooks

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  • Hubin DC, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2nd Edition, Routledge Press (2001).
  • Hubin DC, Paternity, Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, ABC-CLIO Press (2003).
  • Hubin DC, Fatherhood, International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Wiley-Blackwell, (2013).
  • Hubin DC, Procreators' Duties: Sexual Asymmetries, Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Ethics, (2017) 301-324.
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References

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  1. ^ Ohio State University, Department of Philosophy, Donald Hubin
  2. ^ Hubin DC. The scope of justice. Philosophy & Public Affairs. 1979 Oct 1:3-24.
  3. ^ Hubin DC. Justice and future generations. Philosophy & Public Affairs. 1976 Oct 1:70-83.
  4. ^ Hubin, Donald C. (1994-10). "The Moral Justification of Benefit/Cost Analysis". Economics and Philosophy. 10 (2): 169–194. doi:10.1017/S0266267100004727. ISSN 0266-2671. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Garcia RK, King NL, editors. Is goodness without God good enough?: a debate on faith, secularism, and ethics. Rowman and Littlefield, 2009.
  6. ^ Morriston W. Review of Is goodness without god good enough? A debate on faith, secularism, and ethics. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 70:85-89, 2011.
  7. ^ The Veritas Forum, Miracles: an OSU Atheist and an MIT Christian discuss belief and reason Archived 2017-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, 2015.
  8. ^ See selected publications.
  9. ^ "2014 Shared Parenting Report". National Parents Organization. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  10. ^ "2019 Shared Parenting Report Card". National Parents Organization. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  11. ^ "2025 Shared Parenting Report Card". National Parents Organization. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  12. ^ Hubin DC, Glandorf F, Carpenter-Hubin JW, NPO Ohio Parenting Time Report, National Parents Organization, August 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "Ohio Parenting Time Report". National Parents Organization. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  14. ^ Changes to Ohio's child support laws arrive this week, Associated Press, September 25, 2011.
  15. ^ Denise Blough, Scenes of animal slaughterhouse fuel artist Sue Coe’s activism, The Lantern, October 5, 2014.
  16. ^ Alex Williams, Planet Google wants you, New York Times, October 15, 2006.
  17. ^ Mark Heyne, The Growing Number Of Stay-At-Home Dads and The Stigma They May Face, Cincinnati Public Radio, May 2, 2016.
  18. ^ Nathan Witkin, The Benefits of Shared Parenting: A Conversation with Dr. Donald Hubin, Ohio Media Association, March 7, 2018.
  19. ^ Michael Heidemann, Adam Potter of the CLM, Prof. Donald Hubin, Robert Blagojevich & The Legal Grab Bag!, WGN Radio, May 5, 2015.
  20. ^ Cary Ashby, Is Huron County 'behind the curve'?, Norwalk Reflector, September 11, 2018.
  21. ^ Jim Letizia, Report Shows Child Custody And Visitation Policies Vary Among Ohio Counties, WCBE Radio, September 10, 2018.
  22. ^ Mary Kuhlman, Vast Majority of Ohio Counties Still Operating on Unequal Child Custody Policies, Cleveland Scene, September 11, 2018.
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