Steven Yates

Dr. Steven Yates (1957- ) has a B.A. from the University of Tulsa (1980), an M.A. (1983) and Ph.D. in philosophy (1987) from the University of Georgia. He has taught philosophy at Clemson University, Auburn University, Wofford College, the University of South Carolina, Greenville Technical College, USC Upstate, and Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

Dr. Yates is the author of three books: Civil Wrongs (1994), Worldviews (2005) and Four Cardinal Errors (2011). He has published almost two dozen articles, review essays and reviews in academic journals; and dozens of articles on alternative media websites. He has written policy studies for the Heartland Institute and the South Carolina Policy Council; held fellowships with the Institute for Humane Studies, the Heritage Foundation, the Acton Institute, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute; and been involved with editing and ghostwriting projects.

On June 1, 2012 he moved to Santiago, Chile. Initially seeking a full-time position teaching Philosophy at the university level again, he now questions whether this was a sound objective, and if it wouldn't be better to work out a strategy for escaping academia while remaining an educator in a broad sense: promoting dialogue working towards a more ethical and less materialist view of the world, critical thinking skills, and long term thinking, while joining with others also pursuing these goals. While working on two more books (working titles What Should Philosophy Do? and The Paradox of Liberty) he has grown interested in social & intellectual entrepreneurship, welding together skills acquired in the past with those to be learned in the near future. To earn extra money he has also started a small one-man business called Final Draft Editing Service (http://www.finaldrafteditingservice.com).