Post Doctoral Education:

· NEH Summer Seminar, "Ethics at the End of Life," University of Utah, Summer 2003

· NEH/NSF Summer Institute, "The Scientific, Ethical and Social Challenges of Contemporary Genetic Technology," University of Puget Sound, Summer 1996

· NEH Study Grant for College Teachers, "John Stuart Mill and the Reconstruction of   Classical Utilitarianism," Summer 1994

· Sweet Summer Sabbatical, University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Summer 1987, "Authority and Autonomy in Health Care"

· NEH Fellowship in Residence for College Teachers, University of Michigan, 1978‑1979

Representative Scholarly Work

Does Darwinism Destroy Morality and Meaningful Human Life?
16th Interdisciplinary Conference on Science and Culture, Kentucky State University; April 7, 2006.

Date Rape and Consent;  Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Ft. Hays State University; October 14, 2004.

Evolutionary Ethics and the Problem of Altruism, Proceedings of the Institute for Liberal Studies, SCIENCE AND CULTURE, Vol 13, Spring 2003 (pp 11-16.)

Professor Jacobs was born in Nebraska and raised in Texas, returning to Nebraska for his undergraduate work.  A dual major in history and philosophy, he decided at the last moment to go to graduate school in philosophy, where he concentrated in moral philosophy.  He joined the Washburn Philosophy Department in 1975, where he has taught courses in ethical theory, professional ethics, philosophy of law, and philosophy of love and sex.  His main interests outside Philosophy include purebred dogs and dog performance activities, exercise,  and taijiquan.
Professor Jacobs’ current research interests are primarily in ethical theory (especially the relevance of evolutionary theory to moral philosophy,) and in the philosophy of love and sex, where he is editing an anthology of articles for classroom use.
He is Past President of the Washburn Faculty Senate, Past Chair of the University Council at Washburn, and Past President of the Southwest Philosophical Society.