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How should judges be educated? What sort of legal and non-legal reasons should they incorporate into their decision-making? What impacts will emerging technologies have on our social and legal norms? These are just a few of the questions I am currently exploring in my research. For a list of on-going research see my works-in-progress, funded projects, or publications pages. Or follow me on my social media pages (below).
My Story
My name is Alejandro David Tamez, I was born in Austin, Tx. Having developed early on a fascination with fundamental questions about living well, human behavior, social norms (especially those I found annoying), and those pertaining to good and right actions, I came to find that philosophy was the perfect field for me to explore these questions. While there are others that explore these questions in different ways, I came to believe that philosophy laid at the foundations of these other fields. From this, I came to narrow my interest to law and judicial decision-making. Judges, in virtue of their position, are endowed with significant authority, and with a special responsibility within the communities they serve. How they use this power, and how they justify their decisions is of great interest to me.
My wife Ana and I have two dogs - a corgi named Rudy and a terrier mix named Stevie. On the rare occasion I have free time, I enjoy reading classical works of literature from Latin America and Germany. Currently, two of my favorite authors are Hermann Hesse and Juan Rulfo. Aside from this, Ana and I enjoy finding new recipes and new eats. Feel free to send me recommendations, where ever you are.
Finally, I believe making philosophy and research publicly consumable in non-tradtional ways is vitally important. With this in mind, I developed and produce a podcast called Lawrence Talks. When capable, Lawrence Talks attempts to apply philosophical and general research to local issues. I also have found decent success in talking with local candidates about the values and principles they employ as decision-makers.