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Donald Clayton Hubin (born December 5, 1949) is an American philosopher and professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Ohio State University. He is the founding director emeritus of the university's Center for Ethics and Human Values and serves as the chair of the national board of the National Parents Organization. His research focuses on ethics, legal philosophy, and political philosophy, with particular emphasis on parental rights, justice for future generations, and instrumental rationality.

Academic Career and Research

Hubin earned a B.A. from the University of California, Davis, in 1972, followed by an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1976 and 1978, respectively. His academic career has been primarily based at Ohio State University. In the field of moral philosophy, Hubin has examined the boundaries of justice in contexts involving non-traditional conflicts, such as those between non-overlapping generations or within family structures. His 1976 work, Justice and Future Generations, is frequently cited in discussions regarding the ethical obligations of current populations to those in the future. He has also contributed to debates on secular ethics, notably defending the rational basis for self-sacrifice in a non-theistic framework as part of the 2009 volume Is Goodness without God Good Enough?

Shared Parenting Advocacy

In addition to his academic research, Hubin is a figure in the advocacy for shared parenting following divorce. His work in this area often intersects with his research on parental rights and due process. In 2018, he co-authored a report for the National Parents Organization that analyzed physical custody guidelines across Ohio’s 88 counties. The report identified significant variance in how local courts handle custody, noting a general preference for sole custody despite some counties encouraging shared arrangements.

Hubin's perspective on family law reform and shared parenting has been featured in several national and regional media outlets, including the Associated Press, The New York Times, and the Columbus Dispatch.

Selected Publications

"Justice and Future Generations," Philosophy & Public Affairs, 1976.

"The Scope of Justice," Philosophy & Public Affairs, 1979.

"The Moral Justification of Benefit/Cost Analysis," Economics and Philosophy, 1994.

"Parental Rights and Due Process," The Journal of Law and Family Studies, 1999.

"Daddy Dilemmas: Untangling the Puzzles of Paternity," The Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 2003.

"Fatherhood," International Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2013.

"Procreators' Duties: Sexual Asymmetries," Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Ethics, 2017.

Rationale: The current version contains several bulleted lists of media appearances and publications that read like a CV. The proposed revision converts these into encyclopedic prose, removes promotional adjectives, and focuses on the most significant scholarly contributions to meet Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View (NPOV) guidelines.

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 Not done. Wikipedia is written by human beings. Also see WP:COI for guidance on how to proceed. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 16:41, 19 March 2026 (UTC)