Michael A. Slote is a professor of ethics at the University of Miami and an author of a number of books.
He was previously professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, and at Trinity College Dublin.
[citation needed] Most recently he expanded his work on sentimentalism into a philosophy of mind (book 2014).
In his latest work he also stresses the importance of receptivity as a virtue, a value and as a psychological characteristic (article 2014 and book 2013).
The significance of receptivity feature was first considered by Nel Noddings in 1984, but did not receive further attention in the ethics of care neither was it used to criticize typical Western philosophical values.