Moral philosophy

Issues concerning human agency from a moral, political, social, psychological, and anthropological viewpoint.

Our current research interests include:

- Ancient Greek moral psychology and emotion theory (esp. Plato and Aristotle).

- Philosophical anthropology and philosophy of anthropology.

- Philosophy of emotion.

- Philosophy of social science (esp. psychology, sociology, and anthropology).

- Pragmatism: ethics and epistemology.

- Theories of modernity: ethics and politics (esp. Machiavelli, Spinoza, and Vico).

People

Associate Professor

keywords: philosophy as therapy, philosophical anthropology, chronic illness/disease, embodiment, justice, relativism

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Philosophy of emotion; ancient emotion theory; ancient Greek philosophical psychology (esp. Plato and Aristotle)

Full Professor

keywords: Machiavelli, Spinoza, Vico, Equality, Renato Serra

Full Professor

keywords: children, Human Rights, responsibility, Moral Argumentation, torture, black pedagogy, Universalism, Autonomy, violence,

Research fellow

keywords: Pragmatism; philosophy and social sciences; interest; psychoanalysis.

Full Professor

PhD Student