I am a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton, where I teach courses on the History of Philosophy, Moral and Political Philosophy, and Environmental Ethics.
Courses Designed and Taught (Selected):
Courses Designed and Taught (Selected):
The Ethics of Climate Change
UG Year 3 and MA Module
The climate crisis is one of the most urgent issues facing humanity. Climate change is having an increasing impact on individual lives, and on social and political relations and institutions. This module examines the moral and political philosophical issues raised by climate change. It considers, amongst other questions, what obligations individual citizens have to address the climate crisis; what present generations owe to future generations; and what a just distribution of the costs of tackling the climate crisis might look like.
UG Year 3 and MA Module
The climate crisis is one of the most urgent issues facing humanity. Climate change is having an increasing impact on individual lives, and on social and political relations and institutions. This module examines the moral and political philosophical issues raised by climate change. It considers, amongst other questions, what obligations individual citizens have to address the climate crisis; what present generations owe to future generations; and what a just distribution of the costs of tackling the climate crisis might look like.
Popular Ecologies: Literature and Environmental Ethics
MA Module
An interdisciplinary course which examines the ways in which we experience the natural world, and also the ways in which we represent and interpret that experience in art and literature – especially as those representations of nature influence our notions of self, ethics, gender, race, environmental activism, and what we owe to other animals.
MA Module
An interdisciplinary course which examines the ways in which we experience the natural world, and also the ways in which we represent and interpret that experience in art and literature – especially as those representations of nature influence our notions of self, ethics, gender, race, environmental activism, and what we owe to other animals.
Beyond Profit: Responsibility and Sustainability in Business
MBA Module
In the current work environment, it is just as important for business owners and managers to have ethical knowledge as it is for them to have economic knowledge. This specialist module equips students with the knowledge and methods required to confidently analyze some of the most pressing political and ethical issues facing businesses today, including diversity, sustainability, privacy, the gig economy, and the role of technology.
MBA Module
In the current work environment, it is just as important for business owners and managers to have ethical knowledge as it is for them to have economic knowledge. This specialist module equips students with the knowledge and methods required to confidently analyze some of the most pressing political and ethical issues facing businesses today, including diversity, sustainability, privacy, the gig economy, and the role of technology.
Research in the History of Philosophy: American Philosophy
UG Year 3 Module
A course examining the distinctive philosophical approaches which have emerged in North America, and their historical context. In particular, the course focuses on the classical American pragmatists, and their relationship with post-Kantian thinkers in America and Europe. The course ranges from James' metaphysics of experience and Peirce's definitions of pragmatism, to Alain Locke on race and Jane Addams on democracy.
UG Year 3 Module
A course examining the distinctive philosophical approaches which have emerged in North America, and their historical context. In particular, the course focuses on the classical American pragmatists, and their relationship with post-Kantian thinkers in America and Europe. The course ranges from James' metaphysics of experience and Peirce's definitions of pragmatism, to Alain Locke on race and Jane Addams on democracy.
Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics: From Past to Present
UG Year 3 Module
A research-led module focusing on the nature of human relations to animals and the environment. The course explores both the philosophical arguments and the historical and political background which led to our current ideas about animal rights and environmental conservation. The second half of the course explores serious contemporary issues surrounding climate change, species extinction, and the role of technology.
UG Year 3 Module
A research-led module focusing on the nature of human relations to animals and the environment. The course explores both the philosophical arguments and the historical and political background which led to our current ideas about animal rights and environmental conservation. The second half of the course explores serious contemporary issues surrounding climate change, species extinction, and the role of technology.
Classical Philosophy
UG Year 1 Module
This course introduces students to the study of philosophy by exploring how the discipline arose in Ancient Greece. The course covers several aspects of these ancient thinkers, but it focuses on their answers to the following three questions: What is the nature of the world? (metaphysics); How do we come to know this nature? (epistemology); and what is the nature of human beings? (psychology).
UG Year 1 Module
This course introduces students to the study of philosophy by exploring how the discipline arose in Ancient Greece. The course covers several aspects of these ancient thinkers, but it focuses on their answers to the following three questions: What is the nature of the world? (metaphysics); How do we come to know this nature? (epistemology); and what is the nature of human beings? (psychology).
Ethical Theory
UG Year 1 Module
This course introduces students to the study of ethics. The course familiarizes students with the major normative theories in moral philosophy through looking at both historical figures and contemporary debates. Topics include: virtue ethics; deontology; utilitarianism; hedonism; relativism; freedom and moral responsibility; care ethics; existentialism and second-personal ethics.
UG Year 1 Module
This course introduces students to the study of ethics. The course familiarizes students with the major normative theories in moral philosophy through looking at both historical figures and contemporary debates. Topics include: virtue ethics; deontology; utilitarianism; hedonism; relativism; freedom and moral responsibility; care ethics; existentialism and second-personal ethics.
