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Three conference talks in September!

Looking forward to a busy month of conferences and workshops. On 5th September, I’ll be giving an invited talk on “(Not) Caring to Know and the Vices of Pride” at… Read more »

Uncategorized    Kierkegaard, Moral criticism, self-righteousness, Vices

Conference Call for Papers – “The Ethics of Moral Criticism: Moral Grandstanding, Social Punishment and Beyond”, Pardubice, 10-12 September 2025

Come and join us at the first conference of my ERC-CZ project “Combatting Self-Righteousness: A Vice of the Digital Age”, due to take place at the University of Pardubice, Czech… Read more »

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Keynote on “Social Comparison and the Vices of Pride” in Krakow

I’ve been extremely lax about posting details of talks etc. on this website, but I am honoured to be invited to give the keynote address at a workshop on “Philosophical… Read more »

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Kierkegaard, Virtues and Vices: Special Issue now complete!

Recently completed a Special Issue of Religions on Kierkegaard, Virtues and Vices, co-edited with C. Stephen Evans. All articles, along with our Editorial Introduction, can be found, fully open access,… Read more »

Uncategorized    Kierkegaard, Religions, Vices, Virtues

Keynote at ‘Kierkegaard and Love Workshop’ at Harvard

On Friday 5 November (US time)/6 November (AUS time) I will be giving one of the keynotes at the Kierkegaard and Love workshop organised by Jeffrey Hanson and Wojciech Kaftanski… Read more »

Uncategorized    generosity of spirit, Harvard, Kierkegaard, Love, Moral criticism, self-righteousness

New role as Director of the Institute for Ethics and Society

This post is a little late, but as so many things got side-tracked by the pandemic, updating the website was not the number one priority. In February 2020 we relocated… Read more »

Uncategorized    Ethics, Notre Dame Australia, Society

Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship grant

Pleased to announce that I have been awared a major research fellowship grant by the Leverhulme Trust. To find out more, please check out the news item on our university… Read more »

Uncategorized    forgiveness, Leverhulme, major research grant, philosophy, research

University of Hertfordshire recognised as a world-leading university for philosophy

The University of Hertfordshire has been ranked globally as having one of the top 100 Philosophy departments in the world. Find out more here

Uncategorized    philosophy, University of Hertfordshire

Recent Posts

  • Three conference talks in September!
  • Conference Call for Papers – “The Ethics of Moral Criticism: Moral Grandstanding, Social Punishment and Beyond”, Pardubice, 10-12 September 2025
  • Keynote on “Social Comparison and the Vices of Pride” in Krakow
  • Kierkegaard, Virtues and Vices: Special Issue now complete!
  • Keynote at ‘Kierkegaard and Love Workshop’ at Harvard

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