Foundations of Ethics: Tom Hurka
Professor Tom Hurka is the Chancellor Henry N.R. Jackman Distinguished Chair in Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto. He works in moral and political philosophy and is the author of Perfectionism (Oxford, 1993), Virtue, Vice, and Value (Oxford, 2001), and, most recently, The Best Things in Life (Oxford, 2010), an accessible survey of the different things that can make life worth living. For three years he was a weekly philosophy columnist for The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. A collection of his columns was published as Principles: Short Essays on Ethics (Harcourt Brace, 1993). He received his BA in Philosophy from University of Toronto in 1975, before going on to a DPhil at the University of Oxford (1980). He taught for many years at the University of Calgary, before joining the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto in 2002.
Ethics in Action: Joseph Heath
Professor Heath Is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Public Policy. He works in the field of critical theory, philosophy and economics, business ethics and practical rationality. His scholarly work has been published in journals such as Philosophy and Public Affairs, Mind, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and the Canadian Journal of Philosophy. He is the author Morality, Competition and the Firm (Oxford, 2014), Following the Rules (Oxford: 2008) and Communicative Action and Rational Choice (MIT, 2001). He is also the author of a number of popular books, including Enlightenment 2.0 (HarperCollins, 2014), Filthy Lucre (HarperCollins, 2008) and with Andrew Potter, The Rebel Sell (HarperCollins, 2004).
Ethics in Translation: Mohammad Fadel