Kimberley Brownlee (born June 4, 1978) is a Canadian philosopher. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Ethics at the University of British Columbia. Previously, she was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. She is known for her works on conscience, conviction, civil disobedience, the ethics of sociability, ideals, virtue, practical reason, and human rights. Brownlee is a winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize.[1]

Kimberley Brownlee
Born1978
EducationOxford University (PhD), Cambridge University (MPhil), McGill University (BA)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick
Main interests
moral philosophy

Books edit

  • Being Social: The Philosophy of Social Human Rights, with Adam Neal and David Jenkins (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2022
  • Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights, Oxford University Press, 2020
  • The Blackwell Companion to Applied Philosophy, with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen and David Coady (eds.) Wiley Press, 2016
  • Conscience and Conviction: The Case for Civil Disobedience, Oxford University Press, 2012.
  • Disability and Disadvantage, with Adam Cureton (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2009

References edit

  1. ^ "Speaker: Kimberley Brownlee - Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies". Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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