Research Supervisor Connect
Luke Russell completed a BA (Hons) and a PhD in philosophy at the University of Sydney. His PhD, awarded in 2002, was on normativity in epistemology and ethics. He briefly taught at Macquarie University, before being appointed at the University of Sydney, where he now teaches ethics and critical thinking. In addition to undergraduate philosophy classes, Luke has extensive experience teaching philosophy in high schools and at the University of Sydney Business School.
Associate Professor Luke Russell.
Philosophy, School of Humanities (SOH)
Luke's main area of research is moral philosophy. He has focused on questions concerning evil, virtue and vice, and forgiveness. Luke has also written on aesthetic virtue, and the nature of moral and epistemic normativity.
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3181