Worked at the department until 2021
E-mail: michael.campbell@upce.cz
Location: 07007, building G
Research Interests
Metaethics: the role of theory in ethics; moral realism; naturalism
Applied ethics: health policy; multiculturalism
Asian philosophy: Kyoto school
Web: https://upce.academia.edu/MichaelCampbell
Education
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
Dec 2012 PhD in Philosophy
Thesis: Being Human: Fine Tuning Ethical Naturalism
Sep 2008 MPhil (Std.) in Philosophy
Thesis: Wittgenstein and Builders: The Concept ‘human being’ & its Role in Ethics
CHRIST’S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
May 2010 MA (Cantab.)
Jun 2006 BA (Hons., Cantab.) in Philosophy
Publications
- Companions in Guilt and Moore's Paradox in Symposion Vol.4 (2): 151-173 Nov 2017
- Response to Chai, 'Habermas and Zhuangzi Against Liberal Eugenics' in International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, Jan 2017
- Absolute Goodness: in Defence of the Useless and Immoral, in Journal of Value Inquiry 49 (1-2): 95-112, Jan 2015
- Yearn After Reading: Ends, Endings and the 'Difficulty of Reality' in Jissentetsugaku Kenkyu [実践哲学研究第] no.37, Nov 2014
- Global Greed and Prudence: Reply to Alvarez, in Asian Bioethics Review Vol 6, No 1 (2014) pp. 83-95, Mar 2014
- Promoting Public Health Research in BRICS through a Multinational Public Health Fund, in Indian Journal of Medical Ethics Vol. 11, No 1 pp.38-41, Jan 2014
- Inwardness and Sociability: Reply to Carter, in Philosophical Investigations 37 (1): 57-77, Sep 2013
EDITED BOOKS
Wittgenstein and Perception, Campbell, M and O'Sullivan, M (Eds) Routledge Feb 2015
BOOK CHAPTERS (PEER REVIEWED)
- (with M. O’Sullivan) Introduction in Wittgenstein and Perception, Feb 2015
- (with M. O’Sullivan) Wittgenstein on Perception: an Overview in Wittgenstein and Perception, Feb 2015
- 'Not lost in loss itself': On the Consolations of Morality in Sato, Sugimoto and Sakon (Eds) CAPE Studies in Applied Philosophy and Ethics Series Vol.2, CAPE Publications, Kyoto, Japan pp.55-65, Apr 2014
BOOK REVIEWS
- Review of Wittgenstein, Finitism and the Foundations of Mathematics by Marion, M. for the British Wittgenstein Society, Jun 2015
- Review of The History of Ethics by Irwin, T. ch.48 ‘Hutcheson: For and Against Utilitarianism.’ in The Philosophical Forum, vol. 42 issue 3, 2011, Sep 2011
- Review of Seeing Wittgenstein Anew Day and Krebs eds for the British Wittgenstein Society, Aug 2010
- Review of Sense and Reality – Essays out of Swansea, ed. Edelman for the British Wittgenstein Society, Apr 2010
- Review of Emotions & Understanding: Wittgensteinian Perspectives ed. Gustaffson et al. for the British Wittgenstein Society, Jun 2009
Languages
Japanese (日本語能力試験3級); Cantonese (basic)