Future of Normativity

About the author

Simon Kirchin is Professor of Applied Ethics at the IDEA Centre at the University of Leeds and Director of the British Philosophical Association. He is also a past President of The British Society for Ethical Theory. He is the author of Thick Evaluation (OUP, 2017) and Metaethics (Palgrave, 2012) and has edited and co-edited several volumes. He is currently writing about normativity, leadership ethics (especially in universities), and philosophy of comedy. He hosts two podcasts: Philosophy Takes on the News and Philosophy Gets Schooled.

Summary

A volume of philosophical essays about normativity that considers questions such as: Is normativity a distinctive phenomenon clearly delineated in current philosophical work? Is it useful to connect these aspects of the world in this way? What are we are trying to achieve in focusing on normativity? What might the future questions be?

Product details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2025
• EAN: 9780198927730
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892773-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Mind Association Occasional Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge