Ethics and Philosophy experts

Murdoch University’s experts in ethics and philosophy study and teach some of the most important yet least considered aspects of human life, including our attitudes to life and death, theories of knowledge, issues in natural science, theories of mind, language in the digital age, meaning and interpretation, moral and political theory, business and professional ethics, existentialism and phenomenology.

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Dr Lubica Ucnik Modern political philosophy, in particular Czech philosopher, Jan Patočka Dr Lubica Ucnik is an internationally recognised expert on Czech philosopher, Jan Patočka, whose work is becoming influential in English phenomenological studies. Dr Ucnik is currently researching links between Jan Patočka and philosopher Hannah Arendt, by comparing Arendt and Patočka’s thinking on responsibility in the modern age - an extension of a project initiated by philosopher, Husserl in his late writing on the life-world. She is also writing an accompanying piece to two recent translations illustrating a previously unexplored link between Patočka and Michel Foucault.

Dr Peta Bowden Organisational, professional and business ethics, and psychology An expert in organisational, professional and business ethics, bioethics, moral psychology and feminist ethics, Dr Peta Bowden is currently working on a book exploring reciprocity in asymmetrical relationships. Dr Bowden is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Murdoch and an expert advisor on ethical issues to parliamentary committees and the Department of Health in Western Australia. Her publications include Caring: Gender-Sensitive Ethics (1997), Understanding Feminism (in-press) and several papers on the ethics of care, ethical judgement, and responsibility.

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